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Some US hospitals letting infected staff members stay on the job

Mon, 2022-01-10 22:54 — mike kraft

US hospitals letting infected staff members stay on the job | AP News Hospitals around the U.S. are increasingly taking the extraordinary step of allowing nurses and other workers infected with the coronavirus to stay on the job if they have mild symptoms or none at all. AP NEWS

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The move is a reaction to the severe hospital staffing shortages and crushing caseloads that the omicron variant is causing.

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New York state to mandate boosters for health care workers

Fri, 2022-01-07 22:34 — mike kraft

New York to mandate boosters for health care workers New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) on Friday announced a new mandate requiring all health care workers to get a COVID-19 booster shot. Brad Dress TheHill

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Hochul said during a news conference that the state's health care workers will be required to get the booster shot for the coronavirus within two weeks of eligibility.

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France allows some COVID-19-infected medics to keep working because of staff shortages

Thu, 2022-01-06 00:08 — mike kraft

France allows some COVID-19-infected medics to keep working | AP News LE PECQ, France (AP) — France is allowing health care workers who are infected with the coronavirus but have few or no symptoms to keep treating patients rather than self-isolate, an extraordinary stopgap measure aimed at easing staff shortages at hospitals and other facilities caused by an unprecedented explosion in cases. AP NEWS

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U.S.: More military medical personnel are assisting hospitals with Covid-19 treatment as staff shortages mount

Thu, 2022-01-06 00:01 — mike kraft

(CNN) As the number of Covid-19 hospitalizations now surpass those during the Delta variant surge over the summer and fall, more states are enacting emergency protocols to deal with growing staff shortages at hospitals.

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Covid-positive health care workers struggle with return to work amid staff shortages

Wed, 2022-01-05 18:01 — mike kraft

Covid-positive health care workers struggle with return to work amid staff shortages Health care workers across the country find themselves once again at the forefront of another Covid-19 surge, but this time many are being sidelined after testing positive, leading to a nationwide hospital staffing shortage YahooNews

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Why this Covid-19 surge is 'unprecedented in this pandemic'

Mon, 2022-01-03 15:18 — mike kraft

Why this Covid-19 surge is 'unprecedented in this pandemic' The new year is starting with a massive influx of Covid-19 that's different from any other during this pandemic, doctors say. Christina Maxouris and Holly Yan, CNN CNN

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Medical and ER staff members say their workloads are growing as more of their colleagues call out because of infection or exposure.

Fri, 2021-12-31 15:54 — mike kraft

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The omicron variant of the coronavirus has spread throughout the country, and so has the subsequent labor crisis. With the current surge, essential workers are again bearing the brunt, and medical personnel are some of the record-setting cases.

“There are colleagues that either have Covid, had Covid or are not passing the [hospital’s] screening, which monitors symptoms or, at the least, exposure,” Harrison said. “It’s pretty dynamic, and we’re definitely not able to operate at our fullest.”

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SOme U.S pharmacies are losing staff, can't keep up with prescriptions

Tue, 2021-12-28 23:08 — mike kraft

Pharmacies don't have enough staff to keep up with prescriptions Pharmacy technicians are quitting in waves, saying they’re being asked to do too much with too little pay, increasing the possibility of prescription mistakes. YahooNews

Heidi Strehl worked as a pharmacy technician at a Rite Aid in the Pittsburgh suburbs for more than 16 years. She loved her customers, enjoyed her job and thought of her co-workers as family. But this fall, Strehl abruptly quit, walking out in the middle of a shift — one of many in a wave of pharmacy technicians who are doing the same.

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