Eliminating the isolation time and sending asymptomatic or exposed health care workers to work will guarantee more preventable transmission, infections, hospitalizations, and death.
National leading labor organizations and unions petitioned the U.S. Court of Appeals to order the Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration to issue a permanent standard to protect health care workers against Covid-19.
National Nurses United demands that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention maintain its existing guidance on ten-day isolation for health care workers who have tested positive for Covid-19.
Widespread transmission will continue to result in evolution and spread of new variants of concern, such as Omicron, making a permanent standard even more important
Registered nurses at Longmont United Hospital are hosting a speak-out event on Thursday, Dec. 2 at 10 a.m. to address unsafe conditions at the hospital.
RNs and caregivers will hold an informational picket on Tuesday, Nov. 16 to call on Palomar to support a series of proposals aimed at improving staffing levels and strengthening safe patient care conditions.
California Nurses Association/Caregivers and Healthcare Employees Union
