The New York State Nurses Association is fighting potential cuts to the city’s public-hospital system while pushing for reusable respirators that could protect workers in case there is a second wave of the coronavirus.
The union has been urging medical centers, including NYC Health + Hospitals, to acquire 90 days' worth of personal protective equipment now that the number of COVID cases in the city and state has significantly declined. But in addition to N95 masks, NYSNA wants hospital staff to be equipped with elastomeric respirators—air-purifying, reusable respirators.
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