LUTH staff trained on how to handle Ebola

The Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Idi-Araba, has started a training programme for its health workers towards containing the potential spread of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD).

The Public Relations Officer of LUTH Mrs Hope Nwololo, who announced this, stated that the training was to promote the health and safety of all the health workers against the deadly virus, adding that health workers were exposed to a variety of infection in the course of performing their duties.

She said: “The training maps out the standard precautionary measures health workers are expected to observe in the control of infectious diseases and awareness on the risk factors of Ebola”.

“We are all encouraged to apply, in addition to standard precautions, other infection control measures and strategies on proper and prompt response in the occurrence of an Ebola case”.

The LUTH spokesperson explained that the training would include all employees of the institutions, from the doctors to the administrative personnel and the cleaning crew.

“The delivery of health care services requires a broad range of workers such as physicians, nurses, technicians, clinical laboratory workers, security and administrative personnel”, she said.

DailyPost recalls that the tests, which confirmed that the late Liberian Patrick Sawyer was positive to Ebola, were carried out at LUTH, while a number of suspected specimens that eventually tested negative had also been taking to the same health facility.

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