Industry advocates have launched an online platform and forum open to all LTC staff who perform infection prevention and control duties.
CDC: Full-time, trained staff needed to oversee COVID-19 prevention
By
Alicia Lasek
Jun 30, 2020
Nursing facilities with 100 or more residents and operators who provide dialysis or ventilator care should have at least one trained infection preventionist on-site, according to new federal guidance.
CDC director talks to McKnight’s about flu season, COVID-19 mitigation and nursing home data
By
Liza Berger
Jul 17, 2020
Senior Editor Liza Berger spoke with Robert Redfield, M.D., about some of the most pressing issues in the eldercare industry.
Safety means ‘seeing the virus’: Atria recounts rollout of 18,000 tests early in pandemic
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Alicia Lasek
Jun 09, 2021
Finding a way to conduct COVID-19 testing among 31,000 residents and staff members across multiple states helped the senior living giant to “seal out” outbreaks and show that its communities were safe...
Social distancing greatly reduced coronavirus infections in China
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Alicia Lasek
Mar 26, 2020
A series of social interventions and a lockdown prevented 94% of infections in one province, according to analysts.
Antibiotics use spiked in nursing homes early in pandemic, studies find
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Alicia Lasek
Mar 16, 2021
Nursing homes saw a big jump in certain antibiotic prescriptions early in the pandemic, and more than half of hospitalized COVID-19 patients received antibiotics in the first six months, researchers say.
Read my lips: virus may spread through speech
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Alicia Lasek
May 14, 2020
Speaking in a confined environment can cause airborne virus transmission, likely helping to spread the coronavirus, according to new research.
Location tracking reveals how COVID-19 may spread between nursing homes
By
Alicia Lasek
Aug 24, 2020
Tracking de-identified smartphone movement between nursing homes confirms that shared staff is a likely source of COVID-19 transmission, investigators say.
Quit treating pandemic’s toll on nursing homes like a ‘bad apples’ problem, expert...
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Alicia Lasek
Jun 14, 2020
It’s time for the federal government to “own” the problem of containing COVID-19 by paying for and arranging testing across nursing facilities, long-term care policy expert David Grabowski...