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Fauci: New protocols to call for now skin showing

Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 16, 2014, as the House Energy and Commerce Committee's subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations held a hearing to examine the response to the Ebola outbreak and whether America's hospitals and health care workers are adequately prepared for Ebola patients. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 16, 2014, as the House Energy and Commerce Committee's subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations held a hearing to examine the response to the Ebola outbreak and whether America's hospitals and health care workers are adequately prepared for Ebola patients. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

By Associated Press October 19, 2014 1 min read

WASHINGTON (AP) – A federal health official says revised guidance for health care workers treating Ebola patients will include protective gear “with no skin showing.”

Dr. Anthony Fauci heads the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. He tells ABC’s “This week” that those caring for an Ebola patient in Dallas were left vulnerable because some of their skin was showing.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is working on revisions to safety protocols.

Ebola’s incubation period is 21 days, and Fauci notes that mark is being reached Sunday for Dallas hospital workers who first treated the ill Liberian man.

Fauci tells NBC’s “Meet the Press” that “the ones now today that are going to be ‘off the hook’ are the ones that saw him initially in the emergency room.”