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Patient Safety & Outcomes
SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, infects immature red blood cells, reducing oxygen in the blood and hindering immune response, according to a new study published in Stem Cell Reports.
A patient who died in the emergency room at the Malcom Randall Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Gainesville, Fla., was incorrectly triaged, according to a June 3 report from the VA Office of Inspector General.
Most people are counting down the days until the COVID-19 pandemic is over. Yet, a virtual reality therapy technique would immerse front-line workers back into the pandemic's darkest days to treat post-traumatic stress disorder, according to a June 3 article…
Postoperative sepsis rates increased among children who were hospitalized early in the pandemic, a study published June 1 in Hospital Pediatrics found.
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Researchers from New Haven, Conn.-based Yale University, the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the Philadelphia-based University of Pennsylvania used tracking chips in nurses' badges to investigate how a facility's layout affected nurses' behavior and patient care, according to a June 2…
Health department records and interviews with patient families indicate the embattled Eleanor Slater Hospital, a state-run psychiatric hospital in Cranston, R.I., attempted to discharge some ventilator patients to another facility earlier this year without notifying them or their families, The…
While the death rate for end-stage renal disease patients in the U.S. has declined since 2001, between 6,953 and 10,316 excess deaths in patients with ESRD occurred during the first seven months of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to estimates published…
Compared to the flu, kids with a COVID-19 infection face a higher risk for hospitalization and pneumonia, among other complications, according to a study published May 28 in Pediatrics.
Yale New Haven (Conn.) Children's Hospital has launched a post-COVID-19 program for teens and children still experiencing effects weeks or months after the infection, according to a news release shared with Becker's May 28.