Pennsylvania Nurses Applauding New Mandate For Hospitals To Better Protect Health Care Workers From Coronavirus

Stephanie Stahl reports.

AND IN DELAWARE, MORE THAN10,000 CASES AND 413 DEATHS.APPLAUDING NEW ORDER, FROMTHE HEALTH DEPARTMENT,MANDATING THAT HOSPITAL BETTERPROTECT HEALTHCARE WORKERSFROM THE CORONAVIRUS.HEALTH REPORTER STEPHANIESTAHL IS HERE WITH DOUGH TAILSON THE NEW ORDER, ANDREACTION.HI, STEPHANIE.HI, JESSICA.SOME NURSES AND HEALTHCAREWORK VERSE BEEN COMPLAININGABOUT WORKING CONDITIONSINSIDE HOSPITALS.SAYING THERE WEREN'T ENOUGHSAFETY MEASURES OR EQUIPMENTTO PROTECT THEM FROM COVID-19.THE NEW ORDER FROM THEPENNSYLVANIA HEALTH DEPARTMENTIS ADDRESSING THEIR CONCERNS.NEW ORDERS ARE IN PLACE ANDAIMED AT KEEPING HEALTHCAREWORKERS IN PENNSYLVANIA SAFERACTION THEY'VE BEEN CALLINGFOR AS THE PANDEMIC WITHCORONAVIRUS PATIENTS.THE NURSE'S UNION SAYS THATINCLUDES 80 AT TEMPLEHOSPITAL, WHICH IS HAD THEHIGHEST VOLUME OF COVID-19CASES.WE WERE COMPLETELYILL-PREPARED.LAURIE MAY, NURSE ATTEMPLE, AND THE PRESIDENT OFTHE PENNSYLVANIA ASSOCIATIONOF STAFF NURSES AND ALLIEDPROFESSIONALS, IS APPLAUDINGTHE NEW PENNSYLVANIA HEALTHDEPARTMENT ORDER, THATREQUIRES HOSPITALS TO BETTERPROTECT WORKERS, FROMCORONAVIRUS VIRUS.WE'RE THRILLED THAT ALLHOSPITALS IN THE COMMONWEALTH,WILL HAVE THE PROTECTION.FRANKLY DESERVE THESEPROTECTIONS.UNDER THE ORDERS HOSPITALSMUST PROVIDE NATIONALLYAPPROVED RESPIRATORS IN DIRECTCARE OF COVID-19 PATIENTS.AND MUST REPLACE THEM, ONREQUEST, IF THE MASK GETSSOILED OR DAMAGED.HOSPITALS MUST ALSO IN THIS ISPARRA MANT TO WHAT WE STANDSFOR.UNIVERSAL MASKING FOREVERYONE ENTERING A HOSPITAL.AND WE REACHED OUT TO THEHOSPITAL ASSOCIATION OFPENNSYLVANIA, FOR A COMMENT ONTHE NEW ORDER BUT DID NOT HEARBACK.