Monthly Archives: May 2020

For patients who are being admitted and are likely to need an aerosol generating procedure or surgery requiring general anesthesia during that admission, please consider testing for COVID-19 on admission. Continue reading →

It is important to remind them that universal masking has been put into place for their safety as well as the safety of the health care team and other patients and visitors. If they still refuse, then you should reiterate our current COVID-19 guideline… Continue reading →

The following guidance applies to all nonclinical functions. Leaders (department chairs, center/institute directors, department managers) will provide additional guidance and/or specific variances for employees performing functions identified as crisis… Continue reading →

To prevent the spread of COVID-19, we ask that you wear a face mask whenever you are in one of our facilities. The only time you should take off your mask is when you are alone in a private room or sleeping. Continue reading →

A snapshot of some of the numbers that help tell the story of COVID-19 at Vanderbilt. Continue reading →

Alterations in the intestinal microbiota affect development of colorectal cancer (CRC) and drug metabolism. We studied whether the intestinal microbiota affects the ability of aspirin to reduce colon tumor development in mice. Continue reading →