Articles Tagged With: guidelines
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CDC’s Controversial Testing Changes
In contrast to recent guidelines — which emphasized the importance of contact tracing because 40% of cases are asymptomatic — the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued guidance on Aug. 24, 2020, stating that individuals who may have been exposed to COVID-19 do not necessarily need to be tested.
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Some Health Departments, Hospitals Ignore CDC COVID-19 Testing Changes
The public health agency with arguably the most admired and emulated approach to combatting infectious disease outbreaks worldwide finds its latest advice on COVID-19 testing widely criticized and openly disregarded. Amid the worst pandemic in a century, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is dispensing advice to those who say they will not follow it.
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Uproar as CDC Scales Back COVID-19 Testing
In a move widely seen as further evidence the pandemic response has been politically undermined, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently revised SARS-CoV-2 testing guidelines, de-emphasizing the need to test asymptomatic people who have been in contact with a case of COVID-19.
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Guidance from AORN, Others Updates COVID-19 Recommendations
Hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers have learned they can keep performing surgeries, but those facilities have to be thoughtful about it.
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Updated Guidelines for HPV Vaccine
Recommendations call for providing vaccine to boys and girls starting at age 9 years.
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Improving Sepsis Outcomes: Raising the Bar
In addition to compliance with the sepsis bundles, how can critical care providers revolutionize and individualize sepsis care for optimal results?
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CDC’s COVID-19 Guidelines on Going Out and Gathering Have Cautions and Caveats
Trying to strike a balance epidemiologically, and perhaps politically, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued guidelines for people wanting to leave home and attend gatherings as COVID-19 cases generally have plateaued nationally.
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Longer Treatment Time Frames for ED Stroke Patients Mean More Potential Plaintiffs
Future stroke-related litigation against emergency departments is likely to be fueled by greater numbers of possible plaintiffs, due to updated recommendations for expanded treatment time windows.
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Evaluation of 2020 Vancomycin Guidelines: Highlights, Limitations, and Obstacles
The key change from the 2009 vancomycin guidelines is the switch from trough-based to area under the curve (AUC)-based dosing and monitoring. This article will highlight key differences between the 2009 and 2020 guidelines, limitations of the new guidelines, and implementation issues.
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CMSA Launches New Guidelines for Case Management Adherence
The Case Management Society of America is releasing its 2020 Case Management Adherence Guidelines to provide case managers with tactics for improving population health. The guidelines are designed to assist case managers and case management leaders in all practice settings.