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Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare On June 30, 2021, the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) announced its support for hospitals and health systems that are requiring all employees and clinical team members to be vaccinated against COVID-19 as a condition of employment. “APIC applauds healthcare organizations for…… Continue reading APIC Supports Growing Number of Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccine Policies in Healthcare Facilities

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has issued a compliance directive designed to ensure uniform inspection and enforcement procedures for its Emergency Temporary Standard to protect healthcare workers from occupational exposures to COVID-19. The new directive provides OSHA compliance safety and health officers with…… Continue reading OSHA Issues Compliance Directive for Enforcing Emergency Temporary Standard to Protect HC Workers from Coronavirus

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare CDC has recently launched a National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) Nursing Home COVID-19 Vaccination Data Dashboard. This webpage displays data at the national and state level on COVID-19 vaccination coverage among residents and staff of Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)-certified nursing homes. The dashboard…… Continue reading Nursing Home COVID-19 Vaccination Data Dashboard

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare CMS has posted county positivity rates as of June 28, 2021. You can access CMS’ regulations and guidelines about testing based on county positivity here.  Archived data is found here.