U.S. healthcare facilities saw more healthcare-associated, antimicrobial-resistant infections, especially in hospitals. Hospitals treated sicker patients who required more frequent and longer use of medical devices like catheters and ventilators. Hospitals also experienced personal protective equipment supply challenges, staffing shortages, and longer patient visits. Resistant hospital-onset infections and deaths both increased […]
COVID-19 Community Levels are a new tool to help communities decide what prevention steps to take based on the latest data. Levels can be low, medium, or high and are determined by looking at hospital beds being used, hospital admissions, and the total number of new COVID-19 cases in an […]
Finding out your Community Level will help you know what prevention measures to take to protect those at risk of severe illness and reduce strain on the healthcare system. https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/your-health/covid-by-county.html?fbclid=IwAR3-VsUYCetMh2YKn0FX0l7lvkqMZL3bEnyCGR2mmpI3fWrkKsJRkvt7qqk Créditos: Comité científico Covid
