CDC: Proactive testing leads to fewer COVID cases in long-term care
By
Alicia Lasek
Sep 18, 2020
Facilities with a preventive COVID-19 testing strategy experienced far fewer infections compared with facilities that conducted tests in response to illness, according to a county-wide study in Georgia.
The head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention stressed the need for repeated testing among staff members to stop the spread of COVID-19 in nursing homes.
CDC adds point-of-care device questions to national COVID-19 reporting module
By
Danielle Brown
Sep 03, 2020
Providers can now include information about any point-of-care testing when submitting their weekly COVID-19 data to the federal government.
All nursing homes should have POC testing devices by end of September
By
Danielle Brown
Aug 27, 2020
About 5,600 point-of-care testing devices have been shipped to nursing homes so far, a top federal official revealed this week.
‘Record number’ of flu vaccine doses include two new options for older adults
By
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.
CDC releases interim guidance on rapid antigen testing
By
Danielle Brown
Aug 21, 2020
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has released interim guidance on rapid antigen testing as nursing homes across the country begin receiving and using the point-of-care devices for COVID-19.
CMS and CDC now teaching providers COVID-19 prevention under new format
By
Danielle Brown
Aug 19, 2020
The federal government on Thursday is kicking off a new stage of a webinar series that helps nursing home providers prevent and manage COVID-19.
CDC no longer recommends test-based strategy in update of return-to-work criteria for healthcare workers
By
Danielle Brown
Aug 14, 2020
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is no longer recommending a test-based strategy for healthcare personnel who had COVID-19 and are trying to return to work.
CDC to recommend against COVID-19 retesting
By
Alicia Lasek
Jul 20, 2020
The action will reduce “medically unnecessary” work for overburdened diagnostic laboratories, according to the White House’s testing czar.
The COVID-19 mitigation strategies of social distancing, face coverings and handwashing not only will help to curb the spread of the coronavirus, they will help to lessen the severity of the upcoming flu...