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09/16/2021
AMDA - The Society for PALTC Medicine | September 15
COMMERCIAL: COVID-19 Update
Headlines:
New/Updated Guidance
- Full White House COVID-19 Plan
- CDC: Interim Infection Prevention and Control Recommendations for Healthcare Personnel During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic
- CDC: Interim Infection Prevention and Control Recommendations to Prevent SARS-CoV-2 Spread in Nursing Homes
- CDC: Interim Guidance for Managing Healthcare Personnel with SARS-CoV-2 Infection or Exposure to SARS-CoV-2
- CMS: Additional Policy and Regulatory Revisions in Response to COVID-19 related to Long-Term Care Facility Testing Requirements
- HHS Announces the Availability of $25.5 Billion in COVID-19 Provider Funding
- Checklist for Preparation for Booster Immunization in PALTC
- HHS Announces State/territory-coordinated Distribution System for Monoclonal Antibody Therapeutics
Journal Articles/Preprints
- Dementia Research Often Lacks Race Data — Studies that reported race had almost exclusively white participants
- JAMDA: Co-Occurring Dehydration and Cognitive Impairment during COVID-19 in Long-term Care Patients
- JAMDA: To What Extent Do Local Nursing Home Prescribing Patterns Relate to Psychotropic Prescribing in Assisted Living?
- Convalescent plasma for hospitalized patients with COVID-19: an open-label, randomized controlled trial
- MMWR: Interim Estimates of COVID-19 Vaccine Effectiveness Against COVID-19–Associated Emergency Department or Urgent Care Clinic Encounters and Hospitalizations Among Adults During SARS-CoV-2 B.1.617.2 (Delta) Variant Predominance — Nine States, June–August 2021
- MMWR: Monitoring Incidence of COVID-19 Cases, Hospitalizations, and Deaths, by Vaccination Status — 13 U.S. Jurisdictions, April 4–July 17, 2021
Research Reports/White Papers
Podcasts/Webinars
News/News Analysis
- Elderly and immunocompromised Marylanders are now eligible for COVID-19 booster shots
- CDC updates assisted living guidance for face masks, testing, quarantine