Prevention today matters exponentially more than prevention tomorrow, esp in the middle a surge
Hospitals should not be dragging their feet on preventing in-hospital transmission
Many are patients who despite vaccinations can get very sick. We would know — we are treating them
Hospitals should not be dragging their feet on preventing in-hospital transmission
Many are patients who despite vaccinations can get very sick. We would know — we are treating them
2/ Mandatory N95 mask use for patient care should be initiated.
For hospitals that do not have capacity to do so, this should at minimum be initiated for the care of immunocompromised patients.
We have documented cases of transmission despite surgical mask use
For hospitals that do not have capacity to do so, this should at minimum be initiated for the care of immunocompromised patients.
We have documented cases of transmission despite surgical mask use
3/ There are likely many more cases of this that are completely undercounted because most hospitals would not track/trace & sequence to confirm this.
But where they have, they have found it.
With transmissibility of #Omicron, expect to see this even more.
But where they have, they have found it.
With transmissibility of #Omicron, expect to see this even more.
4/ At Stanford alone, where we have excellent testing of healthcare personnel, we have found more infections than any other week in the entire pandemic. Imagine what other hospitals are like that are not testing as frequently
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