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Connecting from the ICU During COVID | Michigan Medicine

Connecting from the ICU During COVID | Michigan Medicine

Outside Looking In: Hospital Visitor Rules Vary During Pandemic

Health Lab · Michigan Medicine Department of Communication

August 27, 20206m 57s

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Show Notes

Lessons from early peak state of Michigan could inform hospitals in other areas. Four months ago, Michigan glowed red on COVID-19 maps. Hundreds of patients packed hospital intensive care units in the southern part of the state, and hospitals statewide rapidly put strict new visitor policies in place to slow the spread of the new coronavirus. ICU teams had to scramble to connect with the families of critically ill and dying patients in new ways. Now, a new study documents how 49 of those hospitals reacted, and how those efforts varied.


For more information about this story visit: https://labblog.uofmhealth.org/rounds/outside-looking-hospital-visitor-rules-vary-during-pandemic


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