During this summer’s omicron wave, COVID-19 hospitalizations were higher among young infants compared to every other age group except those over 65, a Nov. 11 CDC report found.
Category: Patient Safety & Outcomes
66 US hospitals with ‘meritorious’ surgical outcomes: American College of Surgeons
The American College of Surgeons has recognized 78 hospitals worldwide for achieving “meritorious outcomes” for adult inpatient and outpatient surgical care in 2021.
Hospital where nurse called 911 faces accreditation delay
Silverdale, Wash.-based St. Michael Medical Center, where a nurse called emergency services in response to staffing issues, is in the process of ensuring full accreditation after The Joint Commission issued a “preliminary denial of accreditation” in Se…
Life stressors up long COVID-19 risk, study suggests
Major life stressors such as financial or food insecurity, death of a loved one or new disability are strong predictors of whether hospitalized COVID-19 patients will develop long COVID-19, according to findings published Nov. 5 in Journal of the Neuro…
Maine psych hospital cited over patient death
Health officials cited Westbrook, Maine-based Spring Harbor Hospital for failing to ensure a safe environment after a patient death occurred at the psychiatric hospital in June, Bangor Daily News reported Nov. 9.
Why are some COVID-19 patients slow to wake after ventilation? Turtles’ brains may offer clues
Physicians began to notice a strange phenomenon at the start of the pandemic in March 2020: Some COVID-19 patients who required ventilation took weeks to fully regain consciousness after being taken off the machines and anesthesia, with no signs of bra…
Monument Health awarded 2022 ECRI Safety Excellence Award
Rapid City, S.D.-based Monument Health received the 2022 “Safety Excellence Award” from nonprofit patient safety organization ECRI.
For the first time, researchers infuse lab-grown blood into humans
In a medical first, researchers in the U.K. have transfused lab-grown blood into two people as part of a clinical trial, CNBC reported Nov. 7.
A man in the UK had COVID-19 for 411 days. Genetic sequencing provided a cure.
British researchers were able to cure a man who had chronic COVID-19 for more than 411 days, The Washington Post reported Nov. 4.
Paxlovid cuts long COVID-19 risk, early VA findings show
People who take the antiviral Paxlovid within the first few days of a COVID-19 infection may have a 25 percent lower risk of developing a number of conditions associated with long COVID-19, according to findings published Nov. 5 in the preprint server …
