TAG Mail – 26 August 2021 COVID-19 RESOURCES & ARTICLES of INTEREST Please Click This Link for the Cumulative Listing of COVID-19 Resources in Past TAG Mails
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TAG Mail: July to December 2021 Cumulative Listing of Reports, Publications, Medication Safety TAG Mail – 26 August 2021 COVID-19 RESOURCES & ARTICLES OF INTEREST Please click this link for the cumulative listing of COVID-19 resources in past TAG Mails. AUSTRALIAN Agency for Clinical Innovation, NSW (ACI) - Caring for adults with COVID-10 in the community. Updated guide to care for adults with Delta variant - link Australian Government Department of Health - ATAGI update following weekly COVID-19 meeting 18 August 2021 - link - PHLN and CDNA joint statement on SARS-CoV-2 rapid antigen tests (updated 23/8/21) - link - Shared decision making guide to COVID-19 vaccination for women who are pregnant, breastfeeding or planning pregnancy - link, factsheets in English and other languages - COVID-19 National Health Plan: Prescriptions via telehealth. Guides for prescribers & pharmacists - ATAGI clinical guidance on COVID-19 vaccine in Australia in 2021 (updated 20/8/21) - link MJA Podcasts - Episode 33: COVID-19 in children National COVID-19 Clinical Evidence Taskforce - Taskforce makes new conditional recommendation for sotrovimab - link - New immunodulatory treatments comparison table - link - Tocilizumab and baricitinib FAQs - Ivermectin FAQs NSW Health - COVID-19 vaccination for workers - link - COVID-19 Weekly Surveillance in NSW - Epidemiological week 31, ending 7 August 2021 - link - Safety Notice 018/21: Myocarditis and pericarditis after mRNA COVID-19 vaccines - Statewide Protocol for the Supply or Administration of COVID-19 Vaccine. PD2021_032 (13/08/21) - New ‘find the facts’ webpage which provides data on COVID-19 cases, testing and vaccination and maps showing case numbers and vaccination rates based on location. - MoH follow-up meeting on workforce advice for interested DaTA-CoP members this Friday 27 August 2021 at 2:00pm -3:45pm. The questions on workforce planning and issues received via the CoPs will be addressed in this meeting. The link to the Eventbrite invitation is below. Register via the Link to Event Here NSW Health Critical Intelligence Unit - COVID-19 Monitor 26 Aug 2021: COVID-19 vaccines, cases, hospitalisations, deaths and variants - Risk Monitoring Dashboard 25 August 2021 - Living Evidence: -- COVID-19 vaccines. Last updated 23 Aug 2021 - link -- SARS-CoV-2 variants. Last updated 26 Aug 2021 – link -- COVID-19 transmission. Last updated 26 Aug 2021 - link -- Post-acute sequelae of COVID-19. Last updated 23 Aug 2021 – link -- COVID-19 rapid testing. Last updated 25 Aug 2021 - link NSW Health & National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance (NCIRS) - Webinar recording available: COVID-19 vaccination for pharmacist immunisers- link NCIRS & Sydney Institute for Infectious Diseases (Sydney ID) Lecture Series Launch: - Webinar by Professor Sir Andrew Pollard: COVID-19–living with the delta variant; the UK experience, Friday, 10 September 2021 5:30pm - 6:15pm (AEST) TGA - COVID-19 vaccine weekly safety report - 19-08-2021 - Risks of importing Ivermectin for treatment of COVID-19 - link - Conditions of supply for rapid antigen tests Q&As - COVID-19 test kits included in the ARTG for legal supply in Australia - link - TGA approves name change of COVID-19 Vaccine AstraZeneca to Vaxzevria - link - Batch release assessment of COVID-19 vaccines - link - COVID-19 treatments: -- Treatments undergoing evaluation - link -- Provisional registration information: sotrovimab (Xevudy) and remdesivir (Veklury) -- Information for consumers and health professionals - link -- Provisional determinations: regdanvimab and casirivimab + imdevimab (Ronapreve) Online event: - An intimate discussion re: Lockdowns and Mental Health: Age-related effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, Tuesday, Sep 7, 2021 from 7:30 PM to 9:00 PM (AEST) – register here INTERNATIONAL WHO - Weekly operational updates on COVID-19: 16 August 2021 and 23 August 2021 - Weekly epidemiological update on COVID-19 - 17 August 2021 - Science in 5: Episode #50 - Do I still need the vaccine if I have COVID-19? - COVID-19 vaccine tracker and landscape - link UK - Department of Health and Social Care -- Antibody testing for SARS-CoV-2: information for general practitioners - link -- Government launches UK-wide antibody surveillance programme - link - MHRA -- Approves Ronapreve (casirivimab and imdevimab) for the prevention and treatment of COVID-19 - Oxford University -- Impact of Delta on viral burden & vaccine effectiveness against new SARS-CoV-2 infections in UK -- Symptoms and SARS-CoV-2 positivity in the general population in the UK - Public Health England -- COVID-19 vaccination: myocarditis and pericarditis information for healthcare professionals - link -- Information for healthcare professionals: Guillain-Barré Syndrome following COVID-19 vaccination -- SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern and variants under investigation in England. Technical briefing 21 - Specialist Pharmacy Services NHS UK -- Administering COVID-19 vaccines to children and young people - link -- Advice for non-registered healthcare professionals on giving COVID-19 vaccines legally - link CANADA Health Canada – MedEffect Notice - Veklury (remdesivir) - Summary Safety Review USA -American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) -- ASHP discussion forum (Sign up for free) recent topics of discussion include: REGEN-COV subcutaneously?; Consent/Patient Information Sheet for Third Dose of mRNA Vaccine; Booster in patients with history of myocarditis s/p vaccine; Page | 2 - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) -- Sustained Effectiveness of Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna Vaccines Against COVID-19 Associated Hospitalizations Among Adults - United States, March–July 2021 - link -- Use of Rapid Antigen Testing for SARS-CoV-2 in Remote Communities - Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta Region, Alaska, September 15, 2020–March 1, 2021 - link -- Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Reports (MMWR) --- SARS-CoV-2 Infections and Hospitalizations Among Persons Aged ≥16 Years, by Vaccination Status - Los Angeles County, California, May 1-July 25, 2021 - link ---Effectiveness of COVID-19 Vaccines in Preventing SARS-CoV-2 Infection Among Frontline Workers Before & During B.1.617.2 (Delta) Variant Predominance- 8 U.S. Locations, Dec 2020-Aug 2021- link --- Effectiveness of Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna Vaccines in Preventing SARS-CoV-2 Infection Among Nursing Home Residents Before and During Widespread Circulation of the SARS-CoV-2 B.1.617.2 (Delta) Variant - National Healthcare Safety Network, March 1–August 1, 2021 - link - FDA -- Joint Statement from U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Medical Experts on COVID-19 Booster Shots - link -- FDA Approves First COVID-19 Vaccine - link -- FDA updated the Pfizer-BioNTech emergency use authorization (EUA) to support the extension of shelf-life of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine stored at -90 degrees to -60 degrees Celsius from 6 months to 9 months - link JOURNAL ARTICLES American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology MFM - Placental histopathology after SARS-CoV-2 infection in pregnancy: systematic review & meta-analysis BMJ - Covid-19: How many variants are there, and what do we know about them? - link - News: Covid-19 booster vaccines: What we know and who’s doing what - link - Fully vaccinated people can carry as much delta virus as unvaccinated people, data indicate - link - Letter: Evidence on the efficacy of ivermectin for COVID-19: another story of apples and oranges - Effectiveness of BNT162b2 and mRNA-1273 covid-19 vaccines against symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection and severe covid-19 outcomes in Ontario, Canada: test negative design study - link, editorial - Effectiveness of the CoronaVac vaccine in older adults during a gamma variant associated epidemic of covid-19 in Brazil: test negative case-control study - link - Associations of BNT162b2 vaccination with SARS-CoV-2 infection and hospital admission and death with covid-19 in nursing homes and healthcare workers in Catalonia: prospective cohort study - Opinion: Does the FDA think these data justify the first full approval of a covid-19 vaccine? BMC Infectious Diseases - A systematic review of the sensitivity and specificity of lateral flow devices in the detection of SARS- CoV-2 - link British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology - A case of acute necrotising pancreatitis following the second dose of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 mRNA vaccine - link Cellular & Molecular Immunology - Neutralization of the SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant after heterologous and homologous BNT162b2 or ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccination - link Clinical Infectious Diseases - Ivermectin for the Treatment of Coronavirus Disease 2019: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials - link Clinical Microbiology and Infection - Rate and severity of suspected SARS-Cov-2 reinfection in a cohort of PCR-positive COVID-19 patients - link Cochrane Page | 3 - Interventions for palliative symptom control in COVID‐19 patients - link European Journal of Hospital Pharmacy - Prescribing practices of lopinavir/ritonavir, hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin during the COVID- 19 epidemic crisis and pharmaceutical interventions in a French teaching hospital - link European Journal of Medical Research - The effects of hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) on coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19): a systematic review Eye - Brief Communication: Corneal graft rejection following COVID-19 vaccine - link Frontiers in Endocrinology - Insulin Treatment May Increase Adverse Outcomes in Patients with COVID-19 and Diabetes: A Systematic Review and