Coping with COVID-19

Clinical pharmacy specialist Adam Jackson, PharmaD offers his expertise and opinion on the Covid-19 pandemic in 2022. He and a panel of leading aesthetic physicians discuss current statistics, vaccines, safety protocols, and risk mitigation strategies that may be here to stay.

Aesthetic physicians share the steps they've taken to protect their staff, patients, and practice amid rising Covid-19 cases in early 2022. They discuss which safety protocols are working and more with clinical pharmacy specialist Adam Jackson, PharmaD.

The Omicron variant caused a surge in COVID-19 cases throughout the US in December 2021 and January 2022. Many hospitals, faced also with staffing shortages, were overcroweded, and some health systems even postponed elective surgeries. Infectious diseases clinical pharmacy specialist Adam Jackson, PharmD joins the panel of aesthetic physicians to discuss the new variant and its impact on the pandemic.

After more than a year of virtual conferences and Zoom meetings, many medical meetings are shifing back to in-person events. Leading aesthetic physicians discuss upcoming meetings, precautions that are and should be in place, and the pros and cons of mask and vaccine mandates for these events. Plus, they share their thoughts on the future of these events.

Aesthetic experts report on adverse events they are seeing in patients who have received dermal fillers that may be connected to the COVID-19 vaccine. The physicians discuss cases and how what they're doing in their practices to counter these complications.

As COVID-19 cases continue to rise as the Delta variant spreads throughout the country, aesthetic physicians discuss the impact on their practices. The panelists share adjustments they’re making to safety protocols for practices, including what they’re requiring of staff and patients in terms of masking and vaccines. 

Can you mandate that your staff get vaccinated? What if an employee refuses? Are there exemptions you should be aware of? The panel speaks to special guest David J. Goldberg, MD, JD about your rights and your employees’ rights. Hear how these aesthetic physicians are navigating this new issue in their practices.

Even following best practices, there is a risk for COVID-19 exposure in practices. So how can aesthetic physicians minimize risk? And how does vaccination change protocols? Panelists discuss in a special session with guest Adam Jackson, PharmD.

From "garbage data" to "nothing new," aesthetic experts weigh in on reports of reactions to the COVID-19 vaccine among patients who have received dermal fillers. They identify science-based strategies for treatment and patient education. Infectious diseases clinical pharmacy specialist Adam Jackson, PharmD joins the panel to discuss the data and vaccine science.