Minimizing the impact of touch starvation in long-term care residents
By
Jennifer Birdsall
Sep 09, 2020
What is touch starvation? Also known as “touch deprivation,” “skin hunger” or “hug deprivation,” touch starvation is what occurs when a person’s exposure to physical contact has been significantly...
Clinical Briefs for Monday, Aug. 10
By
Alicia Lasek
Aug 10, 2020
Online Forum tackles skin integrity, infection control and staffing amid COVID-19 on Tuesday … Speed of coronavirus vaccine development raises safety concerns … Low-dose aspirin regimen in elderly...
Online Forum tackles issues of skin integrity, infection control and staffing amid COVID-19 on Tuesday
By
Liza Berger
Aug 07, 2020
McKnight’s is continuing its campaign to provide education about operating successfully under COVID-19 conditions. Its sixth Online Forum on the subject will take place Tuesday (Aug. 11).
The unintended consequences of COVID-19 in long-term care
By
Karen Bonn
Jun 30, 2020
Anyone who is familiar with my work knows I am not only dedicated to maintaining and restoring human bodies to normal range of motion and function — including to the most upright posture — I work diligently...
Blood coagulation issues and other COVID-19 manifestations can cause sometimes unavoidable skin injuries that appear to be pressure wounds. Clinicians should be aware of this when diagnosing and reporting...
SkinIntegra Skincare donating repair cream for SNFs, others
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jun 17, 2020
SkinIntegra, a skincare line designed to repair depleted and cracked skin, is donating samples of its Rapid Crack Repair Cream to healthcare facilities in California, Arizona, New York and Pennsylvania....
Social distancing reduces infections; N95 masks work best, new study finds
By
Alicia Lasek
Jun 02, 2020
The results are the “best available evidence” that coronavirus infection risk depends on distancing and PPE, say investigators.
Nurses unsafely exposed to COVID-19 at work, nationwide survey finds
By
Alicia Lasek
May 26, 2020
A survey of 23,000 nurses exposes the impact of unpreparedness by employers and government, according to National Nurses United.
At the crossroads: Legal considerations where government investigations overlap with tort risk in long-term...
By
Tom Barnard
Jill Steinberg
May 19, 2020
Note: See full list of authors below story. In roughly the seventh week after a majority of states and the federal government issued emergency declarations or “lock down” executive orders,...
XENON devices clean PPE without damage
By
Kimberly Marselas
Apr 22, 2020
New testing has found that xenon ultraviolet light — used by hospitals and some skilled nursing facilities for decontamination — does not damage N95 respirators. The announcement from Xenex Disinfection...