NEW: Beginning tomorrow, May 1, masking required for all VUMC personnel and visitors in clinical and public areas
Effective Friday, May 1, all staff, faculty, patients and visitors will be required to wear a cloth/fabric mask in all common areas at VUMC facilities. Specific guidelines are on the coronavirus website. All patients and visitors should be informed to bring and wear their own mask. Any patient or visitor who refuses to wear a mask should not be allowed to enter the facility or be asked to leave. View...
NEW: Expanded COVID-19 patient testing guidelines
Effective April 30, VUMC will expand COVID-19 testing to patients undergoing some surgical procedures. The expansion will be phased over the coming weeks depending on testing capacity and is another expanded guideline to minimize the exposure to COVID-19 View...
NEW: "Patient Guide for Care" handout for patients
Patient information: "We want you to get the care you need while avoiding infection during your visit to Vanderbilt University Medical Center. We will do our part to prevent infection. And we need you to do your part, too." View...
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NEW: VUMC patients overwhelmingly report positive experiences from telehealth services
Many patients and clinicians were unfamiliar with the idea of completing a medical appointment remotely when COVID-19 social distancing requirements resulted in Vanderbilt Health rapidly transitioning appointments to telehealth. However, clinicians quickly adapted, and patients overwhelmingly report positive experiences with the new approach. View...
NEW: Employee screening guidelines to be expanded to include symptom check beginning May 4
For the continued safety of VUMC staff, faculty, patients and visitors, effective Monday, May 4, the COVID-19 screening guidelines for all individuals entering a VUMC facility will expand to include both temperature and symptom check. Staff or faculty who have a 100 degree or greater temperature or any of the following symptoms in the past 7 days (shortness of breath, loss of taste of smell, cough, fever, diarrhea, chills, body aches, headache, sore throat), will not be allowed to enter the facility for work. View...
NEW: Vanderbilt investigators encouraged by early results of placebo-controlled remdesivir trial
A preliminary look at data from hospitalized adults diagnosed with COVID-19 in a randomized, controlled clinical trial to evaluate the safety and efficacy of the investigational antiviral remdesivir is showing promising results. View...