The California Occupational Safety and Health Administration has announced some of the nation's most stringent regulations to protect healthcare providers and workers who treat Ebola patients.
Under the regulations, which expand on regulations issued in October, acute-care hospitals must provide hazardous material suits, respirators, isolation rooms and training to healthcare workers, according to a San Francisco Gate report. They are more comprehensive than the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's guidelines.
"Hospitals will continue to work closely with Cal/OSHA officials as hands-on training sessions continue for those employees who are most likely to provide care to patients with Ebola," a spokeswoman for the California Hospital Association, told SFGate.
To date, there have been no Ebola cases in California.