Amount of layers doctors wear when dealing with highly infectious diseases



    by TopCharacter1553

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    1. 56_is_the_new_35 on

      And to think, I had to get my extremely resistant infection while I was a patient in the hospital. That was in July. I’m still fighting it.

    2. TheDesertDookie on

      “I fight infectious diseases in a rubber suit all day… really seals in the flavor,”

    3. Kinda wild that we can treat bubonic plague with a 10-day course of antibiotics now, yet it used to wipe out entire generations.

      Modern medicine is amazing.

    4. After use everything is burned and the man inside is deep cleaned. The best way to ensure success and safety is through thoroughly getting rid of possible points of failure. It’s incredibly efficient.

    5. Oddly, it’s actually easier to work in a BSL4 containment lab, in terms of gowning up, than it is for lower containment BSL3.

    6. This is nothing compared to level 3 hazmat suits , the United States deployed these to Africa during the Ebola breakout, they were in a bubble essentially, 3 layers and airtight and tertiary layers in case the outer suit was punctured. They have same form for radiation exposure.

    7. Glitzernder_Pirat on

      When I was in the hospital a few weeks ago, I could see from a distance how a visitor entered the room of a highly contagious patient (Doors have bright orange paper taped to it). I was at the other end of the hallway. I told the nurses, who turned pale and sent me to my room. Then we had two highly contagious patients on the ward.

    8. Meanwhile when Covid was new and the strain was killing people nurses got trash bags and had to reuse their N95s for days while doctors didn’t even enter the room but sent nurses in holding phones on speaker.

    9. Another interesting video, the precise steps and steps they remove those protective layers to prevent contamination after the exposure.

    10. Clear-Site6070 on

      Lol I had to do this in the Army (CBRN) but with thicker material (level A & B hazmat suits) and 90 degrees plus heat while moving casualties. (Field training)

    11. How do those goggle not fog up? When I wear mask and protective glasses/goggles they always fog up on me

    12. None of this is needed. I hear there are churches with machines that can shoot down disease at 100mph. /s

    13. SmokinBandit28 on

      Used to do house cleaning, and this was pretty much exactly how we would dress for intense deep cleans.

      “Intense” being the appropriate word for “complete cesspit of a house so covered in filth that human life is not welcome there.”

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