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Quest Diagnostics To Doctors: We Are Not Accepting Ebola Blood Or Patients
From CBS News:
DENVER (CBS4) – CBS4 has learned that Quest Diagnostics, the nation’s largest diagnostic lab company, has told doctors, hospitals and health care providers nationwide the company will not accept blood samples suspected of being infected with Ebola; and will not knowingly allow any patients suspected of having Ebola into Quest offices.
In a message sent Oct. 11 to hospitals and doctors, Quest Diagnostics said, “Patients with known or suspected Ebola hemorrhagic fever should not be referred to Quest Patient Service Centers or Quest In-Office Phlebotomists for specimen collections of any type.”
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Usatoday: U.s. Uniformed Officers To Treat Ebola Patients In Liberia
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Ebola Question: Why Aren't We Using The Pcr?
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Patient In Isolation At Richmond Hospital, Recently Traveled From West Africa
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NBC News has learned that since last week, there have been at least 22 inquiries about suspected Ebola cases in the United States — a sign of the high alert in U.S. hospitals and around the country amid worries about Ebola in West Africa. None of the...
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