Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare As the U.S. works to significantly increase COVID-19 vaccine administration, USP has been working with stakeholders and convening experts to identify and help address efficiency gaps (e.g., use of pre-drawn syringes) healthcare practitioners may encounter when handling and preparing COVID-19 vaccines. Today (January 28, 2021), we…… Continue reading COVID-19 Vaccine Handling Toolkit – Version 2.0 Now Available

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare CMS has posted the most recent county COVID-19 positivity rates.  This posting carries the date of January 25, 2021. As I always do in this blog, more information about the requirement to test nursing home staff based on county positivity rates is found within QSO-20-38-NH.  Past…… Continue reading CMS Posts County COVID-19 Positivity Rates – January 25, 2021

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare If you’re looking for COVID-19 training resources, here’s a place to start.  Training for Healthcare Professionals is a website that identifies many training options. CDC updates this resource periodically – most recently on January 25, 2021. Here’s the current training opportunities found on this website: Search…… Continue reading COVID-19 Training Resources for Healthcare Professionals

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare The CDC updated its Interim Clinical Considerations for Use of mRNA COVID-19 Vaccines Currently Authorized in the United States website on January 21, 2021. Administration “The mRNA COVID-19 vaccine series consist of two doses administered intramuscularly: Pfizer-BioNTech (30 µg, 0.3 ml each): 3 weeks (21 days)…… Continue reading Interim Clinical Considerations for Use of mRNA COVID-19 Vaccines Currently Authorized in the United States (Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna)

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare Late Friday evening (January 22, 2020), the Acting U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Norris Cochran sent a letter to state Governors indicating that in addition to extending the current public health emergency (PHE) for an additional 90-days, effective January 21st, HHS has…… Continue reading HHS Extends Public Health Emergency (PHE) Through End of 2021, At Minimum

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare Telligen QI Connect is hosting a webinar that you/your team would benefit from: Dr. Anuj Mehta, Assistant Professor of Medicine with Denver Health and Hospital Authority, will discuss why some healthcare providers and patients are vaccine hesitant and provide answers to the following questions: – How…… Continue reading Upcoming Webinar: COVID-19 Vaccine: Reasons Not to be Afraid

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare The latest version of this toolkit – Version 17 – is now available.

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare CMS has posted nursing home COVID-19 data for week ending January 10, 2021. Above charts are found here as are additional charts.

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare This afternoon – January 21, 2021 – President Joseph Biden held a press conference to announce the National Strategy for the COVID-19 Response and Pandemic Preparedness.   This is a 200-page document. Here’s a look at the Table of Contents: The President’s Executive Summary is as follows…… Continue reading Breaking News: White House Releases National Strategy Plan for COVID-19 Response

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare Health care providers who are interested in storing and possibly redistributing COVID-19 vaccines should download, complete and submit this CDC Supplemental COVID-19 Vaccine Redistribution Agreement    to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Health care providers in Texas who plan to transfer COVID-19 vaccines to…… Continue reading COVID-19 Vaccine Redistribution, Transfer and Logistics Information