New Zealand ready to deal with Ebola
Georgia Nelson, Newstalk ZB
October 11, 2014, 3:31 pm
The Ministry of Health has additional border screening in place, a specialist ward set up at Middlemore Hospital, and infectious disease units throughout the country.
Health Minister Jonathan Coleman says they're treating the situation very seriously.
"The basic message is it's very unlikely we'll get a case here, but if we do we're ready and able to deal with it."
Meanwhile, Middlemore Hospital in Auckland has set up a bio-containment unit in response to the global Ebola scare, even though specialists say New Zealand is at little risk of infected patients arriving.
The unit, staffed by infectious disease specialists, has two negative-pressure rooms that can accommodate up to four patients.
It will be monitored by the infection protection and control team and nursing staff, with no other traffic in or out of the unit.
Visiting specialists would use an intercom to speak to staff or patients.
Staff are trained in the putting on and taking off of personal protection equipment.
The unit has three colour-coded zones.
Heavy-duty white gowns, gloves, masks, special footwear and rolls of black tape to cover gaps in protective clothing are held in a green zone.
Heavy doors designed to stop contaminated air escaping protect a red zone where infected patients would be kept.
The two areas are separated by an orange zone.
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