POSTFLT CONFUSION AT ORD OCCURRED IN EVENTS SURROUNDING 2 PAX INCIDENTS THAT IMPACTED ON THE ACFT'S STERILE CONDITION. POSSIBLE FLT ATTENDANT EXPOSURE TO BLOOD BORN PATHOGENS FROM AN ILL PAX FROM DEN; CO.

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WHEN TAXIING IN DEN TOWARD DEP RWY; NUMEROUS PAX CALL LIGHTS BEGAN RINGING. A FEMALE PAX (APPROX 35 YRS OF AGE) SEATED IN AISLE SEAT OF EXIT ROW HAD VOMITED. MYSELF (FLT ATTENDANT #1) AND FLT ATTENDANT #4 WALKED TOWARD PAX WHO VOMITED TO LEARN WHAT HAD HAPPENED. I PROMPTLY CONTACTED THE CAPT AND INFORMED HIM OF THE SIT. THE ACFT WAS STOPPED WHILE WE ASSISTED PAX. FLT ATTENDANT #4 AND #2 DID MOST OF THE CLEAN-UP AND MOVED PAX TO AN OPEN SEAT -- FOR THERE WERE BODILY FLUIDS ON THE SEAT CUSHION AND FLOOR. SEAT CUSHION WAS PLACED IN A LARGE PLASTIC BAG AND STOWED IN AN EMPTY CART. PAX DID NOT WANT MEDICAL ASSISTANCE -- SHE WAS SURPRISED AT WHAT HAD HAPPENED AND WANTED TO CONTINUE ON TO ORD. FLT ATTENDANT #4 USED THE GRAB AND GO KIT; FOUND LATEX GLOVES; BUT NO CHEMICALS TO STERILIZE VOMIT AREA. LATER INFLT; ANOTHER PAX (18 YR OLD MALE) WENT INTO SEIZURE. A PHYSICIAN CAME TO OUR ASSISTANCE PROMPTLY. PILLOWS AND BLANKETS WERE PLACED AROUND THIS YOUNG MAN WHILE HE CONVULSED. A SECOND PHYSICIAN OFFERED HIS SVCS. THE EMER MEDICAL KIT AND DEFIBRILLATOR WAS OFFERED TO THE PHYSICIANS -- BLOOD PRESSURE CUFF AND STETHOSCOPE WERE USED. PHYSICIAN STATED THAT WE NEEDED TO LAND ACFT ASAP. I INFORMED THE CAPT OF ALL THIS. WE DIVERTED TO DSM; LANDED AT DSM IN ABOUT 18 MINS FROM THE TIME THAT THE PHYSICIAN REQUESTED THE LNDG. THERE WERE PARAMEDICS TO MEET OUR FLT IN DES MOINES. THIS PAX AND HIS FATHER AND 1 MORE TRAVELING COMPANION (I BELIEVE IT WAS THE BROTHER OF THIS PAX) DEPLANED IN DSM. THE FEMALE PAX WHO HAD VOMITED BEFORE TKOF ASKED IF SHE SHOULD DEPLANE IN DSM. I TOLD HER THAT WOULD BE HER DECISION AND SUGGESTED THAT SHE SPEAK WITH THE PARAMEDICS AND GATE AGENT. SHE DECIDED TO CONTINUE ON TO ORD WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. THIS FLT WAS MET IN ORD BY A FLT ATTENDANT FLT SVC MGR WHO REMOVED US FROM THE DURATION OF OUR TRIP. AIRLINE MEDICAL INFORMED ME THAT EVEN THOUGH I MAY HAVE BEEN EXPOSED TO BLOOD BORN PATHOGENS (18 YR OLD MALE VOMITED ON EMER MEDICAL KIT UNBEKNOWNST TO FLT ATTENDANTS UNTIL AFTER WE HAD OUR BARE HANDS ON IT TO STOW IT FOR DSM DIRECT ORD). I CANNOT REQUEST INFO FOR MY DOCTOR AS PER WHAT PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES WE NEED TO MAKE FOR EXPOSURE TO THIS PAX'S BODILY FLUIDS. IT WAS NOT UNTIL THE FLT ATTENDANT CREW OF FLT FROM DEN DIRECT ORD INFORMED THE OUTBOUND CREW AND CAPT THAT THE CAPT WAS ABLE TO CONTACT THE APPROPRIATE DEPT TO HAVE THE PILLOWS AND BLANKETS [REMOVED]. WE INFORMED THE CATERER THAT HE COULD NOT REMOVE THEM. BIOHAZARD PERSONNEL WERE CALLED AND HE DEALT WITH THE WET SEAT CUSHIONS. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 539260: THE PAX AND FATHER WENT TO THE HOSPITAL. THE BOY WAS DISCHARGED AND LATER THAT DAY THEY BOTH FLEW.