Patient Safety & Quality
Editorial: Airborne transmission of Covid-19
21 Aug, 2020 | 02:38h | UTCAirborne transmission of covid-19 – The BMJ
Face coverings for Covid-19: From medical intervention to social practice
21 Aug, 2020 | 02:40h | UTCFace coverings for covid-19: from medical intervention to social practice – The BMJ
Commentary: Shifting public health messaging about face coverings could improve uptake – The BMJ
Why we must continue wearing masks AND social distancing
20 Aug, 2020 | 09:20h | UTC
Coronavirus is in the air. Here’s how to get it out
20 Aug, 2020 | 09:33h | UTCCoronavirus is in the air. Here’s how to get it out – Vox
NICE Guideline: Perioperative care in adults
20 Aug, 2020 | 09:17h | UTCPerioperative care in adults – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
Commentary on Twitter
https://t.co/1aHU3TroSp
NICE published its periop care guidelines today. Rather than being a compendium of periop medicine, it provides guidance on how the care can be improved, and should be welcomed by all periop HCPs pic.twitter.com/qlPifdUZll— Nicholas Levy (@nicholasalevy) August 19, 2020
SARS-CoV-2 transmission in a community setting before and after the use of face shields
18 Aug, 2020 | 07:51h | UTC
Fauci says coronavirus temperature checks ‘notoriously inaccurate’
14 Aug, 2020 | 01:49h | UTCFauci Says Coronavirus Temperature Checks ‘Notoriously Inaccurate’ – Forbes
Related: Paging Dr. Hamblin: Everyone Wants to Check My Temperature – The Atlantic
Development and validation of a model for individualized prediction of hospitalization risk in 4,536 patients with COVID-19
14 Aug, 2020 | 01:17h | UTCCommentary: New prediction model can forecast personalized risk for COVID-19-related hospitalization – MedicalXpress
Online risk calculator: Predict Hospitalization Risk for COVID-19 Positive
[Preprint] Viable SARS-CoV-2 in the air of a hospital room with COVID-19 patients
13 Aug, 2020 | 00:18h | UTCViable SARS-CoV-2 in the air of a hospital room with COVID-19 patients – medRxiv
Commentaries: Viable SARS-CoV-2 aerosols detected in a hospital room with COVID-19 patients – News Medical AND ‘A Smoking Gun’: Infectious Coronavirus Retrieved From Hospital Air – The New York Times
Long after the fire of a Covid-19 infection, mental and neurological effects can still smolder
13 Aug, 2020 | 00:14h | UTC
Management of post-acute Covid-19 in primary care
12 Aug, 2020 | 02:42h | UTCManagement of post-acute covid-19 in primary care – The BMJ
Commentary: We Need to Take Care of the Growing Number of Long-term COVID-19 Patients – TIME
NEW #BMJInfographic summarises the assessment and initial management of patients with continuing symptoms from #COVID19 #LongCovid https://t.co/MOjVNNcjkw @will_s_t pic.twitter.com/tln3Hw6QkJ
— The BMJ (@bmj_latest) August 11, 2020
Filtration efficiency of hospital face mask alternatives available for use during the Covid-19 pandemic
12 Aug, 2020 | 02:36h | UTCEditorial: Filtration Efficiency, Effectiveness, and Availability of N95 Face Masks for COVID-19 Prevention
Commentary: Sanitized N95s acceptable alternatives to new masks, JAMA study finds – Healthcare Dive
Risk to health from COVID‐19 for anesthetists and intensivists – a narrative review
12 Aug, 2020 | 02:22h | UTCRisk to health from COVID‐19 for anaesthetists and intensivists – a narrative review – Anaesthesia
How safe is your school’s reopening plan? Here’s what to look for
7 Aug, 2020 | 03:30h | UTCHow Safe Is Your School’s Reopening Plan? Here’s What To Look For – NPR
Risk of COVID-19 among front-line health-care workers and the general community
6 Aug, 2020 | 02:55h | UTCCommentary: Health workers, especially minorities, at high risk for COVID, even with PPE – CIDRAP
Why pregnant women face special risks from COVID-19
5 Aug, 2020 | 10:11h | UTCWhy pregnant women face special risks from COVID-19 – Science
“Is it safe for me to go to work?” Risk stratification for workers during the Covid-19 pandemic
5 Aug, 2020 | 10:08h | UTC
More Marketing than medical evidence: Infrared thermometers to screen for COVID-19
4 Aug, 2020 | 03:06h | UTCMore Marketing than medical evidence: infrared thermometers to screen for COVID-19 – CEBM Oxford
Review: Cloth face masks can reduce the spread of SARS-CoV-2
4 Aug, 2020 | 03:11h | UTCCloth face masks can reduce the spread of SARS-CoV-2 – Karolinska Institutet
Original Study: Forgotten Technology in the COVID-19 Pandemic. Filtration Properties of Cloth and Cloth Masks: A Narrative Review – Mayo Clinic Proceedings
Perspective: Use of facemasks during the COVID-19 pandemic
4 Aug, 2020 | 03:08h | UTCUse of facemasks during the COVID-19 pandemic – The Lancet Respiratory Medicine
Related: How masks work: It’s simple arithmetic – Daily Hampshire Gazette
COVID-19 pandemic personal protective equipment (PPE): Guidance for intensive care
3 Aug, 2020 | 01:02h | UTC
Opinion – ‘This Push to Open Schools Is Guaranteed to Fail’
3 Aug, 2020 | 00:43h | UTC‘This Push to Open Schools Is Guaranteed to Fail’ – The Atlantic
“Within two weeks of opening schools in communities with high virus transmission, teachers will become ill. All it will take is for a single teacher to become hospitalized with COVID and everything will shut down.”
Commentary on Twitter
"We need to reach containment first. It’s that simple.”
Straight talk from @AdrienneLaF https://t.co/XzY6tbW0iL
— Ed Yong is not here (@edyong209) August 2, 2020
[Abstract Only] A Systematic review of the effect of delayed appropriate antibiotic treatment on the outcomes of patients with severe bacterial infections
3 Aug, 2020 | 00:20h | UTCA Systematic Review of the Effect of Delayed Appropriate Antibiotic Treatment on the Outcomes of Patients With Severe Bacterial Infections – CHEST (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Does Delayed Antibiotic for Severe Infection Impact Mortality? – Journal Feed
We need to talk about ventilation
31 Jul, 2020 | 08:37h | UTCWe Need to Talk About Ventilation – The Atlantic (a few articles per month are free)
Study estimates large reductions in Covid-19 incidence and mortality in the US states that closed schools earlier
30 Jul, 2020 | 10:49h | UTCAssociation Between Statewide School Closure and COVID-19 Incidence and Mortality in the US – JAMA
Editorial: COVID-19 and School Closures
Author Interview: COVID-19 and School Reopenings
Commentaries: School closures in spring linked to drastic decrease in Covid-19 cases and deaths – STAT AND Schools closures in spring were linked to reductions in Covid-19 cases and deaths, study says – CNN AND Closing schools in March may have saved the lives of 40,000 Americans, a new analysis found – Business Insider AND School Closures in the Spring Saved Lives, Study Asserts – The New York Times