CDC says shoe covers not needed

[riverwalker]

So after the nurse walks around the Ebola isolation room walking on spittle, goobers, spilled urine, poop dribbles and sprays of vomit, she will remove her gown and mask and then enter your sick room wearing the same shoes. CDC does not recommend the bleach spray down you see in Africa.
Interesting article, it seems the CDC and American Hospital Association want to go with minimum protection, and healthcare workers want the maximum.

As Anxiety Increases, Agency Scrambles to Address Concerns of Health Workers

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/08/us/as-anxiety-increases-agency-scrambles-to-address-concerns-of-health-workers.html?ref=us&_r=0

Because Ebola is transmitted only by contact with bodily fluids, the agency recommends that workers wear gloves, waterproof gowns, face masks and goggles or comparable eye protection. In cases involving a lot of blood or other fluids, extra protection like shoe covers may be advised. But the C.D.C. is not recommending hazardous-material suits.

[kestrel91316]

1. Well that's boneheaded.

And yes, I have a degree in microbiology in addition to my veterinary medical degree.

This ain't some little inconvenient norovirus we're talking about.

[wercal]

2. At the animal shelter we would step in shallow pans of bleach when entering/exiting.

I'll get the spelling wrong...trying to prevent Parvo virus.

[Marrah_G]

3. It does recommend them involving cases with a lot of blood or fluids.

Not all cases result in vomit, blood, etc being on the floor.

[Warpy]

4. Don't they know we leave those rooms? Don't they have a clue that all the crap coming out

of a patient on isolation precautions is on the soles (and sometimes) tops of our shoes and is tracked where other sick people walk in their stocking feet?

What the fuck are they smoking?

[Warren DeMontague]

5. Anybody who worries about ebola in any way, shape, or form, is an ill-informed panic ninny.

...I read it on DU!