LTC residents on ventilators do not contract COVID-19, pre-vaccine study finds
By
Alicia Lasek
Oct 05, 2021
In an unusual study across three nursing homes early in the pandemic, no COVID-19-related case clusters or deaths could be found among residents who were chronically on ventilators.
Increases in non-COVID infections ‘wipe out’ decade of progress
By
Kimberly Marselas
Sep 03, 2021
The CDC’s new report of a spike in healthcare associated infections is alarming, says the nation’s leading infection control group. One bright spot for nursing homes: CDC found no increase in Clostridium...
COVID-19 hospitalization rates 30 times higher in the unvaccinated, CDC finds
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Alicia Lasek
Aug 26, 2021
Despite the known effectiveness of U.S.-sanctioned COVID-19 vaccines, some fully vaccinated individuals will still become infected. But their unvaccinated peers have five times the risk of infection and...
Panel on non-invasive ventilation seeks to simplify ‘maze’ of regulation for device coverage
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Alicia Lasek
Aug 20, 2021
Recommendations aimed at expediting CMS coverage determinations for non-invasive ventilation devices could help ensure that LTCF residents and others get quick access to lifesaving treatments.
New cases of antifungal-resistant yeast infections in nursing homes alarm CDC
By
Alicia Lasek
Jul 26, 2021
For the first time, the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention has identified U.S. nursing home residents and hospital patients with candida auris yeast infections that resist all first-line antifungal...
July 4 sees COVID-19 spike, ventilator shortage for Missouri hospitals
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Alicia Lasek
Jul 07, 2021
An area of Missouri with low COVID-19 immunization rates has seen a 27% spike in hospitalizations and a public call for respiratory therapists, a report finds.
Clinical briefs for Monday, May 10
By
Alicia Lasek
May 10, 2021
COVID vaccination reduces infection in healthcare workers, new studies show … An inside look at one state’s push to keep at least 90% of LTC residents vaccinated … Aerosol-generating procedures unlikely...
Clinical briefs for Wednesday, March 31
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Alicia Lasek
Mar 31, 2021
Antibiotics course for pneumonia could be 5 days shorter, trial suggests … Medicare survey: Men make more plan decisions, fewer elderly have Advantage plans, Midwest prefers supplement … Direct oral...
Clinical briefs for Thursday, Sept. 10
By
Kimberly Marselas
Sep 09, 2020
Despite federal safety warning, two studies fail to connect antibiotic fluoroquinolone with aortic disease … Stretching peripheral muscles during extended ventilation may ward off long-term weakness...
Clinical Briefs for Friday, April 24
By
Alicia Lasek
Apr 23, 2020
Hydroxychloroquine does not cut ventilator use in COVID-19, unpublished VA study finds … Low vitamin D alone unlikely to cause fractures … New blood test for Alzheimer’s developed, researchers...