Articles Tagged With: COVID-19
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Screening Ineffective for Identifying HCWs with Respiratory Illness
Ubiquitous employee temperature screening and symptom questions upon entry during the pandemic have not yielded much success in identifying sick healthcare workers or reducing the long-standing problem of presenteeism. The reasons workers come to work sick are complex. -
CDC Warns of Severe Flu Season Despite Mild Season in Southern Hemisphere
Despite a historically mild flu season in 2019-2020, followed by the most recent mild season in the Southern Hemisphere, public health officials are warning of a possible severe flu outbreak on the horizon. -
Exodus: Emotional Suffering Driving Nurses from the Field
According to a survey by the American Nurses Foundation, nurses feel “betrayed,” “guilty,” and “like a failure.” Nurses reported feeling exhausted, overwhelmed, irritable, and anxious. One percent of respondents expressed suicidal ideation. -
Case Management Depending More on Advanced Practice Nurses
Advanced practice nurses (APNs) are becoming case managers as part of a trend fueled by the growth of managed care. APNs helping with care coordination can contribute to improved quality of care and communication at discharge and reduce readmissions. -
Regulators Sign Off on COVID-19 Vaccine ‘Mix and Match’
Federal agencies expand, clarify guidance on booster shots.
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Study: Interferon Does Not Help Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients
When combined with remdesivir, the multiple sclerosis drug did not produce clinical benefit.
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Vitamin D and COVID-19
Low levels of vitamin D are associated with in-hospital mortality in patients with COVID-19, but causality is not yet known.
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IDWeek 2021: Baricitinib for COVID-19 Patients Receiving Invasive Mechanical Ventilation or ECMO
Baricitinib significantly reduced mortality in patients with COVID-19 receiving mechanical ventilation or extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.
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COVID-19 Vaccination and Myocarditis
Receipt of a COVID-19 mRNA vaccine is associated with a small but real risk of development of myocarditis, predominantly in young males. The vast majority of cases are mild, self-limited, and require no intervention.
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Post-COVID Could Bring Surge in Med Mal Cases
The COVID-19 pandemic still has many hospitals and healthcare facilities straining to maintain anything like normal operations. But that pressure will eventually ease, and more patients will return for routine care and elective surgeries. Some risk managers and healthcare leaders worry this will prompt an increase in medical malpractice cases.