The Biden administration’s failure to install new protections for health-care workers against infectious diseases left the industry waiting for President Donald Trump to unfreeze new regulations and name leaders at OSHA, again delaying long-anticipated rulemaking.
National Nurses United—the largest labor union and professional association for registered nurses—says their members can’t wait for another major health crisis like the Covid-19 pandemic to push for stronger protections for workers.
The screening and isolation of potentially infectious patients, more attention to ventilation systems, and personal protective equipment should be the essential minimum requirements for employers, according to Jane Thomason—NNU’s lead industrial hygienist. Preliminary ...
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