02/19/2020 12:00 AM EST
Source: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response [U.S. Department of Health and Human Services] (HHS ASPR). Published: 2/19/2020. This Topic Collection from TRACIE (Technical Resources, Assistance Center, and Information Exchange), updated in February 2020, highlights select templates, courses, and competencies that can help planners develop comprehensive exercises to test the healthcare and public health response to any type of disaster. Resource categories include After Action Reports; Education and Training; Evaluation; Guidance; Plans, Tools, and Templates; and Research. (Text)
02/18/2020 12:00 AM EST
Source: World Health Organization (WHO). Published: 2/18/2020. This web page provides protocols and forms for early investigations of 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) that have been designed so that data can be rapidly and systematically collected and shared in a format that facilitates aggregation, tabulation, and analysis across different settings globally. Data collected using these investigation protocols will be critical to refine recommendations for case definitions and surveillance; characterize key epidemiological features of COVID-19; help understand the spread, severity, spectrum of disease, and impact on the community; and inform guidance for application of countermeasures such as case isolation and contact tracing. (Text)
02/18/2020 12:00 AM EST
Source: World Health Organization (WHO). Published: 2/18/2020. This 26-page protocol has been designed to determine (viable) virus presence and persistence on fomites in various locations where a patient infected with COVID-19 (2019 novel coronavirus) is currently receiving care or being isolated, and to understand how this may relate to COVID-19 transmission events in these settings. It is therefore important that it is done as part of a comprehensive outbreak investigation and that information obtained by environmental studies is combined with the results of epidemiological, laboratory, and sequence data from COVID-19 patient investigations. (PDF)
02/14/2020 12:00 AM EST
Source: European Union, European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC). Published: 2/14/2020. This 12-page updated rapid risk assessment for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) provides the updated number of cases in and beyond China; description of cases and transmission reported in the European Union/European Economic Area (EU/EEA) and the United Kingdom (UK); findings on disease and transmissibility from recent studies; risk to the healthcare systems in the EU/EEA and the UK; and risk to citizens from the EU/EEA and UK traveling or living in areas with presumed community transmission. (PDF)
02/13/2020 12:00 AM EST
Source: Occupational Safety and Health Administration [U.S. Department of Labor] (OSHA). Published: 2/13/2020. This web page provides information for workers and employers about the evolving coronavirus outbreak first identified in Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China. The information includes links to interim guidance and other resources for preventing exposures to, and infection with, the novel coronavirus—now officially named COVID-19. Information topics are Hazard Recognition, Standards, Medical Information, Control and Prevention, Background, and Additional Resources. (Text)
02/12/2020 12:00 AM EST
Source: World Health Organization, Regional Office for Europe. Published: 2/12/2020. The main aim of this 17-page checklist is to ensure that countries are ready at the local and national levels to detect sick people, test samples of those suspected of COVID-19 (2019 novel coronavirus), manage patients adequately, maximize infection control, and maintain open communication with the public. The tool was developed with other coronaviruses, such as SARS-CoV and MERS-CoV, in mind and in consultation with Member States. This information will help national authorities to identify main gaps, perform risk assessments, and plan control and response actions. (PDF)
02/11/2020 12:00 AM EST
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Published: 2/11/2020. This 55-minute webinar features Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) experts who provide an overview of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) response, how health systems can prepare, and strategies for optimizing supply of N95 respirators. They discuss actions and strategies to stop the spread of COVID-19, engineering and administrative controls, personal protective equipment, and national healthcare organization readiness activities. (Video or Multimedia)
02/06/2020 12:00 AM EST
Source: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). Published: 2/6/2020. This three-page memorandum provides information from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) regarding patients with possible 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) illness. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services strongly urges the review of CDC’s guidance, and encourages healthcare facilities to review their own infection prevention and control policies and practices to prevent the spread of infection. (PDF)
02/06/2020 12:00 AM EST
Source: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). Published: 2/6/2020. This three-page memorandum provides guidance to surveyors in regard to the authorization for emergency use of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)’s 2019-Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Real-Time RT-PCR Diagnostic Panel assay. Upon receipt of the CDC 2019-nCoV Real-Time RT-PCR Diagnostic Panel assay and corresponding manufacturer’s instructions (MI), CDC-qualified laboratories will verify assay performance specifications in their laboratory per the manufacturer’s instructions. (PDF)
02/01/2020 12:00 AM EST
Source: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response [U.S. Department of Health and Human Services] (HHS ASPR). Published: 2/2020. This Topic Collection from TRACIE (Technical Resources, Assistance Center, and Information Exchange), updated in February 2020, highlights key health and medical preparedness resources for Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS), and COVID-19 (2019 novel coronavirus). These resources can help medical emergency planners and healthcare professionals learn more about managing patients experiencing illness from novel respiratory pathogens; understand related infection control principles in healthcare and community settings; and benefit from lessons learned from past outbreaks. (Text)
02/01/2020 12:00 AM EST
Source: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response [U.S. Department of Health and Human Services] (HHS ASPR). Published: 2/2020. This 23-page tip sheet from TRACIE (Technical Resources, Assistance Center, and Information Exchange) describes the major considerations healthcare facility emergency planners should account for when developing patient surge management solutions. It provides information and additional resources about Prevention/Mitigation, Use of Temporary Surge Sites on Facility Property, Behavioral Health Considerations for Staff and Patients, Operationalizing a Surge Site, Maintenance of Temporary Surge Site Operations, and Deactivation. (PDF)
02/01/2020 12:00 AM EST
Source: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response [U.S. Department of Health and Human Services] (HHS ASPR). Published: 2/2020. This seven-page toolkit template can be used by healthcare coalitions (HCCs) to enhance operational area awareness and capability in order to effectively address the needs of children as part of a whole community emergency response framework. It is intended to be edited and modified by the HCC Exercise Planning Team to satisfy the concepts and objectives each HCC intends to test, based on gaps identified during the development of the pediatric surge annex. (PDF)
01/29/2020 12:00 AM EST
Source: Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH). Published: 1/29/2020. This 26-page document is a compilation of resources to support a healthcare organization’s planning for high consequence infectious diseases (HCIDs) requiring airborne isolation plus contact isolation plus eye protection for healthcare workers and other staff who encounter the patient. Pathogens that fall in to this category include Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), and the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19). The resources will enhance the ability to follow the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Identify, Isolate, and Inform algorithm, which is included in the document. (PDF)
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