Category: External News
Take Action: Email your MPP to call on the government to pay the promised Hospital PSW Retention Payment
Hospital-based personal support workers, health care aides and other similar classifications are...
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Take action on Bill 7: Send an email message to the Ford Government
Ford’s Conservatives just announced Bill 7, the highly misleading More Beds, Better Care Act. This...
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‘Stretched to the max’ and ‘demoralized’: Nurse says hospital shortages are causing major problems in the healthcare system — CUPE 6364 President Pam Parks on CBC Radio Metro Morning
Click below to listen to CUPE 6364 President Pam Parks on CBC Radio’s Metro Morning show...
Read MoreDoug Ford’s new long-term-care legislation, Bill 37, tolls for all of us
The bill lays bare Ford’s ongoing agenda, and smooths the way for billions of public dollars to be funnelled to for-profit LTC for another generation.
Read MoreFord Government’s Response on Long-Term Care is a Travesty
The so-called “new” long-term care legislation introduced by the Ford government is scheduled for third and final reading in the legislature today and it will be passed by the Conservative majority likely today or tomorrow. The bill, which is really just a series of amendments to the existing Long-Term Care Homes Act (2007), has been rushed through in advance of the provincial election in order to make the appearance of doing something, without crossing the vital interests of the for-profit long-term care industry, and without committing the funds and political will to the changes that are actually needed.
Read MoreOntario Government: Hospital Workers Should Work Harder
With as much fanfare as it could muster, the Progressive Conservative government of Doug Ford re-announced its Budget plan of $300-million for hospitals to deal with the backlog of surgeries and procedures caused by...
Read MoreCollege of Nurses Communique on Emergency Order Concerning Changes to Scope of Practice in Hospitals
Dear nurses:A new order under the Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act, 1990 (EMCPA) authorizes health care professionals, including nurses, to provide patient care services outside their regular scope of practice and...
Read MoreCharacterization of hospital airborne SARS-CoV-2
Smaller particles, particularly fine particulate matter (≤ 2.5 µm in diameter), can remain airborne for longer periods than larger particles and after inhalation will penetrate deeply into the lungs.
Read MoreProminent Scientists Call on CDC to Better Protect Workers From Covid
A prominent group of academics is pressing the Biden administration to move faster and take stronger action to protect high-risk workers from airborne exposure to the coronavirus, urging enforceable standards to help safeguard...
Read MoreCovid-19: Risk of aerosol transmission to staff outside of intensive care is likely to be higher than predicted
The study found that the risk of SARSCoV-2 aerosolisation was likely to be high in departments where patients with covid-19 are coughing, such as emergency departments and general wards. These are places where staff generally wear face masks only.
Read MoreUp the line to death: covid-19 has revealed a mortal betrayal of the world’s healthcare workers
Worldwide, the death toll and the impact on the physical and mental health of healthcare workers are staggering. The long term costs are yet to be counted. But, a number of countries, mainly in Asia, have been able to manage covid outbreaks without sustaining any healthcare worker infections at all. The means to do so are now widely recognised. They are costly and inconvenient to implement and require an acceptance of the predominance of aerosol transmission of this virus and its application in a rigorous, safety-conscious infection control system. But it can be done.
Read MoreAddressing the Aerosol Transmission of SARS CoV-2
Joint Consensus Statement on Addressing the Aerosol Transmission of SARS CoV-2 and Recommendations for Preventing Occupational Exposures.
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