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Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Office of Infectious Diseases (CDC OID)
Date Published: 4/8/2020
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This web page, updated on April 8, 2020, provides answers to frequently asked questions about Coronavirus Disease 2019 Basics; How COVID-19 Spreads; How to Protect Yourself; COVID...
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This web page, updated on April 8, 2020, provides answers to frequently asked questions about Coronavirus Disease 2019 Basics; How COVID-19 Spreads; How to Protect Yourself; COVID-19 and Children; School Dismissals and Children; Preparing Your Home and Family for COVID-19; In Case of an Outbreak in Your Community; Symptoms and Testing; Higher Risk; Healthcare Professionals and Health Departments; COVID-19 and Funerals; What CDC is Doing; and COVID-19 and Animals.
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ID: 20725
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Office of Infectious Diseases (CDC OID)
Date Published: 4/8/2020
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These guidelines for laboratories on 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have had several revisions, and were updated on April 8, 2020, with a document that contains instructions for...
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These guidelines for laboratories on 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have had several revisions, and were updated on April 8, 2020, with a document that contains instructions for completing a supplemental guidance regarding specimen collection, storage, and shipping to CDC laboratories. Clinical specimens should be collected for routine testing of respiratory pathogens at either clinical or public health labs. The guidance now provides information on acceptable usage of nasal swabs.
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ID: 20875
Source: World Health Organization (WHO)
Date Published: 4/8/2020
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This two-page tool has been designed to assess the capacity of laboratories that have implemented or intend to implement testing for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes novel coronav...
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This two-page tool has been designed to assess the capacity of laboratories that have implemented or intend to implement testing for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The tool is a shortened version of the 2012 laboratory assessment tool that is widely used to assess national laboratory systems and the capacity of laboratories.
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ID: 21642
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Office of Infectious Diseases (CDC OID)
Date Published: 4/8/2020
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To ensure continuity of operations of essential functions, this interim guidance advises that critical infrastructure workers may be permitted to continue work following potential...
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To ensure continuity of operations of essential functions, this interim guidance advises that critical infrastructure workers may be permitted to continue work following potential exposure to COVID-19, provided they remain asymptomatic and additional precautions are implemented to protect them and the community.
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ID: 21643
Source: European Union, European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC)
Date Published: 4/8/2020
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This 39-page report details how in a few European Union/European Economic Area (EU/EEA) countries, the number of new COVID-19 cases and new deaths reported daily appears to have de...
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This 39-page report details how in a few European Union/European Economic Area (EU/EEA) countries, the number of new COVID-19 cases and new deaths reported daily appears to have decreased slightly. However, many EU/EEA countries are currently testing only severe or hospitalized cases; therefore, these trends should be interpreted with caution. Despite early evidence from Italy and Austria that the numbers of cases and deaths are declining, there is currently no indication at the EU/EEA level that the peak of the epidemic has been reached.
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ID: 21654
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Office of Infectious Diseases (CDC OID)
Date Published: 4/7/2020
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This web page was updated on April 7, 2020, to include adescription of risk to dental health care personnel when providing emergency care during the COVID-19 pandemic; recommendati...
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This web page was updated on April 7, 2020, to include adescription of risk to dental health care personnel when providing emergency care during the COVID-19 pandemic; recommendations for contacting patients prior to emergency dental care; recommendations for providing emergency dental care to non-COVID-19 patients, including engineering controls, work practices, and infection control considerations; potential exposure guidance; and contingency and crisis planning.
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ID: 21398
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Date Published: 4/7/2020
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This 20-page report examines the significant negative effects the COVID-19 pandemic is having and will have on people along the food supply chain, from producers to processors, mar...
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This 20-page report examines the significant negative effects the COVID-19 pandemic is having and will have on people along the food supply chain, from producers to processors, marketers, transporters, and consumers. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is particularly concerned about the potential impacts of the virus and related containment efforts on food security and livelihoods in contexts of high vulnerability and where populations are already experiencing food crises.
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ID: 21610
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Office of Infectious Diseases (CDC OID)
Date Published: 4/7/2020
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This interim guidance outlines goals and strategies suggested for U.S. ambulatory care settings in response to community spread of coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19). It reflects...
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This interim guidance outlines goals and strategies suggested for U.S. ambulatory care settings in response to community spread of coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19). It reflects the need to minimize disease transmission to patients, healthcare personnel, and others; identify persons with presumptive COVID-19 disease and implement a triage procedure to assign appropriate levels of care; reduce negative impacts on emergency department and hospital bed capacity; and maximize the efficiency of personal protective equipment (PPE) utilization across the community health system while protecting healthcare personnel.
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ID: 21617
Source: Harvard University, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Date Published: 4/7/2020
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As the COVID-19 pandemic stresses the nation, leaders in emergency preparedness and response must address crises amid an ever-evolving dangerous situation. In this 32-minute Facebo...
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As the COVID-19 pandemic stresses the nation, leaders in emergency preparedness and response must address crises amid an ever-evolving dangerous situation. In this 32-minute Facebook Live Q&A, Leonard Marcus, Co-Director of the National Preparedness Leadership Initiative, examines the many factors that make or break an effective crisis response.
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ID: 21621
Source: Child Care Aware of America
Date Published: 4/7/2020
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Presenters in this one-hour, five-minute webinar discuss several “pop up” child care solutions that have been created in response to the coronavirus pandemic. They discuss what sti...
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Presenters in this one-hour, five-minute webinar discuss several “pop up” child care solutions that have been created in response to the coronavirus pandemic. They discuss what still needs to be done, and how to leverage technology and data—to not only meet the demand caused by COVID-19, but also support families far into the future.
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ID: 21661
Source: World Health Organization (WHO)
Date Published: 4/6/2020
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This five-page document, updated on April 6, 2020, provides advice on the use of masks in communities, during home care, and in healthcare settings in areas that have reported case...
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This five-page document, updated on April 6, 2020, provides advice on the use of masks in communities, during home care, and in healthcare settings in areas that have reported cases of COVID-19. It is intended for individuals in the community, public health and infection prevention and control (IPC) professionals, health care managers, health care workers (HCWs), and community health workers. This updated version includes a section on advice to decision-makers on the use of masks for healthy people in community settings.
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ID: 20714
Source: World Health Organization (WHO)
Date Published: 4/6/2020
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This seven-page document, updated on April 6, 2020, summarizes World Health Organization recommendations for the rational use of personal protective equipment (PPE) for novel coron...
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This seven-page document, updated on April 6, 2020, summarizes World Health Organization recommendations for the rational use of personal protective equipment (PPE) for novel coronavirus (COVID-19), in health care and community settings, including the handling of cargo. It also assesses the current disruption of the global supply chain and considerations for decision-making during severe shortages of PPE.
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ID: 20992
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Office of Infectious Diseases (CDC OID)
Date Published: 4/6/2020
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This guidance is provided to assist healthcare facilities in mitigating healthcare personnel staffing shortages that might occur because of COVID-19, and details contingency capaci...
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This guidance is provided to assist healthcare facilities in mitigating healthcare personnel staffing shortages that might occur because of COVID-19, and details contingency capacity strategies to mitigate staffing shortages.
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ID: 21586
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Center for Preparedness and Response (CDC CPR)
Date Published: 4/6/2020
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This one-hour, 12-minute webinar discusses how health communication professionals, public officials, and others working to share information during the novel coronavirus outbreak c...
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This one-hour, 12-minute webinar discusses how health communication professionals, public officials, and others working to share information during the novel coronavirus outbreak can apply crisis and emergency risk communication (CERC) principles to more effectively develop and share COVID-19 messages.
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ID: 21599
Source: Milbank Memorial Fund
Date Published: 4/6/2020
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This issue brief outlines the major initiatives taken and the lessons learned in the intense and historic six-week period following Washington State's report of the first posit...
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This issue brief outlines the major initiatives taken and the lessons learned in the intense and historic six-week period following Washington State's report of the first positive novel coronavirus (COVID-19) case in the United States. The latest data indicate that the state may be slowing the spread of the virus, and on April 5, 2020, the governor announced that the state would return more than 400 ventilators to the national stockpile for use by other states.
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ID: 21605
Source: U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Date Published: 4/6/2020
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This 11-page guidance provides a policy to help expand the capability of remote ophthalmic assessment and monitoring devices to facilitate patient care while reducing patient and h...
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This 11-page guidance provides a policy to help expand the capability of remote ophthalmic assessment and monitoring devices to facilitate patient care while reducing patient and healthcare provider contact and exposure to COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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ID: 21630
Source: U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Date Published: 4/6/2020
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This one-hour webinar was held for device manufacturers and industry to discuss and answer questions on the recently issued, immediately in effect guidances on enforcement policy f...
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This one-hour webinar was held for device manufacturers and industry to discuss and answer questions on the recently issued, immediately in effect guidances on enforcement policy for personal protective equipment (PPE) during COVID-19. The two guidances discussed were Enforcement Policy for Face Masks and Respirators During the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Public Health Emergency (Revised); and Enforcement Policy for Gowns, Other Apparel, and Gloves During the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Public Health Emergency.
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ID: 21633
Source: U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Date Published: 4/5/2020
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This web page, updated on April 5, 2020, provides surgical mask and gown conservation strategies for use by healthcare organizations and personnel that are categorized for a range...
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This web page, updated on April 5, 2020, provides surgical mask and gown conservation strategies for use by healthcare organizations and personnel that are categorized for a range of needs and supply levels, and are intended to assist healthcare organizations as they determine operating procedures during the COVID-19 (coronavirus) outbreak. These strategies do not cover N95 respirators and are not limited to use in the care of patients infected with COVID-19.
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ID: 21221
Source: U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Date Published: 4/5/2020
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This 16-page guidance provides a policy to help expand the availability and remote capabilities of infusion pumps and their accessories for health care professionals during the COV...
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This 16-page guidance provides a policy to help expand the availability and remote capabilities of infusion pumps and their accessories for health care professionals during the COVID-19 pandemic. These products are used to treat patients who require continuous infusion therapy during the COVID-19 public health emergency.
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ID: 21632
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Office of Infectious Diseases (CDC OID)
Date Published: 4/4/2020
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This web page was updated on April 4, 2020, to include considerations related to visitors and essential support persons to pregnant women who have known or suspected COVID-19 infec...
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This web page was updated on April 4, 2020, to include considerations related to visitors and essential support persons to pregnant women who have known or suspected COVID-19 infection; prioritized testing of pregnant women with suspected COVID-19 at admission or who develop symptoms of COVID-19 during admission; testing of infants with suspected COVID-19 and isolation from other healthy infants; and determination of whether to keep a mother with known or suspected COVID-19 and her infant together or separated after birth on a case-by-case basis, using shared decision-making between the mother and the clinical team.
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ID: 20966
