Connecticut Hospital Faces Class Action for Allegedly Reusing Insulin Pens
A Superior Court judge in Waterbury, Conn., has certified class action status for a lawsuit against a hospital regarding the use of multidose insulin pens.
Factors Associated with Nursing Home Infections and Fatalities in New York State during the COVID-19 Global Health Crisis
In an effort to learn for the future from the data now available from the earliest days of the first in a century pandemic that…
WHO Infection Prevention and Control Guidance for LTC Facilities in the Context of COVID-19 Updated
This interim guidance is for LTCF managers and corresponding infection prevention and control (IPC) focal persons in LTCF and updates the guidance published in March…
Man Arrested after Cleveland Clinic Worker Abducted, Assaulted
A man was arrested in connection with the abduction and assault of a female healthcare worker at Cleveland Clinic’s campus in Weston, Fla., according to…
Why West Virginia’s Winning the Race to Get COVID-19 Vaccine into Arms
Nearly two weeks before most states started vaccinating anyone in nursing homes, pharmacist Gretchen Garofoli went to a long-term care facility in Morgantown, W.Va., on…
Michigan’s last-minute switch delayed COVID-19 vaccines for nursing home residents
From Michigan’s biggest cities to its far rural areas, the state’s most vulnerable populations in nursing homes and long-term care facilities are finally starting to…
HHS Finalizes Unprecedented Regulatory Reform through Retrospective Review
The Department of Health and Human Services issued a final rule – PDF* January 8 to further democratic values of accountability and transparency. Specifically, the…
Illinois Nursing Home Evacuated as Smoke Fills Facility from Kitchen Fire
A Mt. Vernon, Illinois, nursing home was evacuated late Wednesday afternoon when a fire broke out in the commercial oven in the kitchen. Med-Net Academy…
Suspect in Custody after Bathroom Standoff with NYPD at Hospital
An armed suspect who had barricaded inside a bathroom in the emergency room of Sloan Kettering Hospital has been taken into police custody, according to…
No Surveillance Cameras in MI Nursing Home Rooms after Governor Pocket Veto
Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer opted not to sign Senate Bill 77, which would have allowed nursing home residents to install surveillance cameras in their own…