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Patients who have tested positive for COVID-19 have a new treatment option that could reduce their chances of needing to be hospitalized because of the virus. In late November, the Food and Drug Administration granted emergency use authorization for casirivimab and imdevimab to be used to treat COVID-19 positive patients who may be at high risk of developing severe symptoms and ...

Idaho Falls Community Hospital Marks One Year of Serving the Community Idaho Falls Community Hospital hit 365 days of service to the community on Wednesday. During its first year of operations, the hospital built a team of 462 caring individuals, proudly treated more than 10,000 patients and navigated a global health pandemic. “We are so grateful to everyone who has trusted ...

Idaho Falls Community Hospital Offering Outpatient COVID-19 Antibody Treatment Idaho Falls Community Hospital has been selected as one of the hospitals statewide to provide Idahoans with a new, outpatient antibody treatment, bamlanivimab, to fight COVID-19 and prevent hospitalizations. Recently, the Food and Drug Administration granted emergency use authorization for bamlan ...

Idaho Falls Community Hospital is participating in another COVID-19 drug trial aimed at reducing the number of patients who need to be put in intensive care or on a ventilator. The hospital recently enrolled its first patient in the trial. The trial involves a medication called Ruxolitinib, more commonly known as Jakavi. The medication can be used in patients 12 years and olde ...

Idaho Falls Community Hospital Offers Convalescent Plasma Treatment for COVID-19 Many people who become sick with COVID-19 produce antibodies in their blood to help protect them from being infected with the virus in the future. Infectious disease doctors at Idaho Falls Community Hospital are now treating some COVID-19 patients with an infusion of these antibodies in hopes of r ...

Technology Allows Disinfectants to Evenly Attach to Surfaces for Enhanced Results Idaho Falls Community Hospital is stepping up its efforts to keep the hospital a safe and clean environment for patients during the COVID-19 pandemic. Starting in early June, the hospital enhanced its already rigorous cleaning processes through the use of electrostatic sprayers and powerful hydro ...

As Governor Little takes steps to reopen Idaho, we are continuing to take precautions to help limit the spread of COVID-19. Steps we are taking to keep you safe The well-being of our patients, team members and community continues to be our top priority and we are taking extra measures to keep everyone safe. We appreciate your understanding and support during this time. Team ...

The health and safety of our patients, visitors, employees and community members continues to be a top priority for Idaho Falls Community Hospital. As the number of COVID-19 cases continues to grow across Idaho, we felt it was necessary to revise our visitor policy. UPDATES TO VISITOR POLICY Starting immediately, we are asking visitors to stay at home and not come to the hosp ...

Idaho Falls has still not seen its first positive case of COVID-19 in the community. However, our team fully expects that to change and we are using the time we have now to prepare. For the past several weeks, our team has been meeting regularly to discuss the pandemic, readying our response plans and updating policies at the hospital to keep patients, employees and visitors s ...