California Hospitals Urge Nurses Union to Stop H1N1 Scare Tactics

Posted on: Tuesday, 20 October 2009, 18:13 CDT CNA's Planned Oct. 30 Strike is About Contract Negotiations, Not H1N1 Preparedness SACRAMENTO, Calif., Oct. 20 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The California Hospital Association (CHA) is engaged with hospitals and state and local public health officials in a voluntary statewide effort to ensure that all hospital workers -- including registered nurses -- are vaccinated against the H1N1 flu virus. "Hospital caregivers are on the front lines in responding to the H1N1 pandemic," said CHA President and CEO C. Duane Dauner. "Although no one yet knows how rapidly the H1N1 flu may spread or how serious the illness may become, it's essential that the nurses and other clinicians who work in our community hospitals be given the highest level of protection possible against the virus so that they... [read full story]                    

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