February News Article: Not Enough Masks for Nurses

Published on September 2, 2020 by Cheryl Clark, this article talks about how nurses are being forced to wear the same mask repeatedly for days without being given a new one or a decontaminated one. Nurses are reporting the equipment that is meant for single use is being used more for multiple days a time. This causes anxiety and worry in them because not only does it put them at risk for catching COVID-19 but it also puts their families at risk as well. From a survey of 21,000 nurses, half of them reported having to reuse the same mask for more than one day. Not only that, but they also felt…