Nurses Association demands medical masks for swine flu protection
By Richard Sisk and Erica Pearson
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITERSSaturday, September 5th 2009
Nurses across the state are demanding medical masks that effectively protect them from swine flu.
A day after scientists said health care workers who come in close contact with flu patients should wear an N95 respirator, the New York State Nurses Association rallied its 37,000 members.
In an open letter to State Commissioner of Health Richard Daines, the association called for respirators to be standard in New York, saying airborne germs are a “clear hazard for workers.”
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