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Dry hydrogen peroxide may reduce COVID-19 in LTC settings
Dry hydrogen peroxide may reduce COVID-19 infection transmissions in long-term care facilities without requiring additional staff intervention, a study concludes.
Report names factors leading to higher antimicrobial resistance during COVID
A Health and Human Services Department report describes how the COVID-19 pandemic led to a 15% increase in drug-resistant hospital-acquired infections and antimicrobial resistant-related deaths. Factors included severely sick patients who needed mechanical ventilation; long hospital stays and increased caseloads
COVID-19 surges linked to greater risks for all hospitalized patients
Hospitals with greater COVID-19 patient loads confronted higher adverse events for all patients, an Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality study found.
Certain PREP Act liability protections for COVID-19 countermeasures extended through 2029
The Department of Health and Human Services Dec. 10 amended the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act declaration for COVID-19, extending liability protections for certain COVID-19 countermeasure activities through 2029.
AHA supports bipartisan legislation to ease hospital staff shortages
This week, the American Hospital Association (AHA) informed Congressional leaders of the Association’s support for legislation to ease hospital staff shortages.
Hospitals share COVID-19-inspired changes to nursing practice
The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic forced hospitals to adapt in a rapidly changing environment. After a year of operation under these circumstances, hospital CEOs have begun to reassess, stopping some operations and starting others.
J&J research explores innovations, path forward for nursing
In partnership with Johnson & Johnson (J&J) and the American Nurses Association (ANA), AONL this week released Accelerating Nursing, Transforming Healthcare
Regional approaches can help hospitals absorb shock of COVID-19 surges
Writing in the Annals of Internal Medicine (AIM), hospitalist Vineet Chopra, MD, MSc, described how hospitals change when communities experience a surge of COVID-19 cases
Delta variant surge strains nursing workforce in Missouri
As the delta variant takes root in portions of the country with low COVID-19 vaccination rates, CoxHealth, based in Springfield, Mo., reported having to divert patients
CNEs offer staffing strategies for pandemic and beyond
The disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic provided an opportunity to learn about staffing for future disruptions and for optimal day-to-day care.