Nurses' Union Implores OSHA To Ramp Up Healthcare ETS Enforcement

The country’s largest nurses’ union is calling on OSHA to step up enforcement of its COVID-19 emergency temporary standard (ETS) for healthcare, arguing that a recent survey of hospital conditions shows widespread noncompliance with key provisions of the ETS, including on testing and protective gear, in its first month of implementation. The survey , published Sept. 27 by National Nurses United (NNU), examined responses from over 5,000 registered nurses about pandemic-related workplace conditions during an eight-week span, from June 1...