Keep this virus outside of the United States. Already, there has been a vigorous response. We hope to hear more today about exactly what has been done, and what needs to be done Going Forward. Two weeks ago, Thomas R Duncan traveled here from liberia. By way of brussels and dulles airport. He fell ill, and presented himself for treatment at Texas Health Presbyterian hospital in dallas. Mr. Duncans diagnosis set in motion an extensive Public Health operation involving federal, state, and local officials to identify and assess any individuals with whom he may have had contact. A process called Contact Tracing. That Contact Tracing effort continues today. Our prayers are with everyone who is currently being monitored as part of this incident. We are thankful that to date, there been no additional cases of ebola standing from this case. It is difficult, but it is one of the few ways to contain the disease. Containment also requires swift coordinated action. In this hearing, and investigati
Happening in the future. I want to go into a little more areil first on what we doing to promote safe and effective care. Safe and effective care, we had already begun several days ago to ramp up the education and training of Health Care Workers at this facility. May be doneebola safely, but its hard to do safely. It requires scrupulous attention to Infection Control and even a single inadvertent, innocent slip can result in contamination. We are recommending to the facility that the number of workers that care for anyone with respect to ebola began to an absolute minimum. We recommend the procedures that are undertaken to support the care of that individual be committed to essential procedures will stop forth about we are looking at personal protective equipment, understanding theres about theres a balance and putting more on isnt always safer and may make it harder to provide effective care. Recommending there be a fulltime individual responsible only for the oversight, supervision,