{"id":4797,"date":"2015-02-26T04:22:33","date_gmt":"2015-02-25T17:22:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/news\/?p=4797"},"modified":"2015-04-29T08:37:54","modified_gmt":"2015-04-28T22:37:54","slug":"patients-test-negative-for-ebola","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/news\/patients-test-negative-for-ebola\/","title":{"rendered":"Patients test negative for ebola"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/news\/files\/2015\/02\/The-Royal-Childrens-Hospital.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-4798\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/news\/files\/2015\/02\/The-Royal-Childrens-Hospital-400x280.jpg\" alt=\"The Royal Children's Hospital\" width=\"400\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/news\/files\/2015\/02\/The-Royal-Childrens-Hospital.jpg 400w, https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/news\/files\/2015\/02\/The-Royal-Childrens-Hospital-200x140.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>Test results on two children admitted earlier today to The Royal Children\u2019s Hospital (RCH) are negative for ebola virus disease.<\/p>\n<p>The girls aged four and eight are being treated for a respiratory illness and are now doing well.<\/p>\n<p>Victoria\u2019s Deputy Chief Health Officer, Professor Michael Ackland, said the siblings returned to Melbourne overnight with their parents and another sibling following an extended visit to Guinea. These family members remain well.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRoutine screening of returning travellers from ebola-affected countries in west Africa identified that the girls had elevated temperatures. As a precaution in accordance with universal infection control procedures, they were transported to The Royal Children\u2019s Hospital to be assessed for a range of infections \u2013 including ebola virus disease,&#8221; Prof Ackland said.<\/p>\n<p>RCH Acting Executive Director of Clinical Operations, Jayne Hughan, said the hospital\u2019s ebola management procedure proved robust.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile we are all thankful today\u2019s results have been negative, I\u2019m very pleased with the competency and professionalism of our staff in responding to an ebola threat,\u201d Jayne said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe RCH has been working for more than seven months to ensure the hospital is fully prepared for an ebola presentation,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur priority is always the safety of our staff and the community, as we provide the best care possible to these patients.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The RCH is designated to provide care for children under 16 for assessment and management of patients suspected of a viral haemorrhagic fever such as ebola.<\/p>\n<p>While ebola is a very serious disease, it is not highly contagious as it cannot be caught through coughing or sneezing.<\/p>\n<p>The risk of infection is extremely low unless there has been direct exposure to the bodily fluids of an infected person or animal (alive or dead).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Test results on two children admitted earlier today to the RCH are negative for ebola virus disease. The girls are being treated for respiratory illness and are doing well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4797","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-in-the-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4797","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/42"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4797"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4797\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4800,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4797\/revisions\/4800"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4797"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4797"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}