With COVID-19, Are You Protected in Your Health Care Workplace?

In this video, Ron discusses a three-step process to determine whether your state of health and the health care environment where you work could become problematic:

• Your health: Do you have underlying conditions like chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, type 1 diabetes or hypertension that could put you at serious risk? Are you 65 years old or older? These elements factor into the reasonableness of whether you should be in that environment.
• The work environment: What is the danger zone you’re expected to go into? Are you diagnosing or treating someone who is or could be positive for COVID-19?
• What the law says: Generally, in all U.S. states the law says an employer has a duty to provide you a reasonably safe workplace. Is that what is at play in your environment? Are you being given the right protective equipment?

Ron further explains how to approach your employer if you believe you are not being provided with a reasonably safe work environment, as well as the importance of documenting each step you take in doing so.