Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 16 October 2014
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children
Preparedness for Ebola Virus in Ireland: Discussion
11:35 am
John Crown (Independent) | Oireachtas source
I just want a bit of clarity. It is all very well to say we have 12 isolation beds. Since I asked my question, I have received a message stating that two of them are the highest-level containment beds with negative pressure; four others are standard ICU, still negative pressure; and six are in shared rooms. That partially answers the question I was asking. However, what level of containment do we have for the staff? How many patients can be looked after simultaneously if we go with what looks like the revised CDC recommendation of going beyond mask, gloves, boots, etc., and actually going to pressurised suits? How many people could we cope with at the moment with that?
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