OSHA to increase COVID inspections under program targeting SNFs
By
Danielle Brown
Jul 07, 2022
A federal program that targets skilled nursing and other long-term care facilities for COVID-19 inspections and compliance is being extended past its Thursday deadline.
Clinical briefs for Wednesday, April 27
By
Alicia Lasek (f3)
Apr 27, 2022
OSHA’s proposed COVID-19 healthcare rule too prescriptive, LTC leaders say … Stroke patients with Afib at increased risk of recurrent stroke … Alzheimer’s and daytime napping linked in new...
OSHA vows more infection control monitoring at SNFs
By
Danielle Brown
Mar 10, 2022
Skilled nursing facilities and hospitals that treat or handle COVID-19 patients can expect more focused inspections in the coming weeks under a new initiative launched by the Department of Occupational...
Clinical briefs for Friday, Jan. 14
By
Alicia Lasek
Jan 14, 2022
Supreme Court says yea to CMS vaccine mandate, nay to OSHA’s version … Biden to deploy strike medical teams, allocate more rapid tests and N95 masks as omicron rages … CDC: Mask recommendations...
Clinical briefs for Wednesday, Jan. 12
By
Alicia Lasek
Jan 12, 2022
In absence of Supreme Court ruling, work toward compliance with OSHA rule, experts advise … $80.5 million grant meant to help providers address lingering pandemic effects … Immunocompromised are eligible...
Supreme Court leans toward making healthcare workers choose: Be vaxxed or axed
By
Kimberly Marselas
James M. Berklan
Jan 10, 2022
The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday appeared to show a willingness to back the federal government’s desire to require most healthcare workers to be vaccinated against COVID-19.
Clinical briefs for Friday, Jan. 7
By
Alicia Lasek
Jan 07, 2022
Nurses’ unions ask federal court to intervene with OSHA protections for healthcare workers … Omicron may be less severe in older patients, but not “mild,” WHO reports … Feds have no plans to...
Clinical briefs for Tuesday, Dec. 21
By
Alicia Lasek
Dec 21, 2021
Healthcare worker, OSHA vaccine mandates headed to Supreme Court … Stroke rates dip, N. America’s mortality among lowest … Omicron is spreading fast, infecting the vaccinated, WHO reports … Widely...
Clinical briefs for Friday, Dec. 17
By
Alicia Lasek
Dec 17, 2021
OSHA’s COVID-19 standard set to expire Dec. 21 if action not taken … Falls prevention guidelines need to be more clinically applicable, reviewers say … ‘Amazing’ new clue emerges as to why omicron...
Also in the News for Wednesday, Dec. 8
Dec 08, 2021
It could be good news If Omicron is more transmissible but milder than delta … Operators need to adopt ‘not on my watch’ attitude toward flu: public health expert … Researchers look at repurposing...