Health Worker Advocates Upset By Caveat In CDC MERS Guidance On Respirator Use

Health care worker advocates are deeply concerned about a caveat on respirator use the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention inserted into newly issued guidance to protect health employees from exposure to the emerging Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS) that has appeared in several spots in the United States, language they say gives health care employers a loophole to use face masks rather than NIOSH-certified respirators in environments of suspected MERS.