Med Director Report 7-2023
Resident TB Screening TB Testing Recommendations in LTC – docShepherd TB: Health care personnel screening | Department of Public Health & Environment (colorado.gov) TB Screening and Testing of Health Care…
Resident TB Screening TB Testing Recommendations in LTC – docShepherd TB: Health care personnel screening | Department of Public Health & Environment (colorado.gov) TB Screening and Testing of Health Care…
Sexual Behaviors in Dementia Sexual Behaviors in dementia residents is not uncommon. NH residents are not asexual and sexual behavior is a natural part of being human, regardless of age.…
Influenza You can probably stop giving influenza vaccines now if you have not already done so. COVID Transmission levels high in Teller and Summit Counties. El Paso is at substantial…
Influenza Map Continued reduction in influenza cases but still some present in New Mexico and California. Low activity in Colorado. Still need to consider it along with COVID though. XDR…
Megace does not improve weight gain in LTC. Body-composition changes in patients who gain weight while receiving megestrol acetate – PubMed (nih.gov)
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapsychiatry/fullarticle/2800313
https://www.cms.gov/files/document/qso-23-05-nh.pdf
Carbapenem-Resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa Organisms that carry a genetic element for carbapenem resistance also have resistance to multiple other antibiotic classes including Penicillins, Cephalosporins, Carbapenems, Fluoroquinolones, and Aminoglycosides.There are only a…
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