US nurses have not been tested for Covid-19 and are reusing PPE, survey say | BISouthAfrica
The survey also found that 27% of respondents who work with confirmed coronavirus patients said they had been exposed without appropriate PPE and worked again within 14 days.
It also found that 500 nurses had a positive coronavirus test result, and that 500 more nurses were still waiting for their results when they took the survey.
"Nurses signed up to care for their patients. They did not sign up to die needlessly on the front lines of a pandemic. Our message to employers and the Trump administration is: Platitudes are empty without protections. For our sake, for the public's sake - give us PPE."
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