Patient Safety & Quality
Implementation Guide: Triage of Scarce Critical Care Resources in COVID-19
15 Apr, 2020 | 03:23h | UTC
Study: Alcohol-based Hand Rub Solutions are Effective for Virus Inactivation
15 Apr, 2020 | 03:26h | UTCCommentary: Studies: Hand sanitizers kill COVID-19 virus, e-consults appropriate – CIDRAP
Perspective: Virtual Health Care in the Era of COVID-19
15 Apr, 2020 | 03:18h | UTCVirtual health care in the era of COVID-19 – The Lancet
Related: Rapidly Converting to “Virtual Practices”: Outpatient Care in the Era of Covid-19 (several texts on the subject)
Ethics in the Time of Coronavirus: Recommendations in the COVID-19 Pandemic
14 Apr, 2020 | 03:00h | UTC
Face Masks Against COVID-19: An Evidence Review
14 Apr, 2020 | 02:52h | UTCFace Masks Against COVID-19: An Evidence Review – Preprints
Related Analysis: Face Masks for the Public During the Covid-19 Crisis
2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic: Built Environment Considerations to Reduce Transmission
14 Apr, 2020 | 02:44h | UTCCommentaries: COVID-19 and the built environment – University of California AND Scientists Reveal 2 Easy Steps To Lower Spread Of Coronavirus In Your Workplace – Study Finds
Practice Changing? – Assessment of an Unplanned Extubation Bundle to Reduce Unplanned Extubations in Critically Ill Neonates, Infants, and Children
14 Apr, 2020 | 02:36h | UTC
Implementation Guide: Optimizing Medication Management during the COVID-19 Pandemic
13 Apr, 2020 | 00:18h | UTC
Related Commentary on Twitter
Task force recommendations about managing meds in post-acute and long-term care during COVID-19. https://t.co/yoU76suVYo
Summary of recommendations in thread below:
— Mike Steinman (@MikeSteinman) April 10, 2020
Mechanical Ventilators Adapted from BiPAP machines?
13 Apr, 2020 | 00:17h | UTC- Modified Sleep Apnea Machines May Ease the Ventilator Crunch – Wired
- Mechanical ventilators based on a simple modification of CPAP and BiPAP machines – News Medical
- A NYC hospital has figured out how to turn sleep apnea machines it got from Elon Musk into ventilators for coronavirus patients – Business Insider
- Turning sleep apnea machines into ventilators – Berkley Engineering
See instructions and protocols developed by Mount Sinai Health System: Repurposing bi-level ventilators for use with intubated patients while minimizing risk to health care works during insufficient supply of conventional ventilation for patients with COVID-19
We want to learn more about this interesting initiative!
Updated Guidance on Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for Clinicians
13 Apr, 2020 | 00:02h | UTCUpdated guidance on Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for clinicians – Intensive Care Society
Related: Clinical guidance for intensive care and anesthetics AND COVID-19: guidance for health professionals – GOV.UK
Surgery in COVID-19 Patients: Operational Directives
13 Apr, 2020 | 00:03h | UTCSurgery in COVID-19 patients: operational directives – World Journal of Emergency Surgery
COVID-19 Testing: The Threat of False-Negative Results
13 Apr, 2020 | 00:04h | UTCCOVID-19 Testing: The Threat of False-Negative Results – Mayo Clinic Proceedings
Commentary: False-negative COVID-19 test results may lead to false sense of security – Mayo Clinic
AHA Interim Guidance for Basic and Advanced Life Support in Adults, Children, and Neonates with Suspected or Confirmed COVID-19
10 Apr, 2020 | 03:20h | UTCNews Release: Interim CPR guidelines address challenges of providing resuscitation during COVID-19 pandemic – American Heart Association
Related Commentary on Twitter
The AHA, with several other health care organizations, has compiled interim guidance to help rescuers treat victims of cardiac arrest with suspected or confirmed #COVID19. Healthcare workers are the highest risk group for contracting COVID-19. Learn more: https://t.co/0HFeIJGoSS pic.twitter.com/EE4KxaM9BC
— AHA Science (@AHAScience) April 9, 2020
NCCN Guidance: How to Keep our Oncology Patients and Healthcare Workers Safe
10 Apr, 2020 | 03:17h | UTCNews Release: JNCCN: Improving COVID-19 safety for cancer patients and healthcare providers – National Comprehensive Cancer Network
Managing the Supportive Care Needs of Those Affected by COVID-19
10 Apr, 2020 | 03:01h | UTCManaging the supportive care needs of those affected by COVID-19 – European Respiratory Journal
Podcast: Reusing Face Masks and N95 Respirators
10 Apr, 2020 | 02:54h | UTCCoronavirus (COVID-19) Update: Reusing Face Masks and N95 Respirators – JAMA
Related Report: N95 mask can be decontaminated without decreasing filtration efficiency – Stanford Medicine
Related Website: N95DECON: A scientific consortium for data-driven study of N95 filtering facepiece respirator decontamination AND Commentary: New website explains how hospitals can decontaminate and reuse scarce N95 masks to fight COVID-19 – Stanford News
Related Guidance: N95 Re-Use Instructions – SAGES
Taking Care of COVID-19 Survivors
9 Apr, 2020 | 03:17h | UTCFor survivors of severe COVID-19, beating the virus is just the beginning – Science
WHO Advice on the Use of Masks in the Context of COVID-19
8 Apr, 2020 | 01:33h | UTCAdvice on the use of masks in the context of COVID-19 – World Health Organization
Commentary: Expert reaction to new WHO advice on use of facemasks in the context of COVID-19 – Science Media Centre
Study: Effectiveness of Surgical and Cotton Masks in Blocking SARS–CoV-2
7 Apr, 2020 | 04:24h | UTCCommentary: Neither surgical nor cotton masks effectively filter SARS COV-2 – American College of Physicians
Editorial: Is CPR Justified for Hospital Patients with Covid-19?
7 Apr, 2020 | 04:26h | UTCEditorial: Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation after Hospital Admission with Covid-19 – The BMJ
“This pandemic has changed the risk-benefit balance for CPR: from “there is no harm in trying” to “there is little benefit to the patient, and potentially significant harm to staff.””
Meta-Analysis: Medical Masks vs. N95 Respirators for Preventing COVID‐19 in Health Care Workers
7 Apr, 2020 | 04:22h | UTCCommentary: Surgical masks likely good for most COVID-19 treatment – McMaster University
Position Statement: Occupational Health Hazards of the Catheterization Laboratory
7 Apr, 2020 | 04:10h | UTC
NICE Publishes new COVID-19 Guidelines
6 Apr, 2020 | 01:57h | UTC- News Release: NICE publishes new COVID-19 guidelines on severe asthma, pneumonia, rheumatological disorders and symptom management – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
- COVID-19 rapid guideline: severe asthma
- COVID-19 rapid guideline: managing suspected or confirmed pneumonia in adults in the community
- COVID-19 rapid guideline: rheumatological autoimmune, inflammatory and metabolic bone disorders
- COVID-19 rapid guideline: managing symptoms (including at the end of life) in the community
See other recent NICE Guidelines on COVID-19: COVID-19 rapid guideline: critical care in adults AND COVID-19 rapid guideline: haematopoietic stem cell transplantation AND COVID-19 rapid guideline: dialysis service delivery AND COVID-19 rapid guideline: delivery of radiotherapy AND COVID-19 rapid guideline: delivery of systemic anticancer treatments
Study: Wearing Surgical Masks in Public Could Help Slow Spreading of COVID-19
6 Apr, 2020 | 01:55h | UTCRespiratory virus shedding in exhaled breath and efficacy of face masks – Nature
Commentaries: Why wear face masks in public? Here’s what the research shows – The Conversation AND The new coronavirus might spread when people talk, but scientists say masks can help – The Telegraph AND Wearing surgical masks in public could help slow COVID-19 pandemic’s advance – University of Maryland
Related: Stability of SARS-CoV-2 in different environmental conditions – National Geographic
CDC Now Recommends Wearing Cloth Face Coverings in Public Settings
6 Apr, 2020 | 01:53h | UTCCommentaries: The CDC Now Recommends Americans Wear Face Masks – Wired AND Everyone should wear face ‘masks’ in public, CDC now recommends – Live Science AND CDC Now Recommends Americans Consider Wearing Cloth Face Coverings In Public – NPR AND The CDC now recommends everyone use cloth masks in public – Vox AND The CDC is recommending that people wear face coverings or cloth masks if they go out in public – Business Insider
“CDC recommends wearing cloth face coverings in public settings where other social distancing measures are difficult to maintain (e.g., grocery stores and pharmacies) especially in areas of significant community-based transmission.”