CMS said in an email that all nursing homes are required to have infection control plans and"would inherently need to inform staff about cases of COVID-19 in the facility" to implement them effectively. The agency's inspectors are currently focused on infection control and problems that place residents in"immediate jeopardy."
The American Health Care Association, an industry group representing nursing homes, said that it’s “common practice” for long-term care facilities to notify staff about COVID-19 cases, and the group has issued recommendations for them to do so. But not all facilities are following suit. “OSHA has disappeared — nobody has these workers’ back,” said Debbie Berkowitz, a former OSHA official under the Obama administration. “They are not enforcing the CDC guidelines. Employers can follow them or ignore them, and there are no consequences.”
. Only hospitals received more OSHA complaints from employees. The agency also received reports of 47 staff deaths from the coronavirus in nursing homes, as well as 120 whistleblower complaints from nursing home employees since mid-February, the Labor Department said.inspections of health care facilities where staff members have died, or where they otherwise face “imminent danger exposures related to COVID-19.
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Sad, and should not be happening! All nursing homes work 'short' to increase profits. The least they could do is provide ppe so those overworked employees can stay healthy!
Thanks to China and Democrats.
Trump called Africa countries “shithole countries”. It now seems The US is presently wearing that title under him.
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NBC, you, with your resources, need to make this right.
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A good description of the trump administration's.
Every business, everywhere!
It's the same everywhere. 'The nail that stands the tallest is the one that gets hammered.'
Same in every hospital and every country.
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