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Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare Wednesday April 21, 2021 at 4pm EST – Join the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for a National Nursing Home Stakeholder Call.  *** Register in advance for this Zoom Call *** https://cms.zoomgov.com/webinar/register/WN_vXt-B2jtS4KfurWW_xaOuQ During the call, we’ll cover the…… Continue reading Upcoming CMS Nursing Home Stakeholder Call

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare (On April 13, 2021), CDC and FDA recommended a pause in the use of the Johnson & Johnson (Janssen) COVID-19 vaccine pending an investigation into six reported U.S. cases of a rare and severe type of blood clot in individuals who received the vaccine. COVID-19 vaccine…… Continue reading Sharing an Update from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare CMS has released nursing home data for week ending April 4, 2021. CDC has posted COVID-19 data as of April 15, 2021 … 6am (ET). NHSN reports this COVID-19 data as of April 12, 2021 … 5:30 am (ET): 

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare In a Letter to Health Care Personnel and Facilities on April 9, 2021, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is “recommending health care personnel and facilities transition away from crisis capacity conservation strategies, such as decontaminating or bioburden reducing disposable respirators for reuse. Based on…… Continue reading FDA Recommends Transition from Use of Decontaminated Disposable Respirators

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare At this point on Tuesday, April 13, 2021, I hope you’ve see the joint CDC and FDA media statementadvising providers to pause administration of the Johnson & Johnson (Janssen) COVID-19 vaccine, pending an emergency meeting on April 14, 2021. On April 13, 2021 at 1pm (ET),…… Continue reading CDC Issues Health Alert on Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 Vaccine

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare Here’s some food for thought, specifically for LTC (nursing home and assisted living) staff and administration, and in particular for staff that are hesitant/reluctant to receive a COVID-19 vaccine. Many long-term care staffers refused the vaccine. Now they have more infections than residents.  This is the…… Continue reading COVID-19 Infections in Florida LTCFs – Residents and Staff

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare The CDC and FDA issued this media statement early Tuesday, April 13, 2021 (bolding and italics added by me): “As of April 12, more than 6.8 million doses of the Johnson & Johnson (Janssen) vaccine have been administered in the U.S. CDC and FDA are reviewing…… Continue reading Joint CDC and FDA Statement on Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 Vaccine

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare “In one of the most comprehensive looks at nursing home safety during the pandemic, a Milwaukee Journal Sentinel investigation has found that 1 in 3 Wisconsin facilities violated coronavirus protocols, including by asking COVID-positive staff to keep working, not screening visitors for symptoms and not isolating…… Continue reading Wisconsin Nursing Homes During the Pandemic