Safety protocol breach may have led to new Texas Ebola infection: top health official

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Safety protocol breach may have led to new Texas Ebola infection: top health official

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/u-ebola-case-caused-breach-care-protocol-cdc-145527690.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/YpUT4.49GT7TghFUnFWnnA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2014-10-12T154245Z_1_LYNXNPEA9B0B1_RTROPTP_2_HEALTH-EBOLA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="File photo of CDC Director Dr. Thomas Frieden speaking at the CDC headquarters in Atlanta" align="left" title="File photo of CDC Director Dr. Thomas Frieden speaking at the CDC headquarters in Atlanta" border="0" /></a>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A breach in safety protocols, possibly while removing protective gear after treating an Ebola patient, may have caused a Texas healthcare worker to contract the deadly virus, a top U.S. health official said on Sunday. All of the Dallas healthcare workers who helped care for Ebola patient Thomas Duncan, who died last week at the Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital, were potentially exposed to the virus, said U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Dr. Thomas Frieden on Sunday. ...</p><br clear="all"/>

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