With the vast amounts of guidance provided by local, state, and federal government, preventing and mitigating the spread of COVID-19 in our long-term care facilities can be tricky. I want to say that the extra effort you and your staff …
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The article Apple PPE donation helps Zambia in the fight against COVID-19 and HIV showcases how big funding can help improve health conditions in underserved communities. Around 12.3% of individuals living in Zambia have HIV and require lifelong use of …
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While it is critical that every nursing home and assisted living facility community receive the necessary PPE to fight off this virus and other co-infections, I realize that too often this is just not the reality of the situation. We …
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From February to August this year, CMS issued 18 sets of guidelines for long-term care facilities (LTCFs) to help combat the global COVID-19 pandemic crisis. Everywhere I go, I hear the same message. LTCFs struggling to keep up with the …
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CMS Nursing Home Surveys During a Pandemic: An Open Letter Asking for Support Rather Than Fines While the government has stated its commitment to safeguarding nursing home residents from the ongoing threat of Covid-19, they also have taken aggressive …
Available online! AHQA webinar presented by Doctors Without Borders on July 27, 2020, Infection Control & Covid-19: Lessons Learned from the Frontline. Presenters Heather Pagano, Emergency Coordinator, and Buffy Lloyd-Krejci, PhD, IPC Manager USA COVID-19 Response, shared some of the …
Older adults living in assisted living facilities, like nursing homes and adult foster care facilities, is accounting for the majority of deaths from COVID-19 because of their age and underlying medical conditions. Dr. Buffy and Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans …
There have been many questions around “when do we let COVID positive residents off of isolation… even if they continue to test positive?” Please see the information on “persistent positive” below when making this decision. What is the current policy …
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IPCWell is dedicated to reducing the harms and deaths associated with infections in all healthcare settings, with a special focus on underserved and under-resourced facilities such as nursing homes. Healthcare facilities hire IPCWell to evaluate their current infection control program. …
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A Better Future! IPCWell is advocating to improve patient outcomes in nursing facilities. Read the full article here