Churches Could be the Deadliest Places in the COVID-19 Pandemic
April 3, 2020
In Washington State, a choir practice of 60 individuals who practiced social distancing resulted in 45 infections, 3 hospitalizations and 2 deaths.
Kevin Kavanagh, MD
As COVID-19 Knocks on Nursing Homes’ Doors, Full-Time Infection Preventionists Needed More Than Ever
March 27, 2020
These pathogens are relentless, they are evolutionarily programed to win, and they are currently doing just that.
Evidence Continues to Link ACE Inhibitors to Severe COVID-19 Symptoms
March 26, 2020
ACE inhibitors up regulate (increase) the ACE2 receptor. This is the receptor the COVID-19 virus uses to attack the lungs.
We’ll Know We’ve Won the War Against COVID-19 When…
March 20, 2020
There are far too few trained staff assigned to infection control. IPs do not even have time to document and report infections let alone evaluate patients and conduct training.
COVID-19: IPs, Other Healthcare Workers at Greater Jeopardy Than Thought
March 17, 2020
Already, two emergency room doctors in the United States are in critical condition with COVID-19.
Viewpoint: US Woefully Unprepared for COVID-19 Pandemic
March 11, 2020
A CNN commentator made the alarmist statement that we may get to the point where the national guard is escorting patients to a high school gym for placement on ventilators. This is of course a ridiculously misinformed statement since we do not have enough ventilators.
Viewpoint: We’re Losing the Fight Against COVID-19 So Far
March 9, 2020
Since deaths are infrequent in healthy individuals under the age of 40, it may be an effective strategy to assign younger healthcare workers to COVID-19 care responsibilities.
Infection Preventionists, Hospital Administrators Will Be on Frontlines of Coming COVID-19 Epidemic
February 27, 2020
Preparation for the impending epidemic of the COVID-19 coronavirus is of utmost importance. The first rule of infection prevention is that the infection preventionist (IP) does not become infected.
A Conversation With Kevin Kavanagh, MD: Infection Preventionists Are Underutilized and Underappreciated
January 21, 2020
"Infection preventionists are frontline workers who are in an excellent position to intercept unnecessary antibiotic usage."