The union also claims that staff and other patients who came into contact with Duncan were not properly isolated “nurses had to interact with Mr. Duncan with whatever protective equipment was available at the time when he had copious amounts of diarrhea and vomiting, which produces a lot of contagious fluids. Hospital officials allowed nurses who interacted with Mr. Duncan to then continue normal patient care duties, taking care of other patients, even though they had not had the proper personal protective equipment while providing care for Mr. Duncan, that was later recommended by the CDC,” and hallways were not kept properly clean according to the statement.
Also, “patients who may have been exposed were one day kept in strict isolation units. The next day they were ordered to be transferred out of strict isolation and into areas where other patients, even those with low-grade fevers who could potentially be contagious.”
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Also, “patients who may have been exposed were one day kept in strict isolation units. The next day they were ordered to be transferred out of strict isolation and into areas where other patients, even those with low-grade fevers who could potentially be contagious.”
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