Patient Safety & Outcomes

Infection control practices implemented during the COVID-19 pandemic have led to significantly shorter lengths of stay for new mothers and their babies at Los Angeles-based Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, according to a study published in the American Journal of Obstetrics &…

Lincoln, Neb.-based Bryan Health is scaling back elective surgeries as COVID-19 cases rise, the Journal Star reported.

Hospitalized COVID-19 patients who had a high viral load early in their illness were nearly twice as likely to die or be intubated, according to a study published in Annals of the American Thoracic Society. 

Mayo Clinic Health System will defer elective procedures at its hospitals in Northwest Wisconsin starting Oct. 31 amid an escalation of COVID-19 cases, the system said Oct. 30. 

Sepsis diagnosis can take up to five days, wasting crucial time needed to treat the infection, but researchers at Pennsylvania-based Penn State and California-based Stanford University are working to change that with the development of a two-hour diagnostic blood test,…

Hospitals across the U.S. are beginning to suspend elective procedures to respond to an uptick in hospitalized COVID-19 patients. 

University of Arkansas Medical Sciences in Little Rock has canceled elective surgeries after a water pipe burst Oct. 26 and destroyed sterile supplies and personal protective equipment in the building's basement, according to the Arkansas Times. 

Here is a recap of 29 study findings on the novel coronavirus Becker's has covered since Sept. 1.

If the number of positive COVID-19 cases remains steady, Wisconsin is on track to run out of intensive care unit beds and the people to staff them in as little as two weeks, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. 

Hospitals around Knoxville, Tenn., are warning that their volume of elective procedures may be affected if the number of patients hospitalized for COVID-19 remains high.