EBOLA Dover, DE patient with Ebola like symptoms in isolation

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Patient being tested in Delaware for possible Ebola virus

http://www.foxnews.com/health/2014/...-who-had-possible-contact-with-ebola-patient/

A patient with Ebola-like symptoms is being tested for the deadly virus at a Delaware hospital, Fox News confirmed Sunday.

A nurse at Bayhealth Kent General Hospital in Dover confirmed to Fox News that a patient exhibiting Ebola symptoms has been placed in isolation in the hospital and is being tested for the deadly virus, but did not give any more detail.

The only confirmed U.S. Ebola patient, Thomas Eric Duncan, is in critical condition at a Dallas hospital.
 
Lilbitsnana

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Double R Reindeer ‏@DoubleRReindeer 7m7 minutes ago

A nurse at Bayhealth Kent General Hospital in Dover, DE confirmed that a patient exhibiting Ebola symptoms has been placed in isolation


Zach Zellhart ‏@ThePig1005 11m11 minutes ago

If the article on ebola in Dover wasn’t on Fox News I would probably actually consider it a possibility.
 
Lilbitsnana

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Maybe a local can tell us what the news report says when it comes on?


Emily Lampa ‏@EmilyLampa 2m2 minutes ago

47 ABC's Jobina Fortson is on the way to Dover -- and will have a LIVE report at 10 & 11 on the possible Ebola case at Bay Health.
 
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http://www.bayhealth.org/BayhealthContentPage.aspx?nd=1149&news=1069

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IMPORTANT MESSAGE FROM BAYHEALTH

10.05.2014

A child from Liberia was brought to the Bayhealth Kent General emergency department on Saturday, October 4. The ED staff completed an initial assessment following the recently updated Centers for Disease Control guidelines for identifying suspected cases of Ebola.

After the assessment, and out of an abundance of caution, the child was admitted to a private isolation room and all CDC guidelines regarding specimen collection, transport, testing and submission for person under investigation for Ebola are being followed.

The State of Delaware Office of Infectious Disease was notified of the admission, who subsequently notified the CDC.

The child is past the 21 day maximum incubation period and it has been determined by the CDC that the likelihood of Ebola infection is extremely low. Since the likelihood is low, the CDC declined to test this child for Ebola.

The patient will continue to be observed in the hospital until the CDC and the infectious disease physician determine it is safe for the patient to be discharged from the hospital.

This patient is past the incubation period and as of tonight is symptom free. Working with state and federal officials, Bayhealth is committed to patient safety and protecting public health.
 
babysteps

babysteps

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Mark D said:
Can we shut down West African air travel now?
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NO! What's wrong with you? We can't do that, it would be turning our backs on the less-advantaged countries... because slavery... and air bridge-y stuff... and anyway it wouldn't work... and I'm sure it's racist...

..... Um...... Because the president and the CDC SAY so, that's why!




And don't you just wish this was sarcasm??? :sht:
 
Lilbitsnana

Lilbitsnana

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I'm a little confused. Did the hospital get blood for the test and CDC won't look at it? Who ran the test mentioned?

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http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2014/10/05/child-tested-for-possible-ebola-in-delaware/


Child Tested For Possible Ebola In Delaware
October 5, 2014 9:30 PM
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File Photo (Credit: CBS3)

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Bayhealth Kent General Hospital, CDC, Delaware, Ebola


DOVER, Del. (CBS) – Officials at Bayhealth Kent General Hospital in Delaware say a child was brought to their emergency department over the weekend and was tested for the Ebola virus.

Officials say the child, who is from Liberia, was brought in on Saturday and was given an assessment from the staff following the CDC guidelines for identifying suspected cases of Ebola.

It was determined by the CDC the likelihood the child has Ebola was low, so the CDC decided not to test the child after they were notified.

Officials say the child will continue to be observed in the hospital until it is determined they can be released.
 
Kris Gandillon

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Lilbitsnana said:
I'm a little confused. Did the hospital get blood for the test and CDC won't look at it? Who ran the test mentioned?

posted for fair use
http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2014/10/05/child-tested-for-possible-ebola-in-delaware/


Child Tested For Possible Ebola In Delaware
October 5, 2014 9:30 PM
View Comments
File Photo (Credit: CBS3)

File Photo (Credit: CBS3)
Related Tags:
Bayhealth Kent General Hospital, CDC, Delaware, Ebola


DOVER, Del. (CBS) – Officials at Bayhealth Kent General Hospital in Delaware say a child was brought to their emergency department over the weekend and was tested for the Ebola virus.

Officials say the child, who is from Liberia, was brought in on Saturday and was given an assessment from the staff following the CDC guidelines for identifying suspected cases of Ebola.

It was determined by the CDC the likelihood the child has Ebola was low, so the CDC decided not to test the child after they were notified.

Officials say the child will continue to be observed in the hospital until it is determined they can be released.
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Get used to the poor reporting going on out there. Probably should have used the word "Observed" rather than "Tested".

It's just like half the time the press and the on-air reporters still screw up the explanation of primary direct contacts and secondary contacts that are being monitored.

90% of the time they are reporting the single large number of contacts being monitored and do not bother to separate primary from secondary. Of course, to the press bigger numbers are always better because it makes it sound worse than it really is.

Likewise, "tested" carries a much more significant connotation than "observed".

Remember, its always about the BOTTOM LINE...rankings, ratings, views...which equal AD and/or SUBSCRIPTION REVENUE...their ONLY source of real income. It is NOT about truly accurate reporting or terminology.
 
jazzy

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if the child was brought in over the weekend how can they determine, coming straight from liberia that he has gone thru a 21 day incubation period - in liberia - with no other possible contacts.....

and they have him in isolation but are not going to actually test him for ebola.
but they are going to keep him for observation
out of an abundance of caution
 
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jazzy said:
if the child was brought in over the weekend how can they determine, coming straight from liberia that he has gone thru a 21 day incubation period - in liberia - with no other possible contacts.....

and they have him in isolation but are not going to actually test him for ebola.
but they are going to keep him for observation
out of an abundance of caution
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They will only do what can be itemized & billed, or what CDC orders them to do.
 
adgal

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The thing that concerns me - with this case and the one in Miami - is that the CDC seems to be backing away from testing possible victims. Why wouldn't they want to test - just to be sure? Could it be political motivation so they can keep the number of "confirmed" cases to a minimum?
 
Kris Gandillon

Kris Gandillon

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Every test in and of itself is risky. And likely expensive. And there is likely limited resources and/or test kits. And I bet they are already overwhelmed with requests for tests and are now triaging and prioritizing the tests themselves. The evidence of this is that they submitted Duncan's blood for testing and had results in less than 6 hours. Other known tests in recent days have been submitted and they expect results back in 2-3 days. They are triaging and prioritizing the tests and deciding which ones to not bother testing at all based on other factors.

The drawn blood, with the potential to be highly infected, must be securely transported to the testing facility.

Not sure of exactly how the transport occurs but you can be sure there is a chain of custody maintained. You don't want to break, lose or have such a transport hijacked or intercepted by the bad guys.

These are just my speculations. Maybe one day we'll hear all the real reasons behind the decisions to test or not test.
 
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Kris Gandillon said:
Every test in and of itself is risky. And likely expensive. And there is likely limited resources and/or test kits. And I bet they are already overwhelmed with requests for tests and are now triaging and prioritizing the tests themselves. The evidence of this is that they submitted Duncan's blood for testing and had results in less than 6 hours. Other known tests in recent days have been submitted and they expect results back in 2-3 days. They are triaging and prioritizing the tests and deciding which ones to not bother testing at all based on other factors.

The drawn blood, with the potential to be highly infected, must be securely transported to the testing facility.

Not sure of exactly how the transport occurs but you can be sure there is a chain of custody maintained. You don't want to break, lose or have such a transport hijacked or intercepted by the bad guys.

These are just my speculations. Maybe one day we'll hear all the real reasons behind the decisions to test or not test.
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Comprehensive Multiplex One-Step Real-Time TaqMan qRT-PCR Assays for Detection and Quantification of Hemorrhagic Fever Viruses
http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0095635

$2.81 per test (Reagents for each test, primers separate.)
http://www.clontech.com/takara/US/P...Step_PrimeScript_RT-PCR_Kit_Perfect_Real_Time
 
Straycat

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Here's my prediction: over the next couple of weeks, we're going to be flooded by reports of people hospitalized with "ebola-like" symptoms, all of whom will subsequently be reported as negative. People will become desensitized to the word and stop paying attention to the possibility of contagion. It's after that, that things will really start to get interesting for those who are actually listening.
 
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