More than 400 respiratory care practitioners and respiratory therapists across California say they do not have adequate safety protections and need the same protections as physicians and nurses in their hospital, according to the SEIU United Healthcare Workers West union.
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A critical care nurse at ChristianaCare's Wilmington (Del.) Hospital walked off the job April 13, saying her employer isn't doing enough to protect healthcare workers and that she was banned from wearing an N95 respirator to treat COVID-19 patients, according…
The University of Virginia in Charlottesville is freezing hiring for faculty, staff and health system positions.
Federal data released this week showed that healthcare professionals account for 9,282 of the 315,531 COVID-19 cases nationwide, their median age is 42, and 73 percent of them are female.
Hospitals and health systems should think about employee health and safety in a broad way and address the whole person, mentally, physically, emotionally and financially amid the COVID-19 pandemic, said Lori Knowles, chief human resources officer of Houston-based Memorial Hermann…
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Three nurses from Alabama who were recruited to work in New York City hospitals amid the COVID-19 pandemic are suing a staffing firm after finding what they considered to be unsafe working conditions, according to a recently filed lawsuit cited…
Naples, Fla.-based NCH Healthcare System has quarantined 78 employees amid the COVID-19 pandemic, including 66 employees quarantined after a possible "exposure incident," the News-Press reported.
Southfield, Mich.-based Beaumont Health is offering to test employees' blood as part of a study of COVID-19 antibodies.
The number of confirmed employee COVID-19 cases at Boston's major teaching hospitals had reached nearly 1,000 as of April 13, according to TV station WCVB.
The number of Henry Ford Health System employees testing positive for COVID-19 has grown by more than 200 since March 12, the health system reported.