Infection Control Today


	MARCH 17, 2020


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	COVID-19: Not an Infection Prevention Sprint, but Rather a Marathon

Since healthcare’s response to COVID-19 will likely not end soon, it is important to consider ways to help make the work processes easier and enhance communication.

Infection Preventionists Might Perform COVID-19 Risk Assessments on Healthcare Workers

Infection preventionists may be involved in performing risk assessments of asymptomatic healthcare workers who have had exposure to patients with COVID-19.

To Avoid Quarantining Healthcare Workers, Hospitals Expand Telehealth to Screen for COVID-19

For instance, Sutter Health in Northern California, is asking patients to call a hotline specifically installed to screen patients for symptoms of COVID-19 rather than come to one of the emergency rooms in one of Sutter’s 24 hospitals.

Hospitals Slammed for Not Doing Enough to Protect Nurses from COVID-19

National Nurses United wants hospitals to establish protocols in which nurses are immediately notified when a patient who might have COVID-19 is admitted.

Survey: US Hospitals Brace for Severe PPE Shortage

Thanks to a reduction of imported PPE, 36% of hospital respondents expect large-scale PPE shortages, while 54% have imposed PPE conservation protocols.

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