Third case: Amber Vinson Ebola virus cases in the United States

an aeromedical biological containment system (abcs), same model used transport both nina pham , amber vinson isolation units

on october 14, second nurse @ same hospital, identified 29-year-old amber vinson, reported fever. amber joy vinson among nurses had provided treatment duncan. vinson isolated within 90 minutes of reporting fever. next day, vinson had tested positive ebola virus. on october 13, vinson had flown frontier airlines flight 1143 cleveland dallas, after spending weekend in tallmadge , akron, ohio. vinson had elevated temperature of 99.5 °f (37.5 °c) before boarding 138-passenger jet, according public health officials. vinson had flown cleveland dallas on frontier airlines flight 1142 on october 10. flight crew members flight 1142 put on paid leave 21 days.

during press conference, cdc director tom frieden stated should not have traveled since 1 of health care workers known have had exposure duncan. passengers of both flights asked contact cdc precautionary measure.

it later discovered cdc had, in fact, given vinson permission board commercial flight cleveland. before trip dallas, spoke dallas county health department , called cdc several times report 99.5 °f (37.5 °c) temperature before boarding flight. cdc employee took call checked cdc chart, noted vinson s temperature not true fever – temperature of 100.4 °f (38.0 °c) or higher – cdc deemed high risk , , let board commercial flight. on october 19, vinson s family released statement detailing government-approved travel clearances , announcing had hired washington, dc, attorney, billy martin. precaution, sixteen people in ohio had had contact vinson voluntarily quarantined.

on october 15, vinson transferred emory university hospital in atlanta. 7 days later, vinson declared ebola free emory university hospital.

monitoring of other health care workers

as of october 15, 2014, there 76 texas presbyterian hospital health care workers being monitored because had had level of contact thomas duncan. on october 16, after learning vinson had traveled on plane before ebola diagnosis, texas department of state health services advised health care workers exposed duncan avoid travel , public places until 21 days after last known exposure.