‘It’s Terrifying’: How Frustrations Flared For Nurses At SW Washington Hospital

By March 11, the hospital told nurses to start removing outdated ​“service by” stickers on masks and motor-powered respi­ra­tors, according to a workplace safety complaint filed by the Washington State Nurses Associ­a­tion. The mechan­ical respi­ra­tors offer greater protec­tion than N95 masks, but some of the equip­ment hadn’t been serviced in two years.