With a strike looming on the horizon, nurses at Meriter Hospital successfully voted over the weekend to approve a new precedent-setting contract to support healthcare workers and improve policies after a grueling year of the COVID-19 crisis. On today’s show, we hear from Reno Gatton and Louise Nordstrom, two of the Meriter nurses who have […]
UW Health recycling respirators to preserve supply
Wisconsin is facing shortages of essential personal protective equipment for its medical workers. In an effort to preserve its supplies, UW Health is reusing, disinfecting and sanitizing a variety of equipment. Robert Scheuer is the Director of Materials Management for UW Health, and is in charge of overseeing this process. WORT producer Jonah Chester sat […]
A Difficult Choice: Democracy or Health
Kelli Larson works for the State of Wisconsin as a tax analyst. Yesterday, in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic, Larson served as a poll worker for the first time. According to the Madison Clerk’s Office, the city had about 1,400 workers show up yesterday, while more than 1,700 decided not to work due to […]
Tim Osswald on 3D Printing PPE
As manufacturing of personal protective equipment (or PPEs) and other medical gear ramps up, 3D printing is being used as a stopgap to meet healthcare workers’ needs. Tim Osswald is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering and co-Director of the Polymer Engineering Center at UW-Madison. WORT producer Shaun Soman spoke with Osswald to learn more about […]
