EBOLA IN THE US: PATIENT EXPOSED TO EBOLA DISCHARGED FROM THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (NIH) The patient who was flown back to the United States from Sierra Leone and admitted to the NIH Clinical Center on September 28 for observation, following a high-risk exposure to Ebola virus infection, was discharged to his home earlier today. The high-risk exposure was a needle stick injury. The initial hospitalization was characterized by a brief period of fever that was subsequently determined not to be related to infection with Ebola virus. Currently, the patient feels well and has no fever. CDC guidelines are being followed and the patient will remain in his home, check his temperature twice a day, until the completion of a 21-day observation period from the time of reported exposure. Thank God for the good news.
Posted on: Tue, 07 Oct 2014 22:38:23 +0000