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| Ebola: Hospital mistakes blamed for US transmission | Ebola: Hospital mistakes blamed for US transmission |
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| A US health chief has said a mistake was "clearly" made by hospital staff treating an Ebola victim in Texas, resulting in one member being infected. | A US health chief has said a mistake was "clearly" made by hospital staff treating an Ebola victim in Texas, resulting in one member being infected. |
| The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has confirmed that a female health worker tested positive for the deadly virus in Dallas. | The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has confirmed that a female health worker tested positive for the deadly virus in Dallas. |
| CDC chief Dr Tom Frieden has promised a full inquiry into how the transmission could have occurred. | CDC chief Dr Tom Frieden has promised a full inquiry into how the transmission could have occurred. |
| He said 48 other people who may also have had contact were being observed. | He said 48 other people who may also have had contact were being observed. |
| The health worker at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital is now on an isolation ward and is said to be in a stable condition. | The health worker at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital is now on an isolation ward and is said to be in a stable condition. |
| She had been treating Ebola victim Thomas Eric Duncan, who caught the virus in his native Liberia and died on Wednesday. | She had been treating Ebola victim Thomas Eric Duncan, who caught the virus in his native Liberia and died on Wednesday. |
| The current Ebola outbreak, concentrated in Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone, has resulted in more than 8,300 confirmed and suspected cases, and at least 4,033 deaths. | The current Ebola outbreak, concentrated in Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone, has resulted in more than 8,300 confirmed and suspected cases, and at least 4,033 deaths. |
| In other developments | In other developments |
| Ebola patients treated outside West Africa* | Ebola patients treated outside West Africa* |
| *In all cases but two, first in Madrid and later in Dallas, the patient was infected with Ebola while in West Africa. | *In all cases but two, first in Madrid and later in Dallas, the patient was infected with Ebola while in West Africa. |
| 'Clearly a breach' | 'Clearly a breach' |
| Dr Frieden said a full investigation would be conducted into how the infection had occurred. | Dr Frieden said a full investigation would be conducted into how the infection had occurred. |
| "Clearly there was a breach in protocol," he told US broadcaster CBS. | "Clearly there was a breach in protocol," he told US broadcaster CBS. |
| The CDC investigation, he told reporters, would focus on possible breaches made during two "high-risk procedures", dialysis and respiratory intubation. | The CDC investigation, he told reporters, would focus on possible breaches made during two "high-risk procedures", dialysis and respiratory intubation. |
| The health worker who was infected has not been able to identify a specific breach of protocol that might have led to her being infected, he said. | The health worker who was infected has not been able to identify a specific breach of protocol that might have led to her being infected, he said. |
| Dr Daniel Varga, of the Texas Health Resource, said she had worn a gown, gloves, mask and shield when providing care to Duncan during his second and final hospital admission. | Dr Daniel Varga, of the Texas Health Resource, said she had worn a gown, gloves, mask and shield when providing care to Duncan during his second and final hospital admission. |
| Dr Frieden said education and training of health workers would be stepped up and efforts would be made to reduce the number of staff treating Ebola cases. | Dr Frieden said education and training of health workers would be stepped up and efforts would be made to reduce the number of staff treating Ebola cases. |
| Police are guarding the apartment complex where the woman lives in Dallas as decontamination work is carried out. | Police are guarding the apartment complex where the woman lives in Dallas as decontamination work is carried out. |
| Officials have been knocking on doors, making automated phone calls and passing out fliers to notify people within a four-street radius about the situation, while seeking to reassure local people. | Officials have been knocking on doors, making automated phone calls and passing out fliers to notify people within a four-street radius about the situation, while seeking to reassure local people. |
| No details of her identity or position at the hospital have been given, in accordance with family wishes. | No details of her identity or position at the hospital have been given, in accordance with family wishes. |
| Flight from Monrovia | Flight from Monrovia |
| Duncan tested positive in Dallas on 30 September, 10 days after arriving on a flight from Monrovia via Brussels. | Duncan tested positive in Dallas on 30 September, 10 days after arriving on a flight from Monrovia via Brussels. |
| He had become ill a few days after arriving in the US, and went to the hospital in Dallas with a high fever. | He had become ill a few days after arriving in the US, and went to the hospital in Dallas with a high fever. |
| But despite telling medical staff he had been in Liberia, he was sent home with painkillers and antibiotics. | But despite telling medical staff he had been in Liberia, he was sent home with painkillers and antibiotics. |
| Duncan was later put into an isolation unit at the hospital but died despite being given an experimental drug. | Duncan was later put into an isolation unit at the hospital but died despite being given an experimental drug. |
| Symptoms of Ebola include fever, headache, vomiting, diarrhoea and bleeding. The virus is spread through contact with bodily fluids. | Symptoms of Ebola include fever, headache, vomiting, diarrhoea and bleeding. The virus is spread through contact with bodily fluids. |
| Ebola deaths: Confirmed, probable and suspected | Ebola deaths: Confirmed, probable and suspected |
| Source: WHO | Source: WHO |
| Note: figures have occasionally been revised down as suspected or probable cases are found to be unrelated to Ebola. They do not include one death in the US recorded on 8 October. | Note: figures have occasionally been revised down as suspected or probable cases are found to be unrelated to Ebola. They do not include one death in the US recorded on 8 October. |
| How not to catch Ebola: | How not to catch Ebola: |
| Why Ebola is so dangerous | Why Ebola is so dangerous |
| How Ebola attacks | How Ebola attacks |
| Ebola: Mapping the outbreak | Ebola: Mapping the outbreak |
| Have you been affected by the Ebola outbreak? Do you think enough is being done where you live to fight the disease? Tell us your story. You can email haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk. | Have you been affected by the Ebola outbreak? Do you think enough is being done where you live to fight the disease? Tell us your story. You can email haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk. |
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