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North Carolina - Initial test negative: Traveler from Liberia is at Duke U. being tested for for Ebola
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Re: traveler from Liberia is at Duke U. being tested for for Ebola
Re: traveler from Liberia is at Duke U. being tested for for Ebola
Here is a little bit more on that patient, they are expecting first round of test results tomorrow morning.
Officials said the patient departed Liberia and arrived Friday at Newark (NJ) Liberty International Airport, which is one of five airports in the nation screening travelers from Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone for fever and other signs of illness linked to the Ebola virus.
Read more at http://www.wral.com/patient-at-duke...sible-ebola/14141848/?amp#EDGIkBPGzmkXRmtd.99
Re: traveler from Liberia is at Duke U. being tested for for Ebola
Here is a little bit more on that patient, they are expecting first round of test results tomorrow morning.
Officials said the patient departed Liberia and arrived Friday at Newark (NJ) Liberty International Airport, which is one of five airports in the nation screening travelers from Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone for fever and other signs of illness linked to the Ebola virus.
Read more at http://www.wral.com/patient-at-duke...sible-ebola/14141848/?amp#EDGIkBPGzmkXRmtd.99
Re: North Carolina - Traveler from Liberia is at Duke U. being tested for for Ebola
Re: North Carolina - Traveler from Liberia is at Duke U. being tested for for Ebola
http://www.wcnc.com/story/news/loca...-hospital-being-monitored-for-ebola/18392535/
RALEIGH, N.C. -- Preliminary test results on a Duke University Hospital patient who felt sick after recently returning from Liberia have come back negative for Ebola, state health officials said Monday morning.
Testing conducted at the State Laboratory of Public Health returned a preliminary negative result for Ebola in a patient. Additional testing will occur 72 hours after his fever first developed to confirm this result.
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Re: North Carolina - Traveler from Liberia is at Duke U. being tested for for Ebola
http://www.wcnc.com/story/news/loca...-hospital-being-monitored-for-ebola/18392535/
RALEIGH, N.C. -- Preliminary test results on a Duke University Hospital patient who felt sick after recently returning from Liberia have come back negative for Ebola, state health officials said Monday morning.
Testing conducted at the State Laboratory of Public Health returned a preliminary negative result for Ebola in a patient. Additional testing will occur 72 hours after his fever first developed to confirm this result.
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sharon sanders
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Re: North Carolina - Traveler from Liberia is at Duke U. being tested for for Ebola
Re: North Carolina - Traveler from Liberia is at Duke U. being tested for for Ebola
hat tip Lisa Schnirring for the link
Preliminary test results negative for Ebola in hospitalized patient
By Duke Medicine News and Communications
The patient who was transported to Duke University Hospital on November 2, 2014, with a reported fever and a travel history to West Africa has tested negative for Ebola infection in a preliminary lab screening. Duke was notified of the results of this initial test this morning by the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services who performed the test. A confirming test will be run in 72 hours.
Until Ebola infection is definitively ruled out, the patient will remain under care in a completely contained, isolated and secured unit at Duke University Hospital and all other aspects of Duke?s comprehensive infection control plan remain in place.
The patient?s care team at DUH has undergone extensive training over the past several weeks in caring for such a patient. This patient is being cared for in a separate unit with no other patients, and staff caring for these patients will have no other patient contact during this time. The team has received hours of training in the proper use of personal protective equipment to prevent their exposure to the virus.
To learn more about Ebola, how we?ve prepared, and get ongoing updates, visit http://sites.duke.edu/ebolainfo/.
Re: North Carolina - Traveler from Liberia is at Duke U. being tested for for Ebola
hat tip Lisa Schnirring for the link
Preliminary test results negative for Ebola in hospitalized patient
By Duke Medicine News and Communications
The patient who was transported to Duke University Hospital on November 2, 2014, with a reported fever and a travel history to West Africa has tested negative for Ebola infection in a preliminary lab screening. Duke was notified of the results of this initial test this morning by the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services who performed the test. A confirming test will be run in 72 hours.
Until Ebola infection is definitively ruled out, the patient will remain under care in a completely contained, isolated and secured unit at Duke University Hospital and all other aspects of Duke?s comprehensive infection control plan remain in place.
The patient?s care team at DUH has undergone extensive training over the past several weeks in caring for such a patient. This patient is being cared for in a separate unit with no other patients, and staff caring for these patients will have no other patient contact during this time. The team has received hours of training in the proper use of personal protective equipment to prevent their exposure to the virus.
To learn more about Ebola, how we?ve prepared, and get ongoing updates, visit http://sites.duke.edu/ebolainfo/.
tiny little guy
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Re: North Carolina - Initial test negative: Traveler from Liberia is at Duke U. being tested for for Ebola
I find this disturbing (emphasis mine) - not because of the commercial bus as transport, but the press conference was abruptly ended and that it is now out in the open that the press outlets are manipulated.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/davidkroll/2014/11/02/potential-ebola-patient-being-tested-at-duke-results-monday-morning/2/
"Dr. Wos seemed thrown off by a question about how the patient got to North Carolina from Newark. When she responded that it was a commercial bus, an unnamed official abruptly called the press conference to a close.
Before being interrupted, Dr. Wos said, “This person did not have symptoms on bus. This person has not been diagnosed with any specific condition yet.”
The Associated Press and other press outlets have agreed not to report on suspected cases of Ebola in the United States until a positive viral RNA test is completed. But I’m covering tonight’s announcement of a potential Ebola case because it has been reported in my area, and at Duke University Medical Center, an institution where I hold an unpaid adjunct associate professor appointment in their Department of Medicine."
I find this disturbing (emphasis mine) - not because of the commercial bus as transport, but the press conference was abruptly ended and that it is now out in the open that the press outlets are manipulated.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/davidkroll/2014/11/02/potential-ebola-patient-being-tested-at-duke-results-monday-morning/2/
"Dr. Wos seemed thrown off by a question about how the patient got to North Carolina from Newark. When she responded that it was a commercial bus, an unnamed official abruptly called the press conference to a close.
Before being interrupted, Dr. Wos said, “This person did not have symptoms on bus. This person has not been diagnosed with any specific condition yet.”
The Associated Press and other press outlets have agreed not to report on suspected cases of Ebola in the United States until a positive viral RNA test is completed. But I’m covering tonight’s announcement of a potential Ebola case because it has been reported in my area, and at Duke University Medical Center, an institution where I hold an unpaid adjunct associate professor appointment in their Department of Medicine."
Pathfinder
Editor, Senior Moderator
Re: North Carolina - Initial test negative: Traveler from Liberia is at Duke U. being tested for for Ebola
Further testing may confirm patient as Ebola-free
By Gautam Hathi | November 5, 2014
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?The patient is here and in stable condition,? said Dr. Lisa Pickett, chief medical officer of Duke Hospital.
Although state officials have said that the patient does not have any symptoms beyond a fever, Pickett refused to comment further on the patient?s condition, citing patient privacy requirements.
Pickett said that the same blood test that was carried out on Sunday will be repeated on Wednesday to make a final determination as to whether the patient has Ebola. She said that if the patient does have Ebola, a second test after a three-day interval will be much more likely to come back positive than the preliminary test.
?The reason that we repeat the test in 72 hours is because if they?re going to turn positive, then by that time they should have a high enough viral load that it should turn the test positive,? Pickett explained.
If the test comes back negative, Pickett said that the patient will be removed from isolation and treated like any other patient at the hospital.
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http://www.dukechronicle.com/articles/2014/11/05/further-testing-may-confirm-patient-ebola-free
Further testing may confirm patient as Ebola-free
By Gautam Hathi | November 5, 2014
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?The patient is here and in stable condition,? said Dr. Lisa Pickett, chief medical officer of Duke Hospital.
Although state officials have said that the patient does not have any symptoms beyond a fever, Pickett refused to comment further on the patient?s condition, citing patient privacy requirements.
Pickett said that the same blood test that was carried out on Sunday will be repeated on Wednesday to make a final determination as to whether the patient has Ebola. She said that if the patient does have Ebola, a second test after a three-day interval will be much more likely to come back positive than the preliminary test.
?The reason that we repeat the test in 72 hours is because if they?re going to turn positive, then by that time they should have a high enough viral load that it should turn the test positive,? Pickett explained.
If the test comes back negative, Pickett said that the patient will be removed from isolation and treated like any other patient at the hospital.
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http://www.dukechronicle.com/articles/2014/11/05/further-testing-may-confirm-patient-ebola-free
Re: North Carolina - Initial test negative: Traveler from Liberia is at Duke U. being tested for for Ebola
http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2014/11/05/5294779/second-test-confirms-that-duke.html#.VFrSUcn4IxA
For the second time, an Ebola test has come back negative for the patient who has been kept in isolation at Duke University Hospital since Sunday, and he is now considered free of any risk of developing the deadly disease, state health officials said late Wednesday.
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http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2014/11/05/5294779/second-test-confirms-that-duke.html#.VFrSUcn4IxA
For the second time, an Ebola test has come back negative for the patient who has been kept in isolation at Duke University Hospital since Sunday, and he is now considered free of any risk of developing the deadly disease, state health officials said late Wednesday.
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