COVID-19: infection prevention and control (IPC), PHE (updated 2nd September 2021)
Guidance on infection prevention and control for COVID-19. Sustained community transmission is occurring across the UK. Update in this version (published 2nd September 2021) the standard isolation period advised for contacts of cases within inpatient settings is changed back from 10 to 14 days, in line with current healthcare guidance.
Update in version published 10th August 2021 - updated mental health and dental appendices in line with main IPC guidance of 1 June. Removed fallow time between household members from dental appendix. (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - September 3, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Wider impacts of Covid-19 on physical activity, deconditioning and falls in older adults, PHE
This report looks at how the wider impacts of Covid-19 have affected older people (65 years and over), with a focus upon deconditioning and falls. Estimates of these impacts on physical activity levels and rates of falls in older people are provided. The report also summarises recommendations aimed at mitigating these impacts and to improve older adult mental and physical health. The technical appendix provides detailed information on the methods that have been used in the study. (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - August 23, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
DePuy Synthes Introduces the INHANCE ™ Shoulder System, a First-to-Market, Fully Integrated Shoulder Arthroplasty System
RAYNHAM, MA – August 18, 2021 – Today, The Johnson & Johnson Medical Devices Companies* announced that DePuy Synthes, The Orthopaedics Company of Johnson & Johnson,** introduces the INHANCE™ Shoulder System, a first-to-market, fully integrated shoulder arthroplasty system. The system is designed with an intuitive stemless-first surgical approach that aligns with how surgeons approach patient care. The INHANCE Shoulder System is the first shoulder system to offer surgeons the ability to seamlessly transition from stemless to stemmed implants during surgical procedures. There are many reasons surgeons may need ...
Source: Johnson and Johnson - August 18, 2021 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: Innovation Source Type: news
COVID-19: infection prevention and control (IPC), PHE (updated 10th August 2021)
Guidance on infection prevention and control for COVID-19. Sustained community transmission is occurring across the UK.
10 August 2021Updated mental health and dental appendices in line with main IPC guidance of 1 June. Removed fallow time between household members from dental appendix.
1 June 2021Updated to add requirements on local risk assessments and information around use of respiratory protective equipment and valved respirators. Clarified glove use in amber pathway. (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - August 10, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Neuroimaging utilization in EDs increases by 72%
Overall emergency department (ED) neuroimaging use grew by 72% in the U.S. betwee...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading:
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Emergency visits present cancer screening opportunities (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - August 4, 2021 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
Substitute iodinated contrast better than steroid premedication
It's better for patients who have experienced allergic reactions to iodinate...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading:
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CT contrast not tied to poor outcomes, even in at-risk patients (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - August 4, 2021 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
Noniodinated contrast better than steroid premedication
It's better for patients who have experienced allergic reactions to iodinate...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading:
Could patient history help predict CT contrast reactions?
Low-energy scanning methods cut CT contrast dose
Oral contrast not needed to spot kids' appendicitis on CT
Bottoms up: Oral contrast preferred over missed finding
CT contrast not tied to poor outcomes, even in at-risk patients (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - August 3, 2021 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
'Redundant imaging' for TIA workup increases in the ED
The increased compliance of emergency departments (ED) with specific imagin...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading:
Decision support could improve ED pediatric appendicitis imaging
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CT, MRI for lower back pain still prevalent in ED
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Trump administration hits brakes on law to curb unneeded Medicare CT scans, MRIs (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - July 29, 2021 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
COVID-19: infection prevention and control dental guidance
The guidance is an appendix to and should be read in conjunction with the national guidance on infection prevention and control for COVID-19 . (Source: NHS Networks)
Source: NHS Networks - July 5, 2021 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
KATE MANSEY: I nearly died of a burst appendix... after three GPs refused to see me face to face
KATE MANSEY: Three calls from three GPs at my local surgery in South London within three days. Not one listened to my concerns about the worsening pain. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - June 5, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Coronavirus COVID-19 serology and viral detection tests: technical validation reports, DHSC (updated 3rd June 2021)
Findings from technical validations and in-service valuations reviewed by the Technical Validation Group.
3 June 2021Updated to add reports on 3 new tests: Certest Biotech Viasure qRT-PCR, Randox Rapid PCR and Thermo Fisher Taqpath PCR.
15 April 2021Updated ' DNANudge: COVID-19 nudge test ' report to include an explanatory sentence that confirms the manufacturer ' s instructions for use were followed, and to add an appendix (2 tables that break down the results of the validation and add context). (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - June 3, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
ED Presentations for Appendicitis, Miscarriage Down in Pandemic
FRIDAY, May 28, 2021 -- During the COVID-19 pandemic, there was a decrease in presentations to the emergency department for appendicitis and miscarriage, according to a study published online May 25 in CMAJ, the journal of the Canadian Medical... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - May 28, 2021 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
ED visits for appendicitis, miscarriage fell sharply in first wave of COVID-19 pandemic
(Canadian Medical Association Journal) Emergency department visits for common conditions such as appendicitis, miscarriage, gallbladder attacks and ectopic pregnancy decreased markedly at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, but patient outcomes were not worse, found research published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal) https://www.cmaj.ca/lookup/doi/10.1503/cmaj.202821. (Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases)
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - May 25, 2021 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
The report of the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities
The Commission ' s report into racial and ethnic disparities in the UK.
28 April 2021 4 sections have been amended in the HTML version, as follows: (1) ' Foreword from the Chair ' , in the section ' Foreword, introduction, and full recommendations ' – added a footnote to the line ' There is a new story about the Caribbean experience which speaks to the slave period not only being about profit and suffering but how culturally African people transformed themselves into a re-modelled African/Britain. ' The footnote reads: ' To clarify, this is to say that in the face of the inhumanity of slavery, African people pre...
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - April 28, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Low-dose CT effective for diagnosing colonic diverticulitis
A low-dose protocol of intravenous contrast-enhanced 2-mSv CT is comparabl...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading:
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AI algorithm detects appendicitis on CT exams in ER (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - April 9, 2021 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
