Practice Alerts

Practice Alert: Avoid Non-sterile Ultrasound Gel in Percutaneous Procedures

On May 23, 2025, the New York State Department of Health and the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene issued 2025 Health Advisory #10: Non-Sterile Ultrasound Gel Contaminated with Paraburkholderia fungorum (an environmental bacterium).

Practice Alert: Required Completion of NYS Reporting Child Abuse Course

All licensed health practitioners are required to complete the Identification and Reporting New York State Child Abuse program by November 17, 2026.

Medication Administration FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions)

The following information is provided in response to member questions pertaining to medication administration...

Practice Alert: DEA Training Requirement

Effective June 27, 2023, the US Department of Justice's Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) will require a new one-time eight (8) hour training requirement for all DEA-registered practitioners (including our NPs) on the treatment and management of patients with opioid or other substance use disorders.

Practice Alert: Monkeypox

Check out NYSNA’s latest FAQ to learn more about the virus, its treatment, and infection controls needed to control the spread in the workplace and our communities.

Practice Alert: Hospital, Nursing Home, and Care Giver Immunity Provisions for the Care of Patients with COVID-19 are Repealed as of April 6, 2021

The New York State Legislature signed into law a bill repealing the last of the hospital, nursing home, and caregiver immunity provisions and protections for the care of patients with COVID-19.

Practice Alert: Proper Positioning for Swabbing Nasopharyngeal Area Affects Reliability of COVID-19 Tests

As COVID-19 has reached pandemic status with over 6 million confirmed cases in the United States alone, widespread availability of diagnostic testing is critical in helping identify and control the emergence of this rapidly spreading and serious virus.

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Ellis Medicine: Restore Surgical Services at Bellevue Woman's Center!

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On Friday, Aug. 22, Ellis Medicine closed a number of units and most surgical services at Bellevue Woman's Center. Despite initially announcing these cuts would take place in December, Ellis dramatically moved up the timeline, leaving the community with little time to respond and making it harder to access essential maternal and child health services.

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