CMW news: Nurse association complains about lack of H1N1 respirators
Case Management Weekly, November 4, 2009
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The American Nurses Association (ANA) has written a letter to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to complain about the shortage of respirator masks, which nurses wear to protect themselves against the H1N1 virus.
The ANA expressed concern about the increasing number of facilities that are reporting a shortage of N-95 respirators. The CDC recommends the N-95 respirators as the minimum level of respiratory protection for healthcare workers who could be exposed to the H1N1 virus.
"Registered nurses want to come to work and do our jobs to take care of patients—we historically have put patients' needs ahead of our own," said ANA President Rebecca M. Patton, RN in an interview with HealthLeaders Media. "So it's absolutely essential to have adequate protection from exposure to the H1N1 virus. If nurses get sick and can't come to work, who will take care of patients?
Source: HealthLeaders Media
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