Fox 5 News In Las Vegas report features BrightStar Care Director of Nursing
Reported by Fox News Channel 5 in Las Vegas, NV, for an online feature called "Some Nevada healthcare workers opt out of flu shot", news reporter Tiana Bohner, interviews BrightStar Care Director of Nursing, Darcy Tumminello, RN. Read the entire article here:
As head of patient care and caregiver oversight, Tumminello, a Registered Nurse, explains BrightStar Care's Flu Care and Home Care Standards:
"Tumminello estimated 15 percent of her coworkers do not get the vaccine. It’s not mandatory. But if they don’t get the vaccine, they need to wear a mask through the entire flu season, which ends in April.
”If they are caught or spotted not wearing that mask, it is an automatic write up,” Tumminello said. ”Then if they are spotted again not wearing that mask, for a second time, it is automatic termination.”
Tumminello said a seemingly healthy caretaker could be the carrier who brings the flu into their home."
BriightStar Care uses a higher standard of care to prevent the flu.
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