Ebola: 5 ways the CDC got it wrong.

http://edition.cnn.com/2014/10/13/health/ebola-cdc/

1. Telling possible Ebola patients to "call a doctor."

"One way to do it differently: Set up a toll free number for returning passengers that would reach a centralized office, which would then dispatch a local ambulance to get the patient to a hospital."

2. Saying any hospital can deal with Ebola patients

"Dr. Michael Osterholm, an infectious disease epidemiologist at the University of Minnesota, said some hospitals have more experience with infectious diseases and consistently do drills in how to deal with biohazards."

3. Not encouraging the "buddy system" among providers.

Skinner said the CDC is considering recommending such a system to hospitals.

4. Not encouraging doctors to develop treatment guidelines.

Osterholm said CDC should coordinate with medical groups to come up with treatment guidelines.
"We could have and should have done it a few months ago," he said.

5. Putting too much trust into protective gear (which is why Duncan's providers haven't been monitored for Ebola till now.)

"We have to recognize that our safety work tells us that breaches of protocol are the norm, not the exception in health care," said Dr. Peter Pronovost, senior vice president for patient safety and quality at Johns Hopkins Medicine. "We routinely break precautions."