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@yaneerbaryam
Jan 23 • 8 tweets • 2 min read • Read on X
Important News from CDC on HICPAC Infection Control recommendations:

"Based on the significant interest in the draft recommendations, CDC is taking a proactive step of communicating back to HICPAC some initial questions and comments...
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 blogs.cdc.gov/safehealthcare…
"In addition, CDC is working to expand the scope of technical backgrounds of participants on the HICPAC Isolation Guideline Workgroup .. in accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) regulations and guidance.
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"The expanded workgroup and the HICPAC with the newly appointed members will review and discuss these additional considerations and guideline at the next HICPAC meeting, which is open to the public.
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"Should there be a category of Transmission-based Precautions that includes masks (instead of NIOSH Approved®N95® [or higher-level] respirators) for pathogens that spread by the air? Should N95 respirators be recommended for all pathogens that spread by the air?
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Can the workgroup clarify the criteria that would be used to determine which transmission by air category applies for a pathogen? For the category of Special Air Precautions, can you clarify if this category includes only new or emerging pathogens or if this category...
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"..might also include other pathogens that are more established? Can you also clarify what constitutes a severe illness?
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"Is the current guideline language sufficient to allow for voluntary use of a NIOSH Approved N95 (or higher-level) respirator? Should the document include a recommendation about healthcare organizations allowing voluntary use?
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"Should there be a recommendation for use of source control in healthcare settings that is broader than current draft recommendations? Should source control be recommended at all times in healthcare facilities?
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Jan 19
"Long Covid: NHS legal action launched by family of girl

"The mother of an 11-year-old Aberdeenshire girl with long Covid has launched a legal action against their health board, in what lawyers claim is the first case of its kind in Scotland.
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"Helen Goss, from Westhill, is seeking damages from NHS Grampian on behalf of her daughter, Anna Hendy.
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"Anna became unwell after contracting Covid in 2020.

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Jan 18
Handwashing, Gloves, and Masks: Oh My!
In 1847, German obstetrician Ignaz Semmelweis saw that obstetric patients died of childbed fever at a much higher rate than those treated by midwives...he suggested to his colleagues that they wash their hands
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 whn.global/handwashing-gl…
..before examining their new mother patients. His idea was ridiculed and ignored. Patients continued to suffer unnecessary illness and death until Louis Pasteur’s experimental confirmation of germ theory in 1861 was disseminated and accepted in the medical community. ..
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"Today handwashing is a mainstay of medical protection and of basic hygiene far beyond the medical arena.

"When I was a child in the 1960s and 1970s, my dentist and physician conducted exams and dental work with clean hands but no gloves.
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Jan 12
"Covid is everywhere, and I’m wearing a mask again – why is that so weird?

"Spain has made mask wearing mandatory in hospitals and health settings as the country faces a wave of Covid and flu infections. A junior doctor says she thinks Britain should do the same

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"As of this week, masks are mandatory in Spain’s hospitals&health centres as the country experiences a surge in Covid, flu & other illnesses. As the UK navigates a similar surge this winter, Chidera Ota, 29, explains why she’s started wearing a mask while out and about.

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"At the end of December, I started wearing a mask again. I was taking the coach from London to Edinburgh for Christmas, and as I was queuing in the coach station, all I could hear was coughing and spluttering. I knew Covid cases were reaching a record high, flu was everywhere. 3/
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Dec 14, 2023
"What Companies Can Do Against Long Covid
By Britta Domke

"Many companies are overlooking the significant risk posed by Long Covid, a decision that could have serious repercussions. With a few targeted measures, it's possible to make workplaces largely safe from coronavirus. 1/
"Deserted workplaces, everyone's out with Corona: For businesses, this wave of illness often translates into considerable revenue losses.
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"The news from Jena University Hospital barely made a ripple in most newspapers. The business sector remained silent. However, what an interdisciplinary team from Jena revealed in a study with 40 Long Covid patients should be a cause for concern among employers.
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Dec 8, 2023
New from Canada:

Canadian adults testing positive or suspected COVID-19 by June 2023 is 64%, 45% one infection, 14% two, 5% three or more. Likely underestimated

1 in 9 (11.7%) reported long-term symptoms, nearly 1 in 5 (19.0%) of those infected.

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Of those still having long-term symptoms, 79% had them for six months or more, including 42% for one year or more. Those who reported a resolution of long-term symptoms, 74% had them for fewer than six months, and 93% experienced them for less than a year.

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Half (50%) with ongoing symptoms reported no improvement in their symptoms over time.

About 7 in 10 reported experiencing them every day or almost every day when symptoms were at their worst, and about 1 in 5 (22%) were often or always limited by them in daily activities.

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Nov 29, 2023
Work From Home: A 21st Century Revolution

Work From Home (WFH) is now mainstream. Office occupancies rebounded since the beginning of the pandemic, but current data shows occupancy has only reached 50% and is declining in certain cities

New Report ⬇️
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 whn.global/newsletter/wor…
The pandemic propelled Work From Home (WFH) into the mainstream as the risk of infection drove individuals, employers, and governments to adopt WFH when hospitalizations and deaths were skyrocketing.

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Although occupancies have since rebounded, current data shows that occupancy rates have only reached 50% and are declining in certain cities. This indicates that a fundamental shift in behavior is taking place for non-frontline workers.

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