While US healthcare providers are turning to foreign suppliers and domestic middlemen to secure personal protective equipment and medical supplies (PPE), they must remain mindful and take steps to ...

As the World Health Organization declared the international outbreak of the coronavirus to be a global epidemic this week, the health crisis ground everyday activities to a halt in the United States.

The AHA now says to put on PPE before performing CPR in patients with suspected or confirmed COVID-19 in cardiac arrest The latest update to the American Heart Association (AHA) guidance on ...

More than 50% of nursing home residents may be colonized with multidrug-resistant organisms, CDC says. Nursing home residents are at increased risk of developing infection with multidrug-resistant ...

Editor’s note: This column is being published posthumously, after the author’s death in May. In addition to leading NADONA for more than 20 years, Sherrie had been a devoted, skillful columnist for ...

Workers at an area hospital now facing a COVID-19 outbreak said the crisis is a warning for other hospitals in the area. The workers and their union contend other health networks could soon also face ...

A general lack of PPE was a major concern for hygienists leading up to this week, as was a lack of adequate COVID-19 testing. Some, including Jennifer Zbaraschuk, president of the Washington Dental ...

There is good news for fleets that care about safe disposal of PPE and the environment. With the Covid-19 threat ongoing, an estimated 129 billion face masks and 65 billion plastic gloves are being ...

Editor's note: Find Firehouse.com's complete coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic here. With personnel protective equipment in short supply for emergency responders, the Stewartville Fire and Rescue ...