The U.S. Centers for Disease Control is confirming that it is evaluating how hospitals and health care workers approach patients with Ebola after a Texas nurse was infected while caring for Thomas Eric Duncan.
He was the Liberian who died from Ebola last week, after travelling from his home country last month.
The CDC's Dr. Thomas Frieden says a new approach is necessary to protect all health care workers.
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Dr. Thomas Frieden says they are taking an especially close look at how health care workers put on and remove protective gear.
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Dr. Thomas Frieden says they are evaluating all health care workers at Texas Presbyterian for possible exposure to Ebola, as one of the steps in preventing a further outbreak.
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Dr. Thomas Frieden of the CDC is urging the medical community to come together to fight Ebola.
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Dr. David Lakey of the Texas State Department of Health confirmed that the infected nurse's apartment is being thoroughly cleaned, and her beloved King Charles Spaniel is in isolation.
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