Total Health and Workplace Safety
Frontline Employees Get Intensive Ebola Preparation
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KP, union coalition collaborate on training event
Standing on a stage in front of hundreds of his fellow health care workers at the largest Ebola educational session on the West Coast to date, registered nurse Peter Sidhu demonstrated how to use personal protective gear in the way that keeps both patients and workers safe.
Sidhu inspected his equipment first—two pairs of gloves, a gown, mask and face shield. Then Arjun Srinivasan, MD, the associate director for health care-associated infection prevention programs at the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, gave him detailed, step-by-step instructions in putting them on.
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The Nov. 7 educational session in Los Angeles was hosted by Kaiser Permanente, the Coalition of Kaiser Permanente Unions and other organizations that are coming together to help frontline caregivers learn about the newest CDC protocols and guidelines for handling Ebola patients. Hundreds attended in person, while thousands more nationwide watched a live telecast of the event.
