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 Despite a two-day strike by the California Nurses Association next week, all Kaiser Permanente facilities in Northern California will remain open, the health care provider said in an e-mail to its members Friday. 
  
 All “emergency departments, urgent care departments, primary and specialty care departments, pharmacies and laboratories,” will be operating as normal during the strike, which is scheduled to run from 7 a.m. Tuesday through 6:59 a.m. Thursday, Kaiser wrote in the e-mail. Some elective procedures and appointments would be canceled, however. 
  
 The strike is part of a national labor action that will include 18,000 nurses and nurse practitioners walking out of more than 65 Kaiser hospitals and clinics to demand higher Ebola treatment standards and better safety precautions. 
  
 “With the refusal of hospitals across the country to take seriously the need to establish the highest safety precautions for when an Ebola patient walks in the door, and the failure of our elected leaders in Washington to compel them to do so, America’s nurses say they have to make their voices heard a little louder,” said RoseAnn DeMoro, executive director of National Nurses United. 
  
 For their part, Kaiser officials said they are doing all within their power to ready their staff in the unlikely event of an Ebola outbreak. 
  
 “Our infectious disease experts have fully reviewed the new CDC recommendations, and Kaiser Permanente is augmenting our personal protective equipment to meet or exceed these national standards,” Dr. Stephen Parodi, an infectious disease specialist and director of Kaiser’s hospital operations in Northern California, told the San Francisco Business Times. 
  
 Similar actions are planned at at hospitals and clinics in Washington, D.C., Augusta, Ga.; Bar Harbor, Maine; Boston; Chicago; and other cities. 
  
 Chronicle staff writer J.K. Dineen contributed to this report. 
  
 Kale Williams is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. E-mail: kwilliams@sfchronicle.com Twitter: @sfkale ||||| Since March, the world had watched Ebola spread through West Africa, infecting not only residents but also the health workers tasked with stopping the outbreak. During this time, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has said that hospitals were prepared, and resolved to stop the virus if it made its way over the Atlantic. But health care workers have said otherwise; that hospitals are actually far from prepared — the virus’ spread to the Dallas nurses proved that. Over 18,000 nurses in Northern California feel similarly, and are planning a two-day strike this week to show it. 
  
 The strike, which begins Tuesday, involves nurses from the National Nurses United (NNU) labor union, who work in 21 hospitals and 65 clinics. Although an area of focus for the strike is a lack of Ebola preparedness, officials in the union say these concerns stem from an overall deficiency in patient care standards — an issue they’ve been trying to address during new contract negotiations with Kaiser Permanente, which owns the health centers. “In negotiations earlier today (Thursday), Kaiser continued to stonewall on dozens of proposals to improve patient care standards, as well as refusing to address the concern of Kaiser RNs about Ebola safety protocols and protective equipment,” a union press release said. 
  
 Their concerns are valid, especially over Ebola. The virus’ spread from Thomas Eric Duncan, the first Ebola patient diagnosed in the U.S., to two of his nurses exposed how unprepared the hospital was and how easily a system could fall apart. Duncan had originally visited the hospital with a low fever, and even told staff that he had been to West Africa recently, yet they sent him home with only antibiotics. Two days later, he was obviously sick with Ebola. The hospital failed again, however, by allowing nurses to care for him for two days without proper protective gear. And this was only one hospital; a survey from NNU found that 85 percent of nurses feel they’re unprepared, with many saying they haven’t been briefed on protocol. 
  
 REUTERS/Susana Vera 
  
 At the same time, health authorities responded relatively quickly once the virus was transmitted to the two nurses. Both were flown to specialized facilities where they underwent treatment and subsequently survived. All of the possible contacts they made while sick were monitored for three weeks, and no one got sick. In New York City, where Dr. Craig Spencer is undergoing Ebola treatment, there are 357 people being monitored for Ebola. However, the doctor admitted himself to a hospital just before he could be considered contagious (under a 105-degree fever). Considering all of this, it’s clear that the fear of the virus spreading in the U.S. is over-exaggerated, even if the nurses fears are reasonable — they are, after all, the ones taking care of sick patients. 
  
 Kaiser said that it was the NNU, however, that was to blame for stalled negotiations. We are training our staff on how to use the right protective gear, to make sure they know how to use it,” spokesman John Nelson said, according to Bloomberg. “We have repeatedly asked union leadership to work with us on our Ebola strategy. They have refused. Instead, they continue to hold press conferences claiming hospitals are unprepared for Ebola.” 
  
 The hospital and insurance chain expects all business to run as usual during the strike. emergency and urgent care departments, primary and specialty care departments, and pharmacies and labs will be open, it said in a statement, according to The San Francisco Chronicle. Only some appointments and elective procedures would be cancelled. 
  
 In all, the virus has spread through every district of Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Guinea, and cases have appeared in Spain, Mali, Nigeria, and Senegal. As of Nov. 5, there has been a total of 13,042 cases and 4,818 deaths, according to the World Health Organization. ||||| Some 18,000 nurses in Northern California are planning a two-day strike starting Nov. 11, partly over equipment and training standards for the Ebola virus. 
  
 The walkout would affect 21 hospitals and 65 clinics owned by Kaiser Permanente, based in Oakland, California, said Charles Idelson, a spokesman for National Nurses United. The union’s contract with nonprofit Kaiser expired in August and was extended until October, he said. 
  
 The union said in a Nov. 6 statement that Kaiser “continued to stonewall on dozens of proposals to improve patient care standards, as well as refusing to address the concern of Kaiser RNs about Ebola safety protocols and protective equipment, refusing to even answer questions by the RNs.” 
  
 Kaiser hospitals have contingency plans in place and will operate with normal business hours and services, while elective procedures and non-urgent appointments will be rescheduled, John Nelson, a spokesman, said today in an e-mailed statement. 
  
 He disputed the idea that health workers aren’t being trained to deal with Ebola. 
  
 “We are training our staff on how to use the right protective gear, to make sure they know how to use it,” Nelson said in the statement. “We have repeatedly asked union leadership to work with us on our Ebola strategy. They have refused. Instead, they continue to hold press conferences claiming hospitals are unprepared for Ebola.” 
  
 Dallas Nurses 
  
 The dispute comes after two nurses in Dallas were infected last month while caring for Thomas Eric Duncan, the first man to die of the virus in the U.S. Both have since been declared free of the virus. After the nurses became infected, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released updated guidelines for health workers, such as details about the coverings they should wear while treating Ebola patients. 
  
 Other strikes are planned for next week: 800 nurses at two non-Kaiser Northern California hospitals on Nov. 11 and another affecting 400 nurses in Washington the next day, Idelson of the nurses union said. 
  
 The union also plans to hold a “day of actions” on Nov. 12 in at least 16 U.S. states and Washington, to highlight better training and protection equipment to aid in the caring of patients with the Ebola virus. 
  
 To contact the reporter on this story: Janet Lorin in New York at jlorin@bloomberg.net 
  
 To contact the editors responsible for this story: Bernard Kohn at bkohn2@bloomberg.net Stephen West, Sylvia Wier ||||| Press Releases 
  
 Talks Stall as Strike Nears for 18,000 Kaiser RNs 
  
 Press Release, 11/6/14 
  
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 Kaiser Walkout for Improved Patient Care Kicks Off Day of Action for Ebola, Patient Safety Standards in 16 States, DC 
  
 With strikes and other protest actions fast approaching, talks between registered nurses and one of the nation’s biggest hospital and insurance chains Kaiser Permanente stalled Thursday setting the stage for a strike by 18,000 Kaiser RNs Tuesday November 11 kicking off a historic international day of actions on Wednesday, November 12. 
  
 National Nurses United and its affiliate members, including the California Nurses Association are sponsoring the U.S. actions from California to Maine, joined by several affiliates of Global Nurses United. 
  
 “The failure to properly meet the optimal safety protections for Ebola, speaks volumes to the erosion of patient care standards in the U.S. generally,” said RoseAnn DeMoro, executive director of both NNU and CNA. 
  
 At Kaiser, the RNs and Nurse Practitioners have pushed the HMO giant for months to reverse the erosion of patient care standards, which are now also symbolized by the failure of Kaiser to adopt optimal protections for confronting the virulent Ebola virus. 
  
 In negotiations earlier today (Thursday), Kaiser continued to stonewall on dozens of proposals to improve patient care standards, as well as refusing to address the concern of Kaiser RNs about Ebola safety protocols and protective equipment, refusing to even answer questions by the RNs Thursday in negotiations. 
  
 While the RNs pressed Kaiser to take seriously the eroding patient care conditions, Kaiser responded by attacking the nurses for having an unstated “political agenda” while Kaiser hospitals continue to cut services and reduce access to care for Kaiser patients 
  
 “For a healthcare corporation to consider fighting for patient safety standards a political agenda is disgraceful,” said Zenei Cortez, RN, a co-president of CNA who chairs the Kaiser RN negotiating team. 
  
 “Kaiser needs to be at the bargaining table 24/7 to take the steps that are right to assure the highest level of safety for both Kaiser patients and nurses,” DeMoro said. 
  
 On patient care issues, Kaiser RNs have cited cuts in hospital services at a number of Kaiser hospitals, sharp restrictions on admitting patients for hospital care or early discharge of patients who still need hospitalization. 
  
 "In our Emergency Department,” said Kaiser Redwood City RN Sheila Rowe today, “we are holding patients who should be admitted to the hospital. These elderly patients are kept on uncomfortable gurneys for many hours, unable to rest or sleep because of the noise and influx of patients." 
  
 Over the past three years, Kaiser has failed to fill 2,000 open positions of RNs, especially in their hospitals, and nurse practitioners needed to provide primary care services. 
  
 On Ebola, the RNs are demanding Kaiser meet the same safety precautions in personal protective equipment and training that NNU is insisting all hospitals meet throughout the U.S. 
  
 That includes full-body hazmat suits that meet the American Society for Testing and Materials F1670 standard for blood penetration, F1671 standard for viral penetration, and that leave no skin exposed or unprotected, and National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health-approved powered air purifying respirators. 
  
 In additional to a walkout at Kaiser, tens of thousands of other RNs will hold a variety of actions, including strikes, pickets, candlelight vigils, and rallies in at least 16 U.S. states, the District of Columbia, the Philippines, and several other locales. In addition to Kaiser, nurses will also strike on November 12 at Providence Hospital in Washington, D.C., and two other California hospitals. 
  
 In addition to the Kaiser and Providence strikes, Ebola actions November 12 are currently scheduled for Augusta, Ga., Bar Harbor, Me., Boston, Chicago, Durham, N.C., El Paso, Tx., Houston, Kansas City, Lake City, Va., Las Vegas, Lansing, Mi., Massilon, Oh., Memphis, Miami, St. Louis, New York, St. Paul, Mn., Tampa, Fl., and Washington DC, as well as a number of other California locations. |||||
Student:
Kaiser Permanente hospitals aren't ready for Ebola, say its nurses, and tomorrow 18,000 of them are set to begin a two-day strike over that and other issues. Their union claims Kaiser has "refused to address [their] concerns … about Ebola safety protocols and protective equipment, refusing even to answer questions by the RNs." The walkout will affect 21 of Kaiser's hospitals and 65 clinics in Northern California, reports Bloomberg. Another 800 nurses at two non-Kaiser hospitals in California and 400 at one in Washington are planning strikes, and National Nurses United will hold a "day of actions" in 16 states Wednesday. NNU says 85% of nurses feel unprepared for Ebola, their fears rooted in how Ebola patient Thomas Duncan was cared for in Texas last month, reports Medical Daily. The union, whose contract expired in April, says negotiations have stalled over one issue— patient care—and Ebola is part of that. But Kaiser insists that staff have been trained and they are following CDC recommendations, blaming union leadership for its lack of preparedness, Bloomberg adds. "We have repeatedly asked [them] to work with us on our Ebola strategy. They have refused," says a Kaiser spokesman. Meanwhile, Kaiser plans to run its hospitals without the 18,000 RNs—the ER, pharmacy, and labs will be open, but some appointments may be canceled, the San Francisco Chronicle adds. (In Maine, the nurse whose Ebola incubation period caused such controversy is set to leave town.)