CDC Changes Ebola Guidelines for workers

As a result of the infection of three Dallas health workers, the CDC has moved on to develop a new treatment guideline for health workers treating Ebola patients. The new guideline recommends that all health workers treating Ebola patients must wear a a full body coverage suit with no part of the body showing including the face. Also they recommended that all health workers who intend to work with Ebola patients or the zones where Ebola is, must undergo significant trainings in collecting samples, doffing, and donning of the PPEs.
The new guidelines:
1. Prior to working with Ebola patients, health care workers must be repeatedly trained and demonstrate competency in treating a patient with Ebola, especially putting on and taking off PPE. “Facilities need to ensure all healthcare providers practice numerous times to make sure they understand how to appropriately use the equipment,” the CDC said in a statement.
2. When wearing PPE, no skin can be exposed. The CDC is providing two options for the PPEs, since the University of Nebraska Medical Center and Emory University Hospital, which have both successfully treated Ebola patients, use different versions. Googles are no longer recommended. The recommendations for PPE are now the following:

• Double gloves
• Boot covers that are waterproof and go to at least mid-calf or leg covers
• Single use fluid resistant or imperable gown that extends to at least mid-calf or coverall without intergraded hood.
• Respirators, including either N95 respirators or powered air purifying respirator (PAPR)
• Single-use, full-face shield that is disposable
• Surgical hoods to ensure complete coverage of the head and neck
• Apron that is waterproof and covers the torso to the level of the mid-calf should be used if Ebola patients have vomiting or diarrhea

3. Every step of putting on and taking off PPE must be supervised by a trained observer. There should also be designated areas for where PPE are taken on and off.

Full report including video can be viewed from here :  http://time.com/3525869/cdc-changes-ebola-guidelines/