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Creator: Gandhi, Monica, Deborah S. Yokoe, and Diane V. Havlir.
Subject: Emergency Management
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2020-04-24
Description: Traditional infection-control and public health strategies rely heavily on early detection of disease to contain spread. When Covid-19 burst onto the global scene, public health officials initially deployed interventions that were used to control… -
Creator: Chughtai, Abrar Ahmad, Holly Seale, and Chandini Raina MacIntyre.
Subject: Research
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2013-05-31
Description: Currently there is an ongoing debate and limited evidence on the use of masks and respirators for the prevention of respiratory infections in health care workers (HCWs). -
Creator: PRINCIPLE Trial Collaborative Group
Subject: Research
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2021-03-04
Description: Azithromycin, an antibiotic with potential antiviral and anti-inflammatory properties, has been used to treat COVID-19, but evidence from community randomised trials is lacking. We aimed to assess the effectiveness of azithromycin to treat suspected… -
Creator: Furtado, Remo H. M., Otavio Berwanger, Henrique A. Fonseca, Thiago D. Corrêa, Leonardo R. Ferraz, Maura G. Lapa, Fernando G. Zampieri, Viviane C. Veiga, Luciano C. P. Azevedo, Regis G. Rosa, Renato D. Lopes, Alvaro Avezum, Airton L. O. Manoel, Felipe…
Subject: Research
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2020-09-08
Description: The efficacy and safety of azithromycin in the treatment of COVID-19 remain uncertain. We assessed whether adding azithromycin to standard of care, which included hydroxychloroquine, would improve clinical outcomes of patients admitted to the… -
Creator: The RECOVERY Collaborative Group
Subject: Research
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2021-02-02
Description: Azithromycin has been proposed as a treatment for COVID-19 on the basis of its immunomodulatory actions. We aimed to evaluate the safety and efficacy of azithromycin in patients admitted to hospital with COVID-19.A response to this article was… -
Creator: the BLAZE-1 Investigators
Subject: Treatment & Care
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2021-10-07
Description: Patients with underlying medical conditions are at increased risk for severe coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19). Whereas vaccine-derived immunity develops over time, neutralizing monoclonal-antibody treatment provides immediate, passive immunity and… -
Creator: ACTT- Study Group
Subject: Treatment & Care
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2022-05-23
Description: Baricitinib and dexamethasone have randomised trials supporting their use for the treatment of patients with COVID-19. We assessed the combination of baricitinib plus remdesivir versus dexamethasone plus remdesivir in preventing progression to… -
Creator: Canelli, Robert, Christopher W. Connor, Mauricio Gonzalez, Ala Nozari, and Rafael Ortega.
Subject: Infection Control
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2020-04-03
Description: Clinicians with inadequate access to standard personal protective equipment (PPE) have been compelled to improvise protective barrier enclosures for use during endotracheal intubation.See a response to this article: More on Barrier Enclosure during… -
Creator: David S. Cates, Paula G. Gomes, and Arthur M. Krasilovsky
Subject: Personnel Management
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2018-07-07
Description: During the 2014–2016 Ebola outbreak in West Africa, over 850 healthcare workers contracted Ebola, and over 500 died. These tragic numbers underscore the need for strict adherence to infection control precautions when caring for patients with Ebola… -
Creator: Vijay Aswani
Subject: Treatment & Care
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2016-01
Description: Narrative of his work in Sierra Leone in January and February 2015.