Interim Guidance for Managing Healthcare Personnel with SARS2 Infection or Exposure to SARS2
https://www.cdc.gov/covid/hcp/infection-control/guidance-risk-assesment-hcp.html
COVID-19 vaccination after recovery
Question: When can a person who just recovered from COVID-19 safely get the updated vaccine? Answer: If a patient recently had COVID, recovered, and currently has no symptoms the COVID-19…
Medical Director Report December 2023
If you are testing for COVID-19, also test for Influenza. If both are negative, test for RSV. Levemir Discontinuation Levemir will no longer be available as of mid-January. Please switch…
Medical Director Report 10-2023
VACCINATE RESIDENTS FOR FLU NOW It usually takes a couple of weeks for it to travel from Denver to us. My new recommendation is to do it ASAP. Sorry for…
COVID-19 mitigation and outbreak guidance Nursing facilities and intermediate care facilities
Nursing Home and Intermediate Care Facility MITIGATION AND OUTBREAK GUIDANCE
FDA Takes Action on Updated mRNA COVID-19 Vaccines to Better Protect Against Currently Circulating Variants | FDA
https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/fda-takes-action-updated-mrna-covid-19-vaccines-better-protect-against-currently-circulating
Therapeutic Management of Nonhospitalized Adults With COVID-19 – NIH
Last Updated: July 21, 2023 Nonhospitalized Adults: Therapeutic Management | COVID-19 Treatment Guidelines (nih.gov)
Higher COVID-19 Testing Rates for Nursing Home Staff Are Associated with Fewer Resident Infections and Deaths
https://www.jwatch.org/na55913/2023/03/23/higher-covid-19-testing-rates-nursing-home-staff-are March 23, 2023 Higher COVID-19 Testing Rates for Nursing Home Staff Are Associated with Fewer Resident Infections and Deaths Thomas L. Schwenk, MD, reviewing McGarry BE et al. N…
Study Comparing Surgical and N95 Masks Sparks Concern
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/984992#vp_1 Medical Masks Versus N95 Respirators for Preventing COVID-19 Among Health Care Workers : A Randomized Trial – PubMed (nih.gov) “The confidence intervals around this, that is, what the possible…