COVID-19 Tranformation of Healthcare. Back to OpEd Page

References:     View OpEd: http://blogs.biomedcentral.com/on-health/2020/11/11/will-the-covid-19-pandemic-transform-health-care/

1. Maguire, H. (2020). Br Med J. 1893 Jul 1; 2(1696): 21–22. PMCID: PMC2421732 PMID: 20754324 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2421732/

2. Matthias Maiwald. Singapore from the Front Lines. Through the Eyes of the Frontline: COVID 19. July 15, 2020. Accessed on Oct. 7, 2020 from http://www.healthconference.org/

3. CDC – Budget Request Overview. Accessed on Oct. 10, 2020 from: https://www.cdc.gov/budget/documents/fy2020/cdc-overview-factsheet.pdf

4. Taylor M. March 2020, Exclusive: U.S. slashed CDC staff inside China prior to coronavirus outbreak. Reuters https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-cdc-exclusiv/exclusive-u-s-slashed-cdc-staff-inside-china-prior-to-coronavirus-outbreak-idUSKBN21C3N5

5. Palma B. The Trump administration fired the U.S. pandemic response team in 2018 to cut costs. . Snopes. Feb. 2020. Accessed on Oct. 10, 2020 from: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-fire-pandemic-team/

6. Sanger DE, Lipton E, Sullivan E, Crowley M. Before Virus Outbreak, a Cascade of Warnings Went Unheeded. New York Times. March 18, 2020. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/19/us/politics/trump-coronavirus-outbreak.html

7. Reinhard B, Brown E. Face masks in national stockpile have not been substantially replenished since 2009. The Washington Post. March 10, 2020. https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/face-masks-in-national-stockpile-have-not-been-substantially-replenished-since-2009/2020/03/10/57e57316-60c9-11ea-8baf-519cedb6ccd9_story.html

8. Honigsbauh M. The Pandemic Century. One Hundred Years of Panic, Hysteria, and Hubris. W.W. Norton & Company. New York. May. 2019. https://www.amazon.com/Pandemic-Century-Hundred-Hysteria-Hubris/dp/0393254755

9. Williams D. Contamination at CDC lab delayed rollout of coronavirus tests. Washington Post. April 18, 2020. https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/contamination-at-cdc-lab-delayed-rollout-of-coronavirus-tests/2020/04/18/fd7d3824-7139-11ea-aa80-c2470c6b2034_story.html

10. 2019 CDC Threat Report https://www.cdc.gov/DrugResistance/Biggest-Threats.html

11.   Kavanagh KT. Taking Aim at Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria During COVID. Infection Control Today. Sept. 16, 2020. https://www.infectioncontroltoday.com/view/taking-aim-at-antibiotic-resistant-bacteria-during-covid

12. Mandaville A. C.D.C. Testing Guidance Was Published Against Scientists’ Objections. New York Times. Sept 17, 2020. Accessed on Oct. 11, 2020 from: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/17/health/coronavirus-testing-cdc.html

13. Mandaville A. C.D.C. Reverses Testing Guidelines for People Without Covid-19 Symptoms. Sept 18, 2020. Accessed on Oct. 11, 2020. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/18/health/coronavirus-testing-cdc.html

14. Kavanagh KT. Control of MSSA and MRSA in the United States: protocols, policies, risk adjustment and excuses. Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control. June 2019. Accessed on Oct. 11, 2020 from https://aricjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13756-019-0550-2

15. Kavanagh KT, Abusalem S, Calderon LE. View point: gaps in the current guidelines for the prevention of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus surgical site infections. Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control. Sept. 2018. Accessed on Oct. 11, 2020 from: https://aricjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13756-018-0407-0

16. Kavanagh KT, Calderon LE, Saman DM, Abusalem. The use of surveillance and preventative measures for methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus infections in surgical patients. Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control. May, 2014, 3:18 doi:10.1186/2047-2994-3-18 Accessed on Oct. 11, 2020 from: https://aricjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/2047-2994-3-18

17. Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 95 / Wednesday, May 16, 2012 / Rules and Regulations Page 29035. https://www.cms.gov/Regulations-and-Guidance/Legislation/CFCsAndCoPs/Downloads/CMS-3244-F.pdf

18. Kavanagh KT, Abusalem S, Calderon LE. The incidence of MRSA infections in the United States: is a more comprehensive tracking system needed? Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control. April, 2017. Accessed on Oct. 11, 2020 from: https://aricjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13756-017-0193-0

19. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Interim final rule updating requirements for notification of confirmed and suspected COVID-19 cases among residents and staff in nursing homes. CMS website. https://www.cms.gov/medicareprovider-enrollment-and-certificationsurveycertificationgeninfopolicy-and-memos-states-and/interim-final-rule-updating-requirements-notification-confirmed-and-suspected-covid-19-cases-among