The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) created the STEADI (Stopping Elderly Accidents, Deaths, and Injuries) initiative, based on American and British Geriatric Society Guidelines to assist healthcare providers in preventing older adult falls. Core elements were defined to allow health ...
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STEADI gives health care providers the tools and resources they need to integrate fall prevention into their clinical practice. Health care providers should look for opportunities to integrate STEADI materials into their practice, using a team-based approach, to help protect their older patients. ...
One early analysis of the CDC guidance suggests nearly 90% of people in the U.S. live in counties that fall into the two highest of five risk categories for reopening schools.
WASHINGTON-The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday released updated guidelines on schools amid the coronavirus pandemic, emphasizing the importance of reopening classrooms. The updated guidance urged school leaders to work with local officials to make decisions about the fall, taking...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention gave ship operators final technical guidelines Wednesday for the trial runs. The CDC action is a step toward resuming cruises in U.S. waters, possibly by July, for the first time since March 2020. A spokeswoman for the cruise industry's to...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's latest guidelines heavily emphasize sending students back to school this fall, despite what the CDC described as "mixed evidence about whether returning to school results in increased transmission or outbreaks" of COVID-19. The new guideli...
Emphasizing evidence-based approaches, these guidelines underscore the importance of fall risk screening, assessment, and interventions to prevent and reduce falls. To facilitate the integration of fall risk prevention into routine healthcare practices, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)...
Approval for this translation project was obtained with the permission of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the copyright holder. The original SIB, along with its testing guidelines, was translated from English into Arabic and culturally adapted according to Beaton's guidelines ...
Vaccination guidelines have changed for some people ahead of this year’s flu season, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced. Recommendations for when you should get your flu vaccine remain the same – September and October are still considered the optimal times. August vaccinations...