Tag: Doctors
Health Care Workers at Risk From Mental Burden of COVID-19
Prevalence of anxiety symptoms higher for health care workers/young spending more time on outbreak
PPE With More Coverage Ups Protection, but Harder to Don, Doff
Modified gowns with attached gloves and gloves, masks with added tabs may cut contamination
Recommendations Made for PPE Use by HCPs in COVID-19 Care
Guidelines address mask, glove, face shield use in conventional, contingency, crisis capacity settings
April 2020 Briefing – Family Practice
Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Family Practice for April 2020. This roundup includes the...
April 2020 Briefing – Internal Medicine
Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Internal Medicine for April 2020. This roundup includes the...
Symptomatic Health Care Staff in U.K. Screened for COVID-19
Shift in transmission dynamics noted as of March 24, concurrent with steps to implement social distancing
White House Announces Payment Plan for Uninsured COVID-19 Patients
Doctors can submit bills for these patients directly to the government and be paid at Medicare rates
Expanding Symptom Screening Criteria Can Up COVID-19 Detection
Even with addition of myalgia, chills, about 10 percent of health care personnel with COVID-19 would be missed
CDC Looks at Transmission of COVID-19 to Health Care Workers
Longer exposure to patients linked to transmission; many HCP report exposure only in health care setting
Insomnia Common Among Medical Staff During COVID-19 in China
Strongest link with insomnia symptoms seen for uncertainty regarding effective disease control
