March 12, 2020. That was the last day I worked in the ACDIS office without realizing everything was about to change. I think we all thought we’d be going home to work remotely for a couple weeks, things would be under control, and then we’d all go back to the...Read More »
A study of just over 4,500 people found that Black individuals with vitamin D levels below 40 ng/mL were 2.64 times more likely to test positive for COVID-19 than those with vitamin D levels above 40...Read More »
Effective March 15, 2021, CMS has updated the Medicare payment rates for COVID-19 vaccine administration. The new Medicare payment rate for...Read More »
I recently had a case where the documented diagnoses were “paraneoplastic syndrome and possible encephalitis with references to both limbic encephalopathy and herpes simplex virus (HSV).” Treatment included intravenous immune globulin (IVIG) and steroids as well as vancomycin, meropenem, and...Read More »
Today, March 25, ACDIS Editors Linnea Archibald and Carolyn Riel will lead a lunch-n-learn event featuring a guided tour of the ACDIS website and share how ACDIS membership can connect you with other CDI professionals,...Read More »
