‘A different phase’: End of COVID-19 vax rule for healthcare workers
By
Alicia Lasek
May 02, 2023
A COVID-19 vaccination rule for healthcare workers that took full effect after a Supreme Court vote in early 2022 will soon be lifted, the Biden administration says.
CDC releases vaccine coverage data for healthcare personnel, 2021-2022
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Alicia Lasek
Oct 24, 2022
A survey of U.S. workers, including LTC staff members, has revealed flu and COVID-19 vaccination trends. Employer requirements helped to move the needle, the researchers say.
CMS pushes for mandatory flu vax monitoring among nursing home staff
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Alicia Lasek
Apr 13, 2022
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services wants to adopt a new quality tracker to keep tabs on influenza vaccination among healthcare personnel in skilled nursing facilities.
Gift-giving, other incentives don’t substantially change vaccination rates among nursing home residents,...
By
Amy Novotney
Feb 02, 2022
A multicomponent vaccine campaign did not have a significant effect on vaccination rates among skilled nursing facility residents or staff, according to a study led by a researcher at the Hinda and Arthur...
Staff vaccination rate tied to resident deaths in COVID-19 hot spots, national data show
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Alicia Lasek
Dec 10, 2021
Estimates reveal that if a large sample of U.S. nursing homes had averaged 83% staff vaccination coverage this summer, at least 700 fewer residents would have died from COVID-19 over a two-month period.
3 key strategies help boost nursing home staff vax rates, study of 400+ facilities finds
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Alicia Lasek
Nov 12, 2021
Leading LTC geriatricians have teased out the top strategies used by facilities with staff COVID-19 vaccination rates of 75% and higher.
Feds tell nursing homes to use vaccinated staff or lose funding: Providers cry foul
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Danielle Brown
Aug 19, 2021
President Joe Biden announced late Wednesday afternoon that U.S. nursing homes must use workers vaccinated against COVID-19 or risk losing vital Medicare and Medicaid funding. Providers immediately criticized...
Require COVID-19 vaccination of all healthcare workers, seven clinical groups say
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Alicia Lasek
Jul 14, 2021
Their evidence-based verdict: healthcare institutions and facilities — including long-term care facilities — should require that their personnel be vaccinated as a condition of employment.
Infection control experts throw support behind healthcare vaccine mandates
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Alicia Lasek
Jul 01, 2021
Voluntary vaccination policies are not a sure path to herd immunity in healthcare facilities, APIC says. The infection control advocate has endorsed vaccine mandates as a condition of employment.
Clinical briefs for Thursday, July 1
By
Alicia Lasek
Jul 01, 2021
AHCA vows to continue push toward 75% staff vaccination goal … Spikevax? Moderna, Pfizer wait for vaccine brand name approval in U.S. … Older women lost muscle strength, aerobic capacity during pandemic,...