The Joint Commission supports the use of standard face masks and respirators brought from home when personal protective equipment is unavailable to healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Infection Control
A gaseous cloud carrying droplets is created when humans cough or sneeze, and it can travel up to 27 feet, Lydia Bourouiba, PhD, associate professor at MIT and researcher of the dynamics of exhalations, told USA Today.
A new study shows that the novel coronavirus contaminates the environment where COVID-19 patients receive care.
Three new studies suggest that pregnant women may pass along the new coronavirus to their fetuses, according to STAT.
Nearly half of healthcare organizations nationwide are almost or completely out of respirators, according to a survey from the Association for Professionals in Infection Control.
Innovative Sterilization Technologies (IST)/ONE TRAY® in Dayton, Ohio is making a donation to help protect in the fight against the spread of COVID-19 in the form of 500,000 filters.
The new coronavirus does not appear to be mutating quickly, which may mean that when a vaccine is developed, it could offer lasting protection, scientists told The Washington Post.
New York plans to test the use "convalescent serum" — the blood serum of recovered COVID-19 patients — to treat patients infected with the virus, according to NBC News.
The new coronavirus remained on surfaces in cabins of the Diamond Princess cruise ship, which housed one of the largest clusters of COVID-19 patients outside of mainland China , up to 17 days after its evacuation, a new CDC report…
CMS on March 23 rolled out an amended inspection process that state survey agencies will use to ensure healthcare facilities are adequately prepared to prevent the spread of COVID-19.