F
ollowing a worldwide day of actions by
100,000 registered nurses and health workers
demanding major improvements in safeguards for
the deadly Ebola virus, California officials on Nov.
14 announced landmark, mandatory Ebola guide-
lines that serve as a model for federal and state
action for all U.S. hospitals. Nurses, in fact, gathered
on the steps of the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administra-
tion Nov. 18, calling on the agency to match these regulations at the
federal level. The global actions, which took place Nov. 12, included
nurses from California to the White House, from Texas to Minneso-
ta, and even RNs in the Philippines and Australia.
National Nurses United, which has sponsored two months of
actions to upgrade Ebola protections, and the California Nurses
Association praised the new California standards by the California
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (Cal-OSHA),
under the leadership of Gov. Jerry Brown.
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N A T I O N A L N U R S E W W W . N A T I O N A L N U R S E S U N I T E D . O R G N O V E M B E R 2 0 1 4
The Talking is Over
After two months of protests and warnings about lack of Ebola
preparedness, RNs in California secure landmark, model standards
and continue their actions to win the same nationwide.
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RICK
REINHARD
