An ʻUnprecedentedʼ Effort to Stop the Coronavirus in Nursing Homes
Researchers are testing an experimental drug to halt sudden outbreaks in nursing homes.
Aug 20, 2020![Lee Rouland at Heartland Health Center Lee Rouland at Heartland Health Center](https://cuanschutz.edu/images/librariesprovider139/default-album/lee-rouland-at-heartland-health-center.jpg?sfvrsn=1089d3b9_0)
The next day, medical personnel pulled up in two vehicles. One was a moving truck carrying infusion chairs, poles for intravenous infusions, bedside tables, and privacy screens. The other was an R.V. with an interior retrofitted as a mobile lab with infusion materials, a centrifuge, freezers and computers to transmit data.
Center Director Matthew Wynia, MD, MPH was quoted in the New York Times article, “There just isn’t a culture in nursing homes that is attuned to doing research and clinical trials.” Read article>>