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Boston Medical Center COVID-19 Infectious Disease Guidance <\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

These resourceswere developed for internal use at Boston Medical Center as a guide to aid frontline providers from all disciplines in caring for patients with COVID-19. These are not recommendations nor are they guidance for use outside of BMC. Please check that you have the latest version of this document. The latest versions of BMC algorithms and policies can be found here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

#BMCProud
<\/a><\/strong>This BMC Proud video, featuring colleagues from across the hospital sharing what they are proud of!<\/span><\/p>\n

Infectious Disease\u00a0COVID-19 Response and ID Activities<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

As a novel virus began to spread in Wuhan, China, our Infectious Diseases (ID) team knew they had to act swiftly. The department sprang into action to help BMC prepare for a potential pandemic \u2013 and they haven\u2019t stopped since. Their initial focus was informing our hospital\u2019s response and coordinating with state and federal health officials.<\/p>\n

You likely read or heard one of our many ID physicians on local and national media in the past several weeks, as they have been called upon to provide expertise and insight. Section Chief Tamar Barlam, MD, recently co-authored a Boston Globe<\/a> article providing advice on what our healthcare system needs to do to avoid a resurgence of COVID-19. Thanks to the entire ID team for helping keep our patients and staff safe!<\/p>\n

COVID Pager <\/a>
<\/strong>Lead: Alison Nelson, DO<\/p>\n

<\/strong>Treatment Algorithms<\/strong><\/a>
Lead: Tamar Barlam, MD<\/p>\n

COVID-19 Testing\u00a0<\/strong>Protocols<\/strong><\/a>
Lead: Natasha Hochberg, MD<\/p>\n

COVID-19 Inpatient isolation protocols and PPE<\/strong> <\/a>
Lead: Cassandra Pierre, MD<\/p>\n

COVID-19 Outpatient protocols
<\/strong>Lead: Jai Marathe, MD<\/p>\n

Occupational Health (Working Well Clinic)<\/strong><\/a>
Lead: Karen Jacobson, MD<\/p>\n

Clinical Algorithms for Admission and Discharge<\/strong> <\/a>
Lead: Sabrina Assoumou, MD, MPH<\/p>\n

Scientific monitoring and review<\/strong>
Lead: Lee Wetzler, MD<\/p>\n

Patient communication and education materials<\/strong>
Lead: Benjamin Linas, MD, MPH<\/p>\n

Prevention and treatment in socially vulnerable populations<\/strong>
Lead: Joshua Barocas, MD<\/p>\n

Review of current CDC\/DPH\/BPHC\/other hospital protocols<\/strong>
Lead: Tara Bouton, MD, MPH<\/p>\n

Research Protocols<\/strong>\u00a0
Lead: Benjamin Linas, MD, MPH<\/p>\n

Clinical Algorithms for admission and discharge<\/strong>
Lead: Sabrina Assoumou, MD<\/p>\n

DOM\/Inpatient Liaisons<\/strong>
Lead: Maura Fagan, MD<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Boston Medical Center COVID-19 Infectious Disease Guidance These resourceswere developed for internal use at Boston Medical Center as a guide to aid frontline providers from all disciplines in caring for patients with COVID-19. These are not recommendations nor are they guidance for use outside of BMC. Please check that you have the latest version of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10993,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":12,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3992"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10993"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3992"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3992\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4361,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3992\/revisions\/4361"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3992"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}