CDC investigating Ebola protocol, as second U.S. patient confirmed
- 10 years ago
U.S. health officials say a breach in protocol at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas caused a female health care worker to contract Ebola.
That makes her the first person to become infected with the deadly virus inside the U.S.
The care giver was closely treating the first patient diagnosed with Ebola in the U.S. -- called the "index patient" -- before he died last week.
CDC Director Thomas Frieden says investigators are looking closely into whether two high risk procedures -- kidney dialysis and a respiratory tube in the patient's windpipe -- may have been responsible for spreading the virus
SOUNDBITE: CDC DIRECTOR THOMAS FRIEDEN SAYING:
"Both of those procedures may spread contaminated materials and are considered high-risk procedures. They were undertaken on the index patient as a desperate measure to try to save his life."
The CDC now says all of the health care workers who treated the index patient are considered potentially exposed to
That makes her the first person to become infected with the deadly virus inside the U.S.
The care giver was closely treating the first patient diagnosed with Ebola in the U.S. -- called the "index patient" -- before he died last week.
CDC Director Thomas Frieden says investigators are looking closely into whether two high risk procedures -- kidney dialysis and a respiratory tube in the patient's windpipe -- may have been responsible for spreading the virus
SOUNDBITE: CDC DIRECTOR THOMAS FRIEDEN SAYING:
"Both of those procedures may spread contaminated materials and are considered high-risk procedures. They were undertaken on the index patient as a desperate measure to try to save his life."
The CDC now says all of the health care workers who treated the index patient are considered potentially exposed to