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The national nursing union is accusing officials of trying to “scapegoat” the Ebola-infected health worker in Dallas instead of acknowledging that hospitals nationwide are largely unprepared for the disease.
U.S. health officials are investigating what they call a “breach in protocol” that led to the country’s second Ebola diagnosis. But an official from National Nurses United warned Sunday that the larger problem in fighting Ebola in the U.S. is the lack of training and preparation at thousands of hospitals across the country.
"You don't scapegoat and blame when you have a disease outbreak," Bonnie Castillo, who leads the union’s emergency response unit, told Reuters. "We have a system failure. That is what we have to correct."
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Out of about 400 nurses surveyed by the National Nurses United, 80 percent said their hospitals have not taught them about Ebola or how to admit a possible Ebola patient.
In an interview with CNN last week, Castillo also warned that few hospitals were adequately training their staff.
http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/220546-cdc-chief-accused-of-using-ebola-infected-nurse-as-scapegoat
CDC chief accused of using Ebola-infected nurse as ‘scapegoat’
By Sarah Ferris
10/13/14 10:15 AM EDT
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