Patient Care
Nebraska Medicine will no longer allow visitors
New policy is in place today; exceptions can be made for pediatric and labor and delivery patients, as well as other extenuating circumstances.
Mar 27, 2020
Surge capacity preparation underway
Units are being prepared to accommodate COVID-19/suspected COVID-19 patients.
Mar 26, 2020
UNMC/Nebraska Medicine pioneering method to reuse personal protective equipment
Ultraviolet light machines being used for decontamination
Mar 20, 2020
Med Center pioneers unique method to reuse personal protective equipment (masks)
Ultraviolet light machines being used for decontamination
Mar 20, 2020
Providers given updated guidance on COVID-19 testing
Infection control and epidemiology leaders have revised COVID-19 testing recommendations.
Mar 19, 2020
Direct patient care by medical students suspended
UNMC College of Medicine has ceased all medical student participation in clinical activities until at least the end of the month.
Mar 18, 2020
Doctor at Bellevue Medical Center receives presumptive COVID-19 positive test
All patients/staff have been contacted and appropriate precautions taken
Mar 17, 2020
Biocompatible foam could aid wound treatment
Researchers Jingwei Xie, Ph.D., and Mark Carlson, M.D., are funded by a Department of Defense grant.
Mar 6, 2020
First Omahan with coronavirus transferred to Nebraska Biocontainment Unit
Person traveled to area with active cases of coronavirus
Mar 6, 2020
Four depart National Quarantine Unit
Two previously tested positive, two others were negative throughout
Mar 2, 2020