UT MD Anderson Cancer Center’s Ray Gerwitz describes the new approaches he, his department and the MD Anderson organization took to address safety and security concerns during the pandemic.
Managing reusable PPE enables hospitals to forgo disposable gown use and instead track the laundering, sanitizing and history of each garment via UHF RFID.
The NFC and BLE technology being piloted is assisting with contact tracing for COVID-19 but can also be applied in other ways to senior living facilities.
The CDC’s findings are consistent with those from investigations done in other countries, which found that the most common type of transmission event was from teacher to teacher.
The CDC and the U.S. Department of Education announced its new “science-based resources and tools to help schools safely reopen and stay open for in-person learning.”
The fake N95 face masks look so real that only the manufacturer can tell if they are counterfeit.
To resume in-person learning, schools should require masks, social distancing and COVID-19 testing, as well as improve their indoor ventilation.
For older campuses or schools with limited budgets, there are still HVAC options to consider to help slow the spread of the coronavirus.
A survey conducted by Honeywell also found that 29% of remote workers would quit before returning to a risky worksite.
In order to return to school, Los Angeles K-12 students will need to be vaccinated for COVID-19 when it becomes available.