Year: 2021

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Reminder: Vaccine Exemption Requests Due Friday, October 15

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This Friday, October 15, is deadline for employees to submit medical or religious exemption requests related to required flu and Covid-19 vaccinations. Below are reminders about this process and how employees can access the appropriate forms. Employees who need to apply for an exemption from both the flu and Covid vaccine requirements will need to…

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Benefit Fairs

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DateVendor October 12Fidelity October 13UMR October 14FlexBank/Navia October 15ApproRX October 18Farmers GroupSelect October 19Manhattan Life October 20VSP October 21RetireMediQ October 22Superior Dental Care October 26Impact Solutions October 27Kettering Health Credit Union October 28NortonLifeLock
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Flu Vaccine for COVID Patients

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Hospitalized patients with COVID-19 who have improved and are ready for discharge can receive influenza vaccination. This helps to avoid a missed opportunity for influenza vaccination in an at-risk group.   If they are not vaccinated for COVID-19, they should fully recover or wait 90 days for their COVID-19 vaccine.

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Prepackaged Saline Flush

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A recent national recall by Cardinal Health has resulted in a restriction of 10ml prepackaged Saline Flushes available through our normal vendors. Kettering Health will need to move to Conservation Mode for prepackaged flushes for the foreseeable future. Please be aware of this shortage and conserve product when clinically possible.  We will continue to monitor this…

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Changes in REGEN-COV Restrictions

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As you are aware, the Department of Health and Human Services has placed therapeutic monoclonal antibodies (i.e. REGEN-COV) to treat COVID-19 infection on a state-administered allocation. The Ohio Department of Health will allocate supply weekly to hospitals and health systems based on case count and supply availability. The Network is regularly reviewing restrictions of COVID-19…

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Kettering Health COVID-19 Therapeutics Guidelines

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The following agents are available for treatment of COVID-19 patients within Kettering Health facilities. This list is adapted from the NIH and IDSA treatment guidelines. Where possible, order questions have been built into EPIC to guide appropriate utilization of the various agents. As of 9/19, tocilizumab is not available. Baricitinib can be used as a…

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