At least 10 nurses are heading back to the COVID-19 ward this week after being suspended for demanding protective respirator masks. SANTA MONICA, Calif. - At least 10 nurses are heading back to the COVID-19 ward this week after being suspended for demanding protective respirator masks, the National Nurses United union said Tuesday.
Their Southern California hospital has reinstated them and is now supplying the N95 masks to nurses working with infected patients.
RELATED: Stay up to date on all coronavirus-related information The N95 mask filters out 95% of all airborne particles, including ones too tiny to be blocked by regular masks.
But hospital administrators said they weren’t necessary and didn’t provide them, the nurses said. RELATED: