Ebola virus. Courtesy of Centers For Disease Control And Prevention.
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Ebola Protocol in Hays County
The Texas State Student Health Center has begun following the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommendation by running risk assessments on anyone coming to Texas State University traveling from West Africa. The Student Health Center has created a protocol should the risk of Ebola become present at Texas State. If infected, that person would immediately be placed in a designated room for isolation and, after further questioning to be sure the person has Ebola, school officials will contact the Hays County Health Department to coordinate the transfer of the patient to a local hospital.
“It is usually only transmitted when someone is symptomatic. Unless you are exposed to someone that is symptomatic and infected with the virus, you’re not likely to contract the virus,” Carranco said.
Carranco emphasized that it is a difficult virus to transmit unless there is close contact with an infected person’s bodily fluids, making it unlikely to spread easily.
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