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Dr. Auwaerter updates us on COVID-19 and answers your questions. Topics covered:

• Best methods of transmission prevention
• Asymptomatic transmission – mixed messages
• Survey results: messaging, trust, and ethnic impact
• Therapeutics update
• COVID-19 weakening?
• Reopening schools
• Blood type and risk of infection

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Sue Hansen, MSN, RN discusses what we've learned from COVID-19 and lessons for the future:

• Required training and support for staff
• Infection prevention, control and testing
• How to run a code blue 
• Post-acute care, and
• Performing non-emergent operations

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Dr. Auwaerter updates us on COVID-19 and answers your questions. Topics covered:

• Super spreader events
• What is reproduction number (R0) and dispersion factor (k)?
• Re-opening offices and churches
• Herd immunity
• COVID-19 causes of death
• Vaccines in development

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In this update for clinicians caring for patients with COVID-19, Sue Hansen, MSN, RN discusses what we've learned from COVID-19 and lessons for the future:

• Emergency planning
• Capacity management
• Supplies
• Clinical course of COVID-19
• PPE care at home
• Nursing students return to hospitals

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Dr. Auwaerter updates us on COVID-19 and answers your questions. Topics covered:

• Secondary infection
• Viral carriage/shedding
• Updates on remdesivir and convalescent plasma
• Multisystem inflammatory condition
• Reliable antibody testing

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In this update for clinicians caring for patients with COVID-19, Sue Hansen, MSN, RN discusses the challenges of repurposing PPE:

• How do you reuse PPE? Any CDC guidance?
• How do you doff and store for reuse?
• What about donning for the next use?
• School's open. What about PPE in the clinic?

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In this update for clinicians caring for patients with COVID-19, Sue Hansen, MSN, RN discusses the basics of PPE:

• COVID-19 vaccine development update
• Immunity: durability and reinfection
• COVID-19 multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children
• Nasal swabs vs. saliva tests
• Insights on antibody testing
• Vitamin D deficiency and COVID-19

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In this update for clinicians caring for patients with COVID-19, Sue Hansen, MSN, RN discusses the basics of PPE:

• The pros and cons of different types of PPE
• What to wear and when?
• Precautions to avoid transmissions of COVID-19
• Aerosol-generating procedures
• Caring for COVID-19 patients at home

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Dr. Auwaerter updates us on COVID-19 and answers your questions. Topics covered:

• What to anticipate from local states opening up in the US
• The benefits of the new oral diagnostic test
• Distribution issues with remdesivir
• Findings from a trial of triple antiviral combination
• New recommendations for pregnant women
• Inflammatory condition in children
• Sweden vs. New Zealand pandemic response

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Paul G. Auwaerter, MD, MBA, FIDSA interviews Karin Huster, MPH, RN about her experience volunteering as one of the coordinators on the homeless response for COVID-19 with Seattle King County Public Health. Topics covered:

• Surprising test results from the homeless community in Seattle
• Developing patient “champions” to demonstrate proper preventative behavior
• Negotiating with populations reluctant to receive help
• Avoiding collateral damage from other diseases
• Preventative measures & screening procedures

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