Texas Health Presbyterian spokesman Wendell Watson denied all of these allegations from the nurses union.
'We have numerous measures in place to provide a safe working environment, including mandatory annual training and a 24-7 hotline and other mechanisms that allow for anonymous reporting,' Watson said in a written statement.
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Pham treated Duncan from the day he was admitted to the hospital, to when he died last Wednesday. She carefully monitored her temperature and went to the hospital on Friday when she noticed a spike. On Tuesday, her condition was upgraded from 'stable' to 'good'.
Frieden said on Tuesday that he regrets not bringing in a specialized emergency response team from his agency on the day that Mr Duncan, 42, was diagnosed.
He said: 'I wish we had put a team on the ground the day the first patient was diagnosed.'
'That might have prevented this infection,' Frieden said. 'I am thinking of [Pham] constantly and hoping for her steady recovery.'
The CDC has now established an Ebola response team - a group of experts who can be on the ground within hours of a confirmed case in the U.S.
'Getting it right is really, really important because the stakes are so high,' Frieden said. 'We could have sent a more robust hospital infection control team and been more hands on with the hospital from Day One about how this should be managed.'
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'We have numerous measures in place to provide a safe working environment, including mandatory annual training and a 24-7 hotline and other mechanisms that allow for anonymous reporting,' Watson said in a written statement.
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Pham treated Duncan from the day he was admitted to the hospital, to when he died last Wednesday. She carefully monitored her temperature and went to the hospital on Friday when she noticed a spike. On Tuesday, her condition was upgraded from 'stable' to 'good'.
Frieden said on Tuesday that he regrets not bringing in a specialized emergency response team from his agency on the day that Mr Duncan, 42, was diagnosed.
He said: 'I wish we had put a team on the ground the day the first patient was diagnosed.'
'That might have prevented this infection,' Frieden said. 'I am thinking of [Pham] constantly and hoping for her steady recovery.'
The CDC has now established an Ebola response team - a group of experts who can be on the ground within hours of a confirmed case in the U.S.
'Getting it right is really, really important because the stakes are so high,' Frieden said. 'We could have sent a more robust hospital infection control team and been more hands on with the hospital from Day One about how this should be managed.'
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