The Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions is warning that the federal public health agency’s guidelines to protect front-line health care workers from outbreaks of diseases like the Novel Coronavirus don’t go far enough, and might be putting them and patients at risk.
The standards, which the Public Health Agency of Canada updated last week, layout the precautions health care workers should take when assessing and treating a patient with a possible case of the coronavirus, including what protective equipment should be used.
