CDC announces new Ebola protecting rules. Finally!

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has decided to enforce new rules that supposedly will protect hospital workers from Ebola. It was about time!

Hospital workers who come in contact with Ebola patients must wear

-          double sets of gloves;

-          disposable hoods with full face shields;

-          special masks.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued these guidelines on October 20, 2014. Why so late? Well, because Ebola caught them off guard.
Let's see what officials have to say

"These are a major step forward in protecting workers from Ebola virus infection," said Osterholm, director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota. "But these recommendations just by themselves do not make for a safer work environment," he continued. "Training is critical. We need to train people how to use PPE safely and effectively."

Well, what are you waiting for?

On numerous occasions nurses and other medical professionals have voiced their concern over the way they are supposed to treat Ebola patients. It now appears that the nurses who attended the first Ebola patient in Dallas, Thomas Eric Duncan, went in his room with their skin exposed. So it’s no wonder why they are currently under treatment.

Hopefully CDC’s new Ebola protecting guidelines will be enforced sooner than later.

What is your opinion on the subject? Do you think CDC’s reaction comes a bit late?