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ASPR TRACIE

Brought to you by HHS ASPR, the Technical Resources, Assistance Center, and Information Exchange (TRACIE) was created to meet the information and technical assistance needs of regional ASPR staff, healthcare coalitions, healthcare entities, healthcare providers, emergency managers, public health practitioners, and others working in disaster medicine, healthcare system preparedness, and public health emergency preparedness.

IN THE NEWS

New: Introduction to Clinical Management of Exposure to Arenaviruses

Learn more about identifying, isolating, and treating patients with Lassa and other arenaviruses in this video.

New: Crisis Standards of Care Considerations

These tip sheets can support healthcare providers make challenging decisions under contingency and crisis conditions.

Speakers will share signs of CSC, indicators that signal this transition, considerations for managing care to ensure ethical and efficient decision-making, and lessons learned from recent staffing and supply challenges.

New Webinar Recording: Pediatric Issues Informing Current and Future Disaster Planning

Speakers from Pediatric Disaster Centers of Excellence share how their centers are shaping pediatric disaster care planning.

CMS IPPS 2025 Final Rule

Learn more about the COVID-19, influenza, and RSV data hospitals and CAHs must electronically report to CDC starting 11/1/2024.

Updated: EMS Infectious Disease Playbook

This planning document addresses the full spectrum of infectious agents and can help EMS agencies develop/update their service policies.

Now Available: Introduction to the Disaster Available Supplies in Hospitals (DASH) Tool

Learn about DASH modules and how to use the tool to estimate supplies needed to address various types of incidents.

Strategies for Healthcare Workplace Violence Prevention: Risk Assessment and De-Escalation (Webinar)

Speakers explain new workplace violence standards and demonstrate some de-escalation tactics that can be used in real-world situations.

Now Available: ASPR TRACIE Tools and Templates for Healthcare Coalitions

These resources can help healthcare coalitions plan for patient surge incidents and meet grant requirements.

ASPR TRACIE DOMAINS

Technical Resources (TR)

A self-service collection of disaster medical, healthcare, and public health preparedness materials, searchable by keywords and functional areas.

Need resources? Find them by following any of these steps:

Enter keywords in the search bar at the top of any ASPR TRACIE page; or
Search for them from the Technical Resources page (and you'll receive results from DisasterLit^®, too); or
Review any of our Topic Collections that feature key resources under specific health and medical preparedness topics; or
Explore ASPR TRACIE-developed resources for tools, fact sheets, webinars, and other helpful resources.

Assistance Center (AC)

Provides access to Technical Assistance Specialists for one-on-one support.

Need support? Reach out to the Assistance Center, where you'll be connected to one of our technical assistance specialists for support with the website or to ask any preparedness-related question.

How to Request Technical Assistance:

1-844-5-TRACIE
(587-2243)

askasprtracie@hhs.gov

Information Exchange (IE)

A user-restricted, peer-to-peer discussion board that allows open discussion in near-real time.

Access the Information Exchange to post a question online and get a response from a member of the ASPR TRACIE community. Please note that you must register to be granted access to the IE. The approval process takes approximately one business day.

By registering for a user name and password, in addition to receiving access to the IE, you can control your own ASPR TRACIE user experience. You will be able to save resources and searches, comment on and rate resources, and follow discussion threads in the IE.

These short tutorials highlight various functions on the ASPR TRACIE site.

Select Resources

ASPR TRACIE-Developed Resources Crisis Standards of Care CMS EP Rule Disaster Behavioral Health Healthcare Coalitions

Hurricanes Infectious Diseases Mass Violence Medical Operations Coordination Centers (MOCCs) Pediatric Surge

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