Effect of vaccine type, prior COVID-19 infection on symptoms, antibodies after HCW vaccination
Editor's Note This study by Johns Hopkins researchers finds that regardless of vaccine reaction or prior COVID-19 infection, both mRNA vaccines provide a robust antibody response in healthcare workers (HCWs). Questionnaires and serum samples were collected from 954 HCWs at 14 or more days after their second doses of either…
Hospital-acquired COVID-19 in UK’s first pandemic wave
Editor's Note This study finds that 11.3% of COVID-19 patients in the UK caught the infection while in the hospital during the first wave of the pandemic, and this proportion increased to at least 15.8% by May 2020. Of 82,624 patients admitted to 314 hospitals before August 1, 2020, between…
ASA, APSF update guidance for perioperative testing for COVID-19
Editor's Note The American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) and Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation (APSF) on August 4 updated their guidance for perioperative testing for COVID-19 to say that all patients having anesthetics or surgical procedures with the potential to generate aerosols should have preoperative testing for COVID-19, regardless of their…
Low global trust in governments, HCWs influencing health information, vaccine attitudes
Editor's Note This new study by the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health which drew on surveys of more than 149,000 people in 144 countries finds that trust in governments and healthcare workers is correlated with trust in health or medical advice from them and with more positive attitudes toward…
Relationship between COVID-19 symptoms and length of illness among HCWs in metropolitan New York
Editor's Note In this retrospective cohort study, researchers from Montefiore Medical Center and Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, found that healthcare workers (HCWs) with COVID-19 who were not hospitalized, still had prolonged illness. Of 1,698 HCWs--who were away from work because of COVID-19, who had a positive…
US COVID-19 cases top 36M, deaths near 618K
Editor's Note The number of COVID-19 cases in the US totaled 36,008,398 on August 10, and deaths reached 617,892, according to the Johns Hopkins University of Medicine Coronavirus Resource Center. At the beginning of the week, the US recorded nearly 175,000 new COVID-19 cases and 645 deaths in 1 day.…
Preop COVID-19 isolation precautions linked to postop lung complications
Editor's Note This study by researchers with the University of Birmingham, England-led COVIDSurg-GlobalSurg Collaboratives (global partnerships of more than 15,000 surgeons) finds that patients who isolate before their surgical procedures to protect themselves from COVID-19 have a higher risk of postoperative pulmonary complications than those who don’t isolate. Researchers analyzed…
Study finds neutralizing antibodies remain high up to 13 months after COVID-19 infection
Editor's Note In this study, researchers from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York City, find that most COVID-19 patients have persistent antibodies to the SARS-CoV-2 virus for more than a year after acute infection. The study also shows that patients with more severe disease had higher…
California is first state to mandate COVID-19 vaccinations for HCWs
Editor's Note In an August 5 statement, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) says healthcare workers (HCWs) must be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 or have at least received their second dose by September 30, Fox 5 San Diego reports. This new order is different from last month’s order that…
Presence of COVID-19 antibodies in rural HCWs
Editor's Note This study led by researchers at South Dakota State University in Brookings found that only 15% of healthcare workers (HCWs) in three rural communities had antibodies to COVID-19 over an 8-month period before vaccines came out. From May 13 through December 22, 2020, 336 volunteers at five healthcare…
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