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Aaaand I got handed/had to sign for an "EBOLA PROTOCOL PACKET" at work today | |
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| DeadManWalkin' (OP) User ID: 25544022 United States10/14/2014 09:32 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I uploaded the document, waiting for mod approval so I can post the pics. I have to leave for work in less than an hour. If I don't get approval before that, I'll post them tonight. My main point was, I unconsciously rubbed my eye TWICE during less than an hour...maybe if I'd been wearing gloves I wouldn't have. I may experiment tonight driving home, & wear gloves to see if that helps me stay conscious of where my hands are.  My other point was, our "ebola protocol" is piss-poor. Last Edited by DeadManWalkin' on 10/14/2014 09:32 AM -.. . .- -.. / -- .- -. / .-- .- .-.. -.- .. -. --. Omnes vulnerant, ultima necat |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 12781064 United States10/14/2014 09:34 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| DeadManWalkin' (OP) User ID: 25544022 United States10/14/2014 09:36 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 24289757 United States10/14/2014 09:39 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 35788477 United States10/14/2014 09:44 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | wait why don't you wash your hands when you leave the hospital??? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 64023129 We need the spit, cough, sneeze clip from the movie outbreak or planet of the apes where the microparticle becomes the closeup screen shot traveling and shows it go and land in eye or sucked up nostril. |
| DeadManWalkin' (OP) User ID: 25544022 United States10/14/2014 09:45 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Our document states on pg 2 "What about trash and other contaminated waste? Special methods of trash removal are required. Another document will be coming soon that will include the trash removal rules."  We are sooo fucked. -.. . .- -.. / -- .- -. / .-- .- .-.. -.- .. -. --. Omnes vulnerant, ultima necat |
| DeadManWalkin' (OP) User ID: 25544022 United States10/14/2014 09:47 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | wait why don't you wash your hands when you leave the hospital??? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 64023129 We need the spit, cough, sneeze clip from the movie outbreak or planet of the apes where the microparticle becomes the closeup screen shot traveling and shows it go and land in eye or sucked up nostril.  -.. . .- -.. / -- .- -. / .-- .- .-.. -.- .. -. --. Omnes vulnerant, ultima necat |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 63478044 United States10/14/2014 10:02 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| KIT User ID: 48908174 United States10/14/2014 10:17 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Sounds like AIDS/HIV hysteria in 80s when some medical personnel refused to treat HIV patients. Are you sure you want to be part of such travesty? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 48077104 WHY DO THESE FUCKING SHILLS KEEP COMPARING APPLES TO ORANGES HIV is not fucking airborne. HIV does not liquify you fucking guts and kill you in three days! HIV is not a level four biohazard. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 64034661 United States10/14/2014 10:22 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 63933255 United States10/14/2014 10:22 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 64034661 United States10/14/2014 10:23 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Sounds like AIDS/HIV hysteria in 80s when some medical personnel refused to treat HIV patients. Are you sure you want to be part of such travesty? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 48077104 WHY DO THESE FUCKING SHILLS KEEP COMPARING APPLES TO ORANGES HIV is not fucking airborne. HIV does not liquify you fucking guts and kill you in three days! HIV is not a level four biohazard. No, but HIV is a great way to thin the Democrat herd, if we'd quit interfering with its natural purpose and evolution. Same with Ebola. It trims the low IQ components of the planetary population. Let it fucking run, I say. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 43682507 United States10/14/2014 10:25 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | what idiots bring up HIV? with few exceptions HIV is for gays/drug users....PERIOD. yeah an occasional case outside of that but you gotta try hard to get HIV. any doubters of ebola go ahead and 'infect' yourself and prove everyone wrong then. you'd be a millionaire overnight. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 43682507 United States10/14/2014 10:26 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| GI JOE User ID: 58313967 United States10/14/2014 10:32 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | American hospitals are not some kind of altruistic charity organizations - they are, for the most part, incredible profit centers for insurance companies and their investors. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 64011316 We really need to lose the "dedicated to saving humanity" BS and see them as they actually are. Nurses and doctors are just expendable losses - spokes in the wheel. yeah perhaps they are...But- when the spokes are removed the wheel collapses- the hub is no good to the rim if there are no spokes...this situation-nurses and doctors fleeing from service, might be the catalyst of wide spread panic in near future, very near. Never have I dealt with anything more difficult than my own soul... |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 43682507 United States10/14/2014 10:40 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | American hospitals are not some kind of altruistic charity organizations - they are, for the most part, incredible profit centers for insurance companies and their investors. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 64011316 We really need to lose the "dedicated to saving humanity" BS and see them as they actually are. Nurses and doctors are just expendable losses - spokes in the wheel. yeah perhaps they are...But- when the spokes are removed the wheel collapses- the hub is no good to the rim if there are no spokes...this situation-nurses and doctors fleeing from service, might be the catalyst of wide spread panic in near future, very near. Obola could get his 100% single player, 100% govt run healthcare soon enough. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 1618643 United States10/14/2014 10:47 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Sounds like AIDS/HIV hysteria in 80s when some medical personnel refused to treat HIV patients. Are you sure you want to be part of such travesty? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 48077104 Aids is actually very hard to transmit, in fact, just avoiding some rather deviant / degenerate behavior patterns pretty much eliminates the contagion threat outside of edge cases. We have ample evidence Ebola is pretty easy to transmit and kills rapidly. Behavior patterns contribute MUCH less to transmission. Even clean living humans can be infected. Thus, they are completely reasonable in not wanting to be around Ebola. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^THIS^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ It will be every man for himself out there. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 58449258 United States10/14/2014 11:29 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I work in a fairly large regional hospital in NW Louisiana. Quoting: DeadManWalkin' I have direct contact with surgical patients. The *minute* I clocked in & donned my head/shoe covers & went to check the running board for my assignment, I was intercepted by my Educator before I ever got to the Central Nurses' Station (running Board). I was handed a 3 page document & asked to sign for it. We generally only have to sign policy changes, disciplinary actions, inservices etc. I signed & took the 3 page document. I visually scanned it, but havent thoroughly read it yet. Driving home 8 1/2+ hrs later... I caught myself rubbing my eyes ~ TWICE! I'm *trained* in Sterile Technique - it's WHAT I *DO* - but I'm also accustomed to relaxing when I'm not required to be sterile ~ ie, not in surgery. I failed this evening, driving home. I may have contaminated myself & my family, & now I cannot trust *even myself!* My back just SHIVERED. Here we Go. If I can't stay sterile during everyday Life...nobody can! *IT'S ON!* EVERYWHERE! OP thanks for this honest post. I'm not involved in the medical field in any way, and your story gave me a scare! Wishing you good health and happiness. I pray that this does not progress further; but I don't feel confident that we will be able to successfully contain this. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 62073643 United States10/14/2014 11:37 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| Lisa User ID: 63650462 United States10/14/2014 11:45 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Have a homemade wipe in your bag or pocket. There is strong, solid reputable sci. research that essential oils are antiviral and PREVENT infection of microbials. |
| uscrusader1 User ID: 58635198 United States10/14/2014 11:46 AM  Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | My sister just received an email from the hospital she works for also, basically stating they have already sent all the information once before but here it is again. All it is is a link to the CDC in what symptoms to look for. She sent an email to her boss asking if there would be any training on dealing with the patients including the biohazard clothing, etc. and they just said it was in the email, which it wasn't. She thinks they are just covering their own asses. They also have had one Ebola scare, test came back negative, but they said they are expecting more. So why not train the nurses and nurse assistants in how to protect themselves? We are in Idaho. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 23525138 Ebola is a level 4 contagion, not for hospital prime time |
| uscrusader1 User ID: 58635198 United States10/14/2014 11:58 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | wait why don't you wash your hands when you leave the hospital??? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 64023129 We need the spit, cough, sneeze clip from the movie outbreak or planet of the apes where the microparticle becomes the closeup screen shot traveling and shows it go and land in eye or sucked up nostril. Skin contact is even OK with Ebola. Unless you think your pores are smaller than .03 microns and can be a barrier. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 64039726 United States10/14/2014 12:02 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | My sister just received an email from the hospital she works for also, basically stating they have already sent all the information once before but here it is again. All it is is a link to the CDC in what symptoms to look for. She sent an email to her boss asking if there would be any training on dealing with the patients including the biohazard clothing, etc. and they just said it was in the email, which it wasn't. She thinks they are just covering their own asses. They also have had one Ebola scare, test came back negative, but they said they are expecting more. So why not train the nurses and nurse assistants in how to protect themselves? We are in Idaho. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 23525138 Ebola is a level 4 contagion, not for hospital prime time I agree. There was a post last night regarding the Chemical/Biological military training centers and all of the precautions they take to perform live training. Our hospitals are not set up to contain something like this. I agree with the posters over the past week who think that we should set up offsite Ebola hospitals. Regular hospitals should be reserved for what they are designed to treat (not Level 4 contagions). |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 41303992 United States10/14/2014 12:25 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I have a pic a friend sent me who is a PA in an emergency room. They got their biohazard gear today and a protocol book for handling Ebola. When I get to where I can load the pics I will do so. It will probably be tomorrow morning. Quoting: Threelittlelambs Good thing all those hazmat suits were ordered in advance so they were ready for distribution. Lies, lies, lies. That's all we're fed. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 52270891 United States10/14/2014 12:27 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | My sister just received an email from the hospital she works for also, basically stating they have already sent all the information once before but here it is again. All it is is a link to the CDC in what symptoms to look for. She sent an email to her boss asking if there would be any training on dealing with the patients including the biohazard clothing, etc. and they just said it was in the email, which it wasn't. She thinks they are just covering their own asses. They also have had one Ebola scare, test came back negative, but they said they are expecting more. So why not train the nurses and nurse assistants in how to protect themselves? We are in Idaho. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 23525138 They want to be able to blame all nurses for the Obolacide. The plan of community organizers is to make everyone angry at little Vietnamese women |
| Sobriquet™ User ID: 63313258 United States10/14/2014 01:22 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | We touch our faces 3 to 5 times every minute (average). I watched the movie 'Contagion' the other night. Of course there are hokey parts in it, it's a movie, but in general it gave a bit of insight of possible shitstorm to come. Matt Damon, Laurence Fishburne and Gweneth Paltrow as 'patient zero'. They used large stadiums to quarantine infected patients. They ran out of body bags. Everything was shut down (stores, airports, gas stations, etc...). A vaccine saved the day in the end and a lottery decided who got it first. You can probably get the gist of the film just from the boatload of clips on Youtube: clip 1 You can follow the clips (1 - 13) on Youtube. Government... Govern: CONTROL Ment: MIND CONTROL MIND;MIND CONTROL The terrorists attacks which will be launched in the United States will be blamed upon middle eastern religious fanatics, Christian fundamentalists, white supremacists, Patriots, or Militias. A more immediate result of these operations will be the increased use of military forces, weaponry, and equipment such as tanks and armored personnel carriers in civilian law enforcement, the suspension or elimination of Habeas Corpus, the elimination of jury trials, the attempted disarming of the American People, and the institution of martial law with show-trials conducted by a tribunal of judges. - William Cooper 1997 (RIP) "If it's TRUE, it cannot be a THEORY!" -- Kentroversy (02/23/07) The light is always stronger than the darkness. And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. - John 3:19 Even so, when you see these things happening, you know that it is near, right at the door. - Mark 13:29 |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 49015177  Canada10/14/2014 02:14 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I work in a fairly large regional hospital in NW Louisiana. Quoting: DeadManWalkin' I have direct contact with surgical patients. The *minute* I clocked in & donned my head/shoe covers & went to check the running board for my assignment, I was intercepted by my Educator before I ever got to the Central Nurses' Station (running Board). I was handed a 3 page document & asked to sign for it. We generally only have to sign policy changes, disciplinary actions, inservices etc. I signed & took the 3 page document. I visually scanned it, but havent thoroughly read it yet. Driving home 8 1/2+ hrs later... I caught myself rubbing my eyes ~ TWICE! I'm *trained* in Sterile Technique - it's WHAT I *DO* - but I'm also accustomed to relaxing when I'm not required to be sterile ~ ie, not in surgery. I failed this evening, driving home. I may have contaminated myself & my family, & now I cannot trust *even myself!* If I can't stay sterile during everyday Life...nobody can! What requirements did it spell out for staying sterile during everyday life? Just take the vaccine and you'll stay sterile in everyday life. |
| Resister User ID: 36421936 United States10/14/2014 02:19 PM  Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Important post. Thanks OP. Your eye rubbing is a perfect example of one of many normal habits that can result in even trained professionals self contaminating. First the unguarded eye rub, then the trained health care worker who just infected themselves but doesn't even know it yet scrubs up and goes home to family and ... This is a b-movie nightmare scenario come to life. "God forbid we should ever be 20 years without such a rebellion. The people cannot be all, & always, well informed... If they remain quiet under such misconceptions it is a lethargy, the forerunner of death to the public liberty... Let them take arms... What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots & tyrants. " - Thomas Jefferson in 1787 |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 24289757 United States10/14/2014 02:28 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Habit is the word... everyone is always rubbing picking scratching something... smile. Important post. Thanks OP. Your eye rubbing is a perfect example of one of many normal habits that can result in even trained professionals self contaminating. First the unguarded eye rub, then the trained health care worker who just infected themselves but doesn't even know it yet scrubs up and goes home to family and ... Quoting: Resister This is a b-movie nightmare scenario come to life. |
