Join Drs Forest Arnold and Laura Morton as they discuss the diagnosis and treatment of RSV in older adults living in long-term care facilities and congregational living spaces. MedTwitter
When I think about recommendations for influenza or
because it seemed like there was for lack of knowledge. For safety, they kept patients in their rooms. My own father-in-law was in a nursing home. He needed physical therapy and wasn't getting it until finally somebody came into the room. We all felt like his rehabilitation took much longer than it would have otherwise, and he didn't even have
pandemic about not knowing what to do with the unknown. Anything we could do to help with that and bring out knowledge and awareness about RSV will address those issues. With my infection prevention nurses, I talk to them for RSV about hand hygiene, the things that we know that we should be doing. We remind the staff about the importance of hand hygiene and remind patients and staff about coughing etiquette. Though these are small things, they're very important.
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