Lawsuit was signed by 117 of 178 workers who were suspended last week for failure to get fully vaccinated by the hospital’s deadline
Functional Decline Common in Adults Hospitalized for COVID-19
More than 40 percent of survivors were not assessed by physical medicine and rehab professionals during hospitalization
Vaccination Linked to Drop in COVID-19 Hospitalization in ≥65s
Vaccine effectiveness against COVID-19 hospitalization estimated at 94 percent for full vaccination with Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna vaccines
Hand Hygiene Compliance Rates Peaked >90 Percent in March 2020
Across all units, compliance decreased from daily peak of 92.8 percent on March 29 to a daily nadir of 51.5 percent on Aug. 15, 2020
COVID-19 Vaccinations Now Mandatory for Houston Methodist Hospital Workers
In March, health system gave vaccinated workers an extra $500 and warned that at some point the shots would no longer be voluntary
Racial/Ethnic Disparities Vary in COVID-19 Hospitalization
Geographic and temporal differences ID’d in racial and ethnic disparities in COVID-19 hospitalization levels during 2020
COVID-19 Infection May Up Mortality in Surgical Patients
Authors recommend postponing surgery for patients with positive preoperative COVID-19 test result
In-Hospital SARS-CoV-2 Mortality Declined Throughout Pandemic
Authors say reductions in in-hospital mortality likely due to new therapies and improvements in clinical management of patients with SARS-CoV-2
Readmission, Mortality Up After Discharge for Acute COVID-19
Patients with COVID-19 also had significantly elevated rates of respiratory disease, diabetes, CVD compared with controls
Community Exposures Tied to SARS-CoV-2 Seropositivity in HCWs
Workplace factors not linked to seropositivity for health care personnel