Originally Posted by yorkietalkjilly  Honestly, the best thing would be to transport Ebola patients in a private plane with an isolation suite to one of the four hospitals set up to deal with the disease if they wanted to be super-cautious but I doubt it's really necessary, given Ebola is a wimpy virus off its host and begins to die within 30 minutes and is easily killed using rubbing alcohol, disinfectants, soap and water, UV light, heat, etc.
Until then, off the top of my head, given the scenario of a biohazard spill, I'd imagine you immediately cover the bodily fluids on the floor with fluid-impermeable sheeting and move everyone away from the bodily fluids in the environment, contain what's coming from the patient as much as possible with impermeable sheeting, push the Stop button on the elevator if you were in one, while another attendant calls Security and the Biohazard Team to official close down the elevator, room, hallway, etc., until the biohazard cleaning crew can fetch fresh headgear, cover gowns/protective footwear, gloves for all in the party and put down CDC-approved protective sheet material for the transport party to walk on to a safe room where the patient, attendants and all equipment can be cleaned, disinfected and the waste products of protective suits, materials all be disposed of per CDC guidelines. Take care of the patient as usual then. And then the reporting and paperwork start and everybody gets questioned over and over and monitored and then more paperwork.
And that's just off the top of my head - surely far better minds have worked on the protocols and offered exhaustive training for years in how to keep safe from contagious and infectious pathogen hazards about clinics and hospitals.
All hospitals and large clinics are set up for this. It's basic stuff since AIDS, SARS, hantavirus and H1N1, etc. How have they all stayed safe in America and other first world countries this far if they are so slack? One mistake in a history/diagnosis doesn't create an epidemic, especially with the contact tracking being done by the CDC and now that all are super vigilant, even the worst of healthcare facilities will pick up the pace. |