06/09/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response [U.S. Department of Health and Human Services] (HHS ASPR). Published: 6/9/2020. This Topic Collection from TRACIE (Technical Resources, Assistance Center, and Information Exchange) provides resources that focus on adaptations to usual healthcare system operations and strategies to maintain provision of patient care during the COVID-19 pandemic. (Text)
06/08/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: Imperial College London. Published: 6/8/2020. This 94-page report characterizes the relationship between COVID-19 transmission and different mobility data streams for 53 countries around the world. Overall, strong population-wide social distancing measures are effective to control COVID-19; however, gradual easing of restrictions must be accompanied by alternative interventions, such as efficient contact tracing, to ensure control. (PDF)
06/05/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Published: 6/5/2020. This three-page fact sheet informs healthcare providers of the significant known and potential risks and benefits of the emergency use of the Genetron Detection Kit for Novel Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) RNA (PCR-Fluorescence Probing), also known as the Genetron SARS-CoV-2 RNA Test. The Genetron SARS-CoV-2 RNA Test is authorized for use with respiratory specimens collected from individuals suspected of COVID-19 by their healthcare provider. (PDF)
06/05/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Office of Infectious Diseases (CDC OID). Published: 6/5/2020. This web page provides Air Resource Advisors and other environmental health professionals with key messages about wildfire smoke and COVID-19. It also provides resources that can be given to communities affected by wildfire smoke during community spread of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. (Text)
06/05/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. Published: 6/5/2020. This one-hour webinar features discussion of the key principles and lessons learned from two innovative and rapid hospital-based responses (Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine/Mount Sinai; Brigham and Women’s Hospital) to addressing palliative care needs during the COVID-19 pandemic. (Video or Multimedia)
06/04/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Published: 6/4/2020. This three-page fact sheet informs healthcare providers of the significant known and potential risks and benefits of the emergency use of the Vibrant COVID-19 Ab Assay. The Vibrant COVID-19 Ab Assay is authorized for the detection of IgM and IgG antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 in dried blood spots (DBS) and human serum. (PDF)
06/04/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Published: 6/4/2020. This three-page fact sheet informs healthcare providers of the significant known and potential risks and benefits of the emergency use of the Phosphorus COVID-19 RT-qPCR Test. The Phosphorus COVID-19 RT-qPCR Test is authorized for use on saliva specimens from individuals suspected of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) by their healthcare provider. (PDF)
06/04/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Published: 6/4/2020. This three-page fact sheet informs healthcare providers of the significant known and potential risks and benefits of the emergency use of the RightSign™ COVID-19 IgG/IgM Rapid Test Cassette. RightSign™ COVID-19 IgG/IgM Rapid Test Cassette is authorized for the detection of IgG and IgM antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 in human serum, plasma, or venous whole blood (sodium heparin, potassium EDTA, and sodium citrate). (PDF)
06/04/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Office of Infectious Diseases (CDC OID). Published: 6/4/2020. This web page provides COVID-19 guidance for handlers of service and therapy animals, including considering local levels of COVID-19 transmission when evaluating the risk to yourself, your animal, and the people you might come into contact with. It lists ways to protect service animals, and ways to protect therapy animals. (Text)
06/01/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: World Health Organization (WHO). Published: 6/2020. This 61-page document, updated on June 1, 2020, recommends practical actions that countries can take at national, subregional, and local levels to reorganize and safely maintain access to high-quality, essential health services in the COVID-19 pandemic context. It also outlines sample indicators for monitoring essential health services, and describes considerations on when to stop and restart services as COVID-19 transmission recedes and surges. (PDF)
06/01/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: International Reagent Resource (IRR). Published: 6/2020. This web page provides answers to 12 frequently asked questions about the International Reagent Resource (IRR) catalog and COVID-19 diagnostic supplies and reagents. (Text)
06/01/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: Brookings Institution. Published: 6/2020. This 106-page report is the first volume in a two-part series that looks at the experiences of the United States and other countries to see what can be derived about the reopening from the COVID-19 pandemic and its human impact. This report analyzes the U.S. domestic situation and discusses how to reopen America in ways that address fundamental problems. (PDF)
06/01/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: United Nations (UN). Published: 6/2020. This 25-page report discusses the impact of COVID-19 on people on the move, such as migrants in irregular situations, migrant workers with precarious livelihoods or working in the informal economy, victims of trafficking in persons, refugees, asylum-seekers, and people fleeing their homes because of persecution, war, violence, human rights violations, or disaster, whether within their own countries — internally displaced persons — or across international borders. It provides four basic tenets to advancing safe and inclusive human mobility during and in the aftermath of COVID-19. (PDF)
06/01/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: Texas A&M University Press. Published: 6/2020. This 307-page ebook, which will be formally published later this fall, was already in development before the outbreak of the current COVID-19 pandemic. It brings together some of the leading authorities on pandemics and preparedness to review the state of knowledge and capture lessons from previous outbreaks to better inform efforts to prepare for the future. (PDF)
06/01/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC). Published: 6/2020. This four-page guidance details nine response considerations meant to address potential gaps that urban, suburban, and rural fire departments may encounter when responding to incidents involving mass gatherings and large crowds during the COVID-19 pandemic. (PDF)
05/29/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Office of Infectious Diseases (CDC OID). Published: 5/29/2020. This web page provides information about multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) associated with COVID-19. It includes a case definition and information about clinical presentation, laboratory testing, other evaluations, treatment, reporting, and case report form. (Text)
05/15/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Office of Infectious Diseases (CDC OID). Published: 5/15/2020. During the COVID-19 pandemic, it is critical that syringe services programs (SSPs) have the capacity to ensure the safety of staff, volunteers, and clients. This guidance describes actions for jurisdictional public health authorities, as well as SSPs, to support the health and well-being of their staff and the clientele they serve. (Text)
05/13/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). Published: 5/13/2020. This web page provides information and links for a series of COVID-19 webinars developed by American Academy of Pediatrics experts to help pediatricians stay informed about the pandemic. (Video or Multimedia)
05/01/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP). Published: 5/2020. This 18-page information paper provides guidance, including context, review of various solutions, and an example of a rapid tele-triage implementation process. The COVID-19 pandemic presents a major challenge, but it is also an important opportunity to take emergency care to the next level. Tele-triage can have a dramatic impact on emergency department operations from all perspectives, including economically. (PDF)
05/01/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH). Published: 5/1/2020. This six-page document for clinicians, which has been developed after expert review of the cases, includes a case definition of pediatric multisystem inflammatory syndrome temporally associated with COVID-19, and an approach to clinical management. (PDF)
05/01/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: University of Chicago Medicine. Published: 5/2020. This web page provides several clinical pathways to support care of COVID-19 patients. Clinical pathways integrate evidence-based guidelines with local key stakeholder expertise to promote high-value care. (Text)
04/26/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: Northeastern University. Published: 4/26/2020. These surge capacity modeling tools provide projections of an individual hospital's demand for medical and intensive care unit beds, ventilators, personal protective equipment, medication, and staffing. (Text)
04/01/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society (ANZICS). Published: 4/2020. This web page provides links to three COVID-19 guideline documents, which draw on previous pandemic experience and contemporary infection control literature in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). (PDF)
04/01/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: Intensive Care Society (ICS). Published: 4/2020. This three-page paper summarizes emerging learning about COVID-19 in intensive care settings shared by experienced clinicians. Topics include COVID-19 underlying patho-physiology presentation of respiratory failure, and workforce and infection control. (PDF)
03/19/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: Washington State Hospital Association (WSHA). Published: 3/19/2020. This eight-page document details the steps for setting up and operating a drive-through testing clinic for COVID-19, including best practices to consider. (PDF)
03/01/2020 12:00 AM EST
Source: First Affiliated Hospital [Zhejiang University School of Medicine]. Published: 3/2020. This 68-page document is a guidebook on the clinical experience of how to treat COVID-19. The treatment guide offers advice and reference against the pandemic for medical staff around the world. (PDF)
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