Paxlovid Has Been Free So Far. Next Year, Sticker Shock Awaits. | Kaiser Health News
https://khn.org/news/article/paxlovid-covid-sticker-shock-insurance/ The U.S. government has so far purchased 20 million courses of Paxlovid, priced at about $530 each, a discount for buying in bulk that Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla called…
Paxlovid tied to 44% drop in risk of COVID hospitalization, death in older adults | CIDRAP
https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/paxlovid-tied-44-drop-risk-covid-hospitalization-death-older-adults Paxlovid recipients were at a 40% lower risk for hospitalization and a 71% lower risk of death.
CDPHE RSV Guidance – LTCFs 2022-2023_fillable.pdf – Google Drive
https://drive.google.com/file/d/16MZQp_yuM6A2b7zwA-LNSx6ntInEOzJ1/view
Infections, Hospitalizations, and Deaths Among US Nursing Home Residents With vs Without a SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine Booster | Geriatrics | JAMA Network Open | JAMA Network
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2799266
Summary of Revisions: Standards of Care in Diabetes—2023 | Diabetes Care | American Diabetes Association
https://diabetesjournals.org/care/article/46/Supplement_1/S5/148048/Summary-of-Revisions-Standards-of-Care-in-Diabetes
Nursing home residents with suspected urinary tract infections: a diagnostic accuracy study – PubMed
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35255822/
Medical Director Report 12-2022
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1f4mT9fuR4boW-7OatlGXd7a3W-1cHgq3/view?usp=share_link
Tried-and-true apprenticeship program offers window into potential staffing solution
https://www.mcknights.com/news/tried-and-true-apprenticeship-program-offers-window-into-potential-staffing-solution/
Private Practice Dentists Improve Antibiotic Use After Dental Antibiotic Stewardship Education From Infectious Diseases Experts | Open Forum Infectious Diseases | Oxford Academic
https://academic.oup.com/ofid/article/9/8/ofac361/6649734?login=false CDC Checklist for Antibiotic Prescribing in Dentistry Study on Antibiotic Use Interventions in Private Practice Dentistry -Table 1 has an overview of resources that address antibiotic prescribing in dentistry…
Influenza is everywhere!
As the map below shows, it doesn’t get much worse for influenza (and RSV) in Colorado. Well, I hope not anyway. We have upticks in Influenza, COVID, and RSV all…