One in 10 may have active virus after 10-day quarantine: study
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Alicia Lasek
Jan 19, 2022
Fully 13% of study participants had clinically relevant levels of the SARS-CoV-2 virus after 10 days. The findings may be particularly concerning for vulnerable populations such as nursing facility residents,...
Also in the News for Wednesday, Jan. 12
By
Amy Novotney
Jan 12, 2022
Nursing home visitors in Rhode Island must now be fully vaccinated or test negative for COVID … Frist named CEO at naviHealth … Medicare proposes controversial Alzheimer’s drug coverage only for...
CDC issues new COVID infection prevention and control guidance for nursing homes
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Alicia Lasek
Sep 15, 2021
A CDC Project Firstline webinar will answer clinicians’ questions on the updates, which include alternative approaches to outbreak response;
expanded screening test recommendations for healthcare...
Clinical briefs for Monday, Oct. 4
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Alicia Lasek
Oct 04, 2021
Patients on chemotherapy likely not fully protected by COVID vaccine … Unauthorized nursing home COVID tests lead to audit demands … ‘Game-changing’ wellness model takes person-centric approach...
Pandemic persists in nursing homes with low vax rates; case counts rising, NIC analyst says
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Alicia Lasek
Aug 23, 2021
Half of the U.S. skilled nursing facilities with newly confirmed COVID-19 cases in early August had staff vaccination rates 12% below the national average, new data show. At the same time, overall per-resident...
Feds gauging threat to vaccine, test and treatment efficacy in face of omicron variant
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Alicia Lasek
Dec 01, 2021
The United States is prepared to address any potential threat to the effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines, tests and treatments posed by the new variant, according to the White House and federal health officials.
New COVID-19 test kits promised as LTC operators contend with shortages, slow PCR results
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Alicia Lasek
Feb 03, 2022
Five million Celltion brand rapid tests will be shipped over a five-week period to facilities as they contend with testing supply shortages and slow lab turnaround times.
Senior living community logs 21 breakthrough cases after being COVID-free for 15 months
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 25, 2021
Riverview Retirement Community in Spokane, WA, has a 98% COVID vaccination rate among residents, but an outbreak has occurred among the vaccinated. Despite varied symptoms, cases so far have not been severe,...