A California nurses union says some hospitals are failing to protect workers from swine flu.
The California Nurses Association plans to protest Wednesday in San Francisco in the wake of a Sacramento nurse's swine flu death last month. The union wants hospitals to provide better masks, equipment and protocol to protect nurses from further sickness.
The union says nurses across the state are reporting difficulties getting the masks recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and having them properly fitted to be airtight.
The protest comes less than three weeks after Sacramento nurse Karen Ann Hays died after contracting swine flu. The 51-year-old marathoner's death is the first among California health care workers related to sickness.
