by Lisa Chadwick | Tuesday, November 10, 2020 | Risk Management
Since early September, mandate to test all Nursing Home staff based on county positivity rates have had an uptick in positive diagnoses of asymptomatic people. Typically, when testing is done, there is roughly a 48-hour delay until results are known. This means...
by Lisa Chadwick | Monday, October 12, 2020 | Risk Management
Much of the US workforce has moved to working at home. We thought this might be for a brief period, but it has stretched on into Fall, and in many cases, what looks like 2021 Winter. Nontraditional office and clinic jobs have found spaces in homes, even some of our...
by Lisa Chadwick | Tuesday, August 25, 2020 | Featured, Risk Management
I listened to a webinar this week where one of the guest speakers was a Professor of Medicine at UCSF, Dr. Monica Ghandi. One of the topics of discussion included effects of societal masking. Remember when this pandemic first started and all the evidence was geared...
by Lisa Chadwick | Friday, August 21, 2020 | Risk Management
More than six months into this pandemic and it feels as if we may never see the end or return to some form of normal. We have seen friends and family members who have contracted COVID and resulted in secondary issues. Consequential, issues are being...
by Lisa Chadwick | Tuesday, July 7, 2020 | Risk Management
Many of us feel helpless during this pandemic that has gone on much longer that anyone initially thought. And, most of the initial precaution recommendations have not changed. If you are sick, stay home! That’s right, if you have the flu, you would stay home, if...