Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf announces that the Department of Health signed a contract this week with ECRI Institute to guide the COVID-19 response for long-term care facilities.
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In this editorial, 24×7 Magazine chief editor Keri Forsythe-Stephens reflects on the current state of the healthcare industry and reveals some of the results gleaned from 24×7’s “Coronavirus Survey for HTM Professionals.”
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Healthcare organizations need to ensure that medical equipment is maintained by trained HTM professionals, especially during this COVID-19 pandemic. That’s the guidance from AAMI in the wake of news reports that individuals who are not trained in healthcare technology are recommissioning, repairing, or maintaining life-saving technologies like ventilators.
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The Joint Commission has issued a statement supporting the use of standard face masks and/or respirators provided from home when healthcare organizations cannot provide access to protective equipment that is commensurate with the risk healthcare workers are exposed to amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
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The COVID-19 database will be available to new and current oneSOURCE users at no cost and will feature tools that include instructions for use to help protect healthcare workers; reduce community spread; and maintain patient safety related to ventilators, respirators, bypass machines, and reusable surgical gowns.
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