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.
Hospitals and nursing homes must reinstate all pre-pandemic and contractual standards of orientation, staff development training, floating, and RN competency assessment level criterion and practices that are required to care for all patients, including COVID-19 patients.
Today, the New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH) announced they will not enforce the booster mandate for healthcare workers, which was set to go into effect on Feb. 21...
Poor staffing was a major factor in the high death toll in nursing homes, and New York must enact enforceable, minimum staffing standards or hours of care per resident.
Vaccines play a vital role in public health, and a safe and effective COVID-19 vaccine will, at a minimum, decrease the number of people experiencing severe effects of the virus and save countless lives.
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.
