CDC changes guidance: Some asymptomatic people may not need COVID test
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Alicia Lasek
Aug 27, 2020
The agency has posted new COVID-19 testing guidance indicating that some people without symptoms may not need to be tested — even following contact with an infected person.
Clinical briefs for Thursday, August 27
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Alicia Lasek
Aug 27, 2020
Feds to deliver more than 1 million N95 respirators to nursing homes … Nursing homes now required to test all staff members for COVID-19 … FDA drops boxed warning on diabetes drug Invokana … Hydroxychloroquine...
LTC pharmacies seek key role in COVID vaccine distribution
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Alicia Lasek
Aug 27, 2020
Long-term care pharmacies now have a voice in federal decisions about COVID vaccine delivery to nursing homes and assisted living communities, says the American Society of Consultant Pharmacists.
Reducing pain ‘catastrophizing’ may help older adults kick sedentary behavior
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Alicia Lasek
Aug 27, 2020
Many chronic pain patients avoid physical activities that they are actually capable of doing, researchers have found. Changing thought patterns may help halt a downward pain spiral, they say.
Question hangs over rapid antigen test equipment program: Can it support new CMS regulations?
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Alicia Lasek
Aug 26, 2020
The new devices are intended for testing symptomatic patients within five days of symptom onset. How this scenario will fit into CMS’s new regulations for testing staff and residents remains to be...
Nearly 12% of adults hospitalized for flu experience an adverse cardiac event
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Alicia Lasek
Aug 26, 2020
The most common cardiovascular events in these patients are acute heart failure and acute ischemic heart disease, researchers say.
Improve ventilation to combat COVID-19: Building design experts weigh in
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Alicia Lasek
Aug 26, 2020
The hallways in many nursing homes enclose a large volume of poorly ventilated air. The authors of a new article have practical suggestions for solving the problem.
Clinical briefs for Wednesday, Aug. 26
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Alicia Lasek
Aug 26, 2020
CMS announces details of ‘unprecedented’ national nursing home training program for COVID-19 … Doctor casts doubt on coronavirus plasma treatment: ‘No breakthrough here’ … First COVID-19 reinfection...
‘Record number’ of flu vaccine doses include two new options for older adults
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Alicia Lasek
Aug 25, 2020
Vaccines in production for the upcoming flu season include two new, higher-strength versions for adults aged 65 years and older.
Respiratory distress the cause of most post-COVID hospital readmissions
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Alicia Lasek
Aug 25, 2020
Respiratory distress is often the culprit when a patient with COVID-19 returns to the hospital within two weeks of discharge, a study finds. These patients also have relatively high rates of COPD and hypertension.