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After Identifying Best Practices, Implement Them Effectively
The goal should be for a patient to experience evidence-based practice throughout the entire care journey, from admission to discharge.
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Evidence-Based Practice Should Be Goal for Everyone
Evidence-based practice is a proven approach for hospitals as well as individual physicians and nurses, but it is not always easy to implement beyond a project-by-project approach.
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Simulation Can Improve Staff PPE Safety
It is important for healthcare workers to learn and practice the correct way to wear personal protective equipment. One helpful technique is to use medical simulation.
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Hospital Uses N95 Reprocessing System
A lack of personal protective equipment, including N95 respirators, was one of the major reasons why hospitals nationwide closed their operating rooms to elective surgery during the COVID-19 pandemic. A new study suggests a solution that involves disinfecting N95s so they can be safely reused.
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Limiting Aerosolization, Droplet Spread of COVID-19
The authors of a new study on limiting aerosolization and occupational exposures to COVID-19 outlined methods to interrupt disbursement of the novel coronavirus. They also made several recommendations for consideration.
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Seize the Day: Make COVID-19 Count
Although they have paid a high price for recognition, nurses are among the high-profile heroes on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic. The profession has an opportunity to leverage this moment to improve their status and standing in healthcare.
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The Effects of COVID-19 on the Brain
Healthcare workers and patients who have acquired SARS-CoV-2, particularly if they were hospitalized, could be at risk of neurological deficits in the short term as well as long-term cognitive problems.
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Have 1 Million Healthcare Workers Been Infected in Pandemic?
It is possible 1 million healthcare workers have been infected with COVID-19, as public health officials report there likely are 10 unknown cases for every one that is documented.
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Universal Masking Could Blunt COVID-19 Surge
Growing evidence shows universal masking in public could dampen the feared “second wave” of COVID-19. Although the issue may be hopelessly politicized, universal masking is considered the best option to reopen the economy amid a continuing pandemic.