Case Study: Martin Preferred Foods Keeps Plant Safe with Quickscreen by Luminare and Hamilton Health Box By: Natalie Cheng Oct 26th 2020 The pandemic has greatly affected food production plants and has caused numerous shutdowns. Several food and beverage manufacturers were forced to halt operations as COVID-19 spread among their employees and communities. Companies had to […]
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Case Study: How River Road ISD Reduced the COVID-19 Workload on Their Nursing Staff
Case Study: How River Road ISD Reduced the COVID-19 Workload on Their Nursing Staff By: Natalie Cheng Oct 23rd 2020 Managing school staff and running a school is already challenging enough – now add in a pandemic! Like most schools and school districts, River Road Independent School District evaluated processes and tools to manually screen staff […]
Case Study: Lone Star Citrus prevents COVID-19 spread with Quickscreen by Luminare
Case Study: Lone Star Citrus prevents COVID-19 spread with Quickscreen by Luminare By: Natalie Cheng Oct 21st 2020 When the pandemic hit, Lone Star Citrus, a vertically integrated grower, packer, marketer, and shipper of Texas red grapefruit and oranges, started searching for a solution to help protect their employees. When the U.S. Department of Labor issued […]
Case Study: First Baptist Academy School Prevents COVID-19 Spread with Quickscreen by Luminare
Case Study: First Baptist Academy School Prevents COVID-19 Spread with Quickscreen by Luminare By: Natalie Cheng Oct 20th 2020 When the pandemic hit, school administrators and nurses had to figure out how to continue teaching in a safe way that would protect the school and community from COVID-19, a deadly infectious disease. In terms of learning, […]
Why You Need To Consider Sepsis When Fighting COVID-19
Why You Need To Consider Sepsis When Fighting COVID-19 By: Dr. Sarma Velamuri, M.D., Mihir Pethe Oct 19th 2020 The CDC estimates sepsis kills 270,000 Americans each year, a figure that would put it as the third leading cause of death in the country and the #1 cause of death in US hospitals. Approximately 1 in […]
3 Tips on How To Reopen Businesses Safely During a Pandemic
3 Tips on How To Reopen Businesses Safely During a Pandemic By: Natalie Cheng Sep 21st 2020 Around the world, businesses are taking different approaches to the workplace during the pandemic. Some are reopening offices while others are completely remote. Tech companies like Twitter and Facebook are allowing employees to work from home forever or for […]
Why You’ll Still Need Syndromic Surveillance Once The COVID-19 Vaccine Is Available
Why You’ll Still Need Syndromic Surveillance Once The COVID-19 Vaccine Is Available By: Dr. Sarma Velamuri, M.D., Natalie Cheng Sep 14th 2020 With the glimmering news of having a COVID-19 vaccine soon, people are starting to feel more hopeful for a path back to the new normal. While we wait, we will have to continue doing […]
Have you considered these 6 things in your COVID-19 screening tool?
Have you considered these 6 things in your COVID-19 screening tool? By: J. Alex Fernandez, Natalie Cheng Sep 9th 2020 Were you prepared for the pandemic? Most companies weren’t. Now that we’ve all come to this predicament, how do you deal with COVID and operating your business safely? There are various things that employers can do […]
How do I know if I have the flu or COVID-19?
How do I know if I have the flu or COVID-19? By: Dr. Sarma Velamuri, M.D., Natalie Cheng Sep 1st 2020 As flu season approaches, our community is about to face additional hurdles and challenges. During a relatively quiet year, the flu wouldn’t seem like a big deal. However, the coronavirus (COVID-19) has put most people […]
Why Temperature Checks Alone Don’t Work for Assessing COVID-19
Why Temperature Checks Alone Don’t Work for Assessing COVID-19 By: Dr. Sarma Velamuri, M.D., Natalie Cheng, D. Maneesh Kumar, D.O., Ph.D., FAAP Aug 18th 2020 When you’re feeling sick and feel like you may have a fever, your first instinct is probably to check your temperature. However, how accurate are thermometers? To start with, we’re not […]
