Dr. Band

 

Thanks for generating discussion and support for infected/injured healthcare workers.  Blaming the healthcare worker/victim by promulgating that a breach occurred in PPE use (without knowing or confirming it) has done nothing but enrage healthcare workers and their unions.  Understandably.

 

We, too, double glove.  Is that cause of this healthcare worker’s infection? Perhaps.

 

“Are we missing something?” A respiratory component?  Asymptomatic or pre-symptomatic viral shedding?  Better direction from regulatory bodies?

 

We know that PPE is not 100% effective, so we need to work hard to ensure that we are not “…missing something.”

 

Please continue to share best practices, articles and ideas.

 

 

 

 

I thought I would start the discussion on this topic.  I am surprised how quiet we are.

 

Something about Ebola does not pass my “sniff test.”  I have always been disturbed that HCWs have been infected from patient care in Africa and now one of our HCWs has become infected.  Are we missing something?

 

I told our committee reviewing Ebola planning I disagreed with the Ebola PPE removal process as recommended by CDC.  They recommend removing gloves first and then removing rest of PPE with bare hand.   Seems like double gloving or donning a new pair of gloves would be better, then last step removing second set of gloves.

 

Is the spread through contact source still apply? Are we missing something?

 

Michael Band DO, MS

Watson Clinic

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