Deal reached on protection equipment for health-care workers
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MEDICINE HAT, AB – Health-care employers and unions have reached a deal on the use of personal protection equipment in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
A joint statement from Alberta Health Services (AHS), the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees (AUPE), Covenant Health (CH), the Health Sciences Association of Alberta (HSAA), and United Nurses of Alberta (UNA) was released today.
“During the current COVID-19 pandemic, it is critical that the appropriate steps are taken to protect the health and safety of all health care workers while they provide high-quality care to Albertans and prevent exposure to and transmission of COVID-19,” the statement reads.
The parties have agreed “that a risk assessment must be conducted for every patient interaction to ensure front-line health care workers have the specific PPE (personal protective equipment) they need. As partners in the response to COVID-19, we trust our front-line health care teams to make appropriate and clinically sound decisions.”
