Infectious Disease Protections for Nurses

Currently, there are no enforceable OSHA standards requiring health care employers to protect nurses and other health care workers from infectious diseases. That needs to change!

Share your experiences in this survey to help us advocate for the protections that health care workers and patients need. This survey pertains to all infectious diseases that spread from person-to-person via contact or aerosol (formerly droplet/airborne) transmission, including Covid-19, tuberculosis, RSV, influenza, MRSA, pertussis, C. diff, and others.

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Last name*

ZIP Code*

Postal code*

Email address*

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Are patients screened for respiratory infectious diseases at the point of entry to your health care facility (e.g., TB, influenza, Covid, RSV, etc)?

If a patient has or might have a respiratory infectious disease, are they isolated?

If you would like to share further details about patient screening and isolation practices at your facility, this space is available.

Does your facility use masks for source control?

	Patients	Visitors	Staff
Universal masking at all times
Universal masking during surges or periods of high transmission
Masking in specific units at all times
Masking in specific units during surges or periods of high transmission
Voluntary only
Not sure
Other (please specify below)

If you selected Other, please provide additional details here:

What types of personal protective equipment (PPE) does your facility use for these common infectious diseases? Select all that apply.

	Respirator	Surgical mask	Eye protection	Isolation gowns	Gloves	Other (please specify below)	Not sure
Tuberculosis	Respirator	Surgical mask	Eye protection	Isolation gowns	Gloves	Other (please specify below)	Not sure
Measles	Respirator	Surgical mask	Eye protection	Isolation gowns	Gloves	Other (please specify below)	Not sure
Covid-19	Respirator	Surgical mask	Eye protection	Isolation gowns	Gloves	Other (please specify below)	Not sure
Influenza	Respirator	Surgical mask	Eye protection	Isolation gowns	Gloves	Other (please specify below)	Not sure
RSV	Respirator	Surgical mask	Eye protection	Isolation gowns	Gloves	Other (please specify below)	Not sure
Pertussis	Respirator	Surgical mask	Eye protection	Isolation gowns	Gloves	Other (please specify below)	Not sure

If you would like to share further details about mask and/or PPE practices at your facility, this space is available.

Does your employer identify and notify staff of exposures to infectious diseases?

If you would like to share further details about exposure notification at your facility, this space is available.

Have you ever sustained any infectious disease from work (including common cold, influenza, Covid-19, MRSA, etc.)?

Yes No Not sure

If you would like to share further details about infections sustained at work, this space is available.

About how long did you require off work to recover? If you have sustained multiple infections at work, please provide an average amount of time you required to recover.

0 days

1-2 days

3-4 days

5-6 days

1-2 weeks

More than 2 weeks

Not sure

Other (please specify)

Did your employer provide paid time while you recovered?

My employer provided paid time to recover from the work-related infection, separate from my own vacation/sick time.

I had to use my own paid sick time.

I had to use my own vacation time.

I had to use my own PTO (paid time off) bank.

Not sure

Other (please specify)

Does your employer provide TB testing after pre-hire screening? If so, how often?

Yes, annually.

Yes, every other year.

Yes, every three years.

Only upon request.

Only after exposure.

Never

Not sure

Other (please specify)

Which nursing license or certification do you hold?

In what setting do you currently work?