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01/19/2022
AMDA - The Society for PALTC Medicine | January 19
COMMERCIAL: COVID-19 Update
Headlines:
New/Updated Guidance
- AMDA Statement on Medical Directors Being Requested to Evaluate Staff Applications for Medical Exemption to Receiving the COVID Vaccine
- Template: Nursing Home Request for Medical Exemption from COVID-19 Vaccination
- Template for Staff with Vaccination Exemptions
- Updated: CMS Nursing Home Resource Center
- CMS Infographic: How to Safely Conduct Visits to Nursing Homes
- CMS sets new vaccination targets for another 24 states
- Newly updated “65+ Flu Defense” website offers resources for healthcare professionals serving older adults
Journal Articles/Preprints
- JAMDA: Previous SARS-CoV-2 Infection, Age, and Frailty Are Associated With 6-Month Vaccine-Induced Anti-Spike Antibody Titer in Nursing Home Residents
- JAMDA: Antibody Responses to Third-Dose mRNA Vaccines in Nursing Home and Assisted Living Residents
- Clinical outcomes among patients infected with Omicron (B.1.1.529) SARS-CoV-2 variant in southern California
- SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Variant Neutralization in Serum from Vaccinated and Convalescent Persons
Research Reports/White Papers
Podcasts/Webinars
News/News Analysis
- AMDA releases COVID-19 vaccine medical exemption request forms, guidance
- COVID-19 vaccine mandate deadlines push providers
- Lessons from COVID-19: Prioritize infection prevention and control for PALTC
- Supreme Court stays OSHA vaccinate-or-test mandate for large private business
- Supreme Court leaves providers to grapple with vaccine mandate, takes other employers off the hook
- COVID-19 public health emergency renewed by HHS
- Nursing home clinicians still overdiagnose UTIs despite antibiotic stewardship efforts: study