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   SAN FRANCISCO, Nov 12 (Reuters) - Nurses across the United   
   States will stage protest rallies and strikes on Wednesday over   
   what they say is insufficient protection for health workers   
   dealing with patients possibly stricken with the deadly Ebola   
   virus.   
      
   The California-based nurses' union, National Nurses United, says   
   hospitals still lack enough hazardous materials suits which   
   leave no skin exposed and sufficient powered air-purifying   
   respirators to properly protect nurses from exposure.   
      
   "Inadequate preparedness for Ebola symbolizes the erosion of   
   patient care standards generally," National Nurses United   
   spokesman Charles Idelson said on Tuesday.   
      
   The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says it has   
   ordered $2.7 million worth of personal protective equipment to   
   help hospitals care for Ebola patients.   
      
   National Nurses United expects some 100,000 nurses in more than   
   a dozen U.S. states, in Washington DC and also in several other   
   countries including Australia and the Philippines to take part   
   in the day of action on Wednesday.   
      
   Most nurses in the campaign will not walk off the job but will   
   hold rallies and demonstrations to bring the issue of inadequate   
   Ebola protection to public attention, Idelson said. Some nurses   
   will hold a vigil outside the White House.   
      
   The Ebola-related protests kicked off in the United States on   
   Tuesday, when National Nurses United said nearly 20,000 nurses   
   began a two-day strike in California. Their local union is also   
   locked in acrimonious contract talks.   
      
   The Californian action targeted nearly 90 hospitals and clinics,   
   mostly operated by Kaiser Permanente, the union said.   
      
   A Kaiser Permanente representative could not be reached for   
   comment on Tuesday, but the organization has previously accused   
   the union of using Ebola as a pretext to justify labor action.   
      
   The last U.S. patient being treated for Ebola recovered from the   
   disease on Tuesday.   
      
   The Ebola epidemic has killed nearly 5,000 people in West Africa   
   but only one person, a Liberian native, has died in the United   
   States. Medical experts say Ebola can be transmitted only   
   through the bodily fluids of a sick person with symptoms.   
   (Editing by Gareth Jones)   
      
   http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/11/12/nurses-strike-   
   ebola_n_6144102.html   
      
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   bodily fluids of a sick person."   
      
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