General CDC Guidance Hub https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/communication/guidance-list.html?Sort=Date%3A%3Adesc
Purpose
This interim guidance is based on what is currently known about the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). COVID-19 is a respiratory illness that can spread from person to person. The outbreak first started in China, but the virus continues to spread internationally and in the United States. There is much more to learn about the transmissibility, severity, and other characteristics of COVID-19 and investigations are ongoing. Updates are available on CDC’s web page at https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/. CDC will update this interim guidance as additional information becomes available.
This interim guidance may help prevent workplace exposures to COVID-19 in non-healthcare settings (separate guidance is available for healthcare settings). CDC has also provided guidance for critical infrastructure workers who may have had exposure to a person known or suspected to have COVID-19. Unless otherwise specified, this interim guidance for businesses and employers applies to critical infrastructure workplaces as well.
Infection Prevention Control
• What CDC is doing for infection control
o https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/hcp/infection-control.html
• Standard CDC guidance on infection control in healthcare settings
o Interim Infection Prevention and Control Recommendations for Patients with Suspected or Confirmed Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Healthcare Settings: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/hcp/infection-control-recommendations.html
• Best practices currently in use by states and private sector
• Link to virtual training
o Training for Healthcare Professionals (including clinical care and infection control, PPE, nonpharmaceutical interventions, emergency preparedness and response, and additional topics): https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/hcp/training.html
Preparing Nursing Homes and Assisted Living Facilities for COVID-19 (CDC webinar): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1FiVFx5O78
• Focus areas/congregate settings:
o Long-term care facilities
▪ Preparing for COVID-19: Long-term Care Facilities, Nursing Homes: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/hcp/long-term-care.html
o Assisted living facilities
▪ https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/hcp/assisted-living.html
o Dialysis facilities
▪ https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/hcp/dialysis.html
o Dental facilities
▪ https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/hcp/dental-settings.html
o Ambulatory care facilities
▪ https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/hcp/ambulatory-care-settings.html
o Pharmacies
▪ https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/healthcare-resources/pharmacies.html
o Emergency Medical Services (EMS)
▪ https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/hcp/guidance-for-ems.html
o Food processing facilities
▪ Meat and Poultry Processing Workers and Employers: Interim Guidance from CDC and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
▪ https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/community/organizations/meat-poultry-processing-workers-employers.html
o Correctional facilities: Resources for Correctional and Detention Facilities: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/community/correction-detention/guidance-correctional-detention.html.
Businesses
▪ Interim Guidance for Businesses and Employers to Plan and Respond to Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19): https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/community/guidance-business-response.html
▪ Prepare your Small Business and Employees for the Effects of COVID-19: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/community/guidance-small-business.html
• Other IPC tools/Resources:
o IPC FAQs: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/hcp/infection-control-faq.html
o Using PPE, including donning & doffing resources: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/hcp/using-ppe.html
o Healthcare preparedness tools:
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/hcp/preparedness-checklists.html
o Strategies to mitigate staffing shortages: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/hcp/mitigating-staff-shortages.html
o Key strategies to prepare LTCFs:
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/hcp/long-term-care-strategies.html
▪ LTCF Letter to residents, family members and visitors: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/downloads/healthcare-facilities/Long-Term-Care-letter.pdf
o Cleaning and disinfecting school and community facilities: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/community/disinfecting-building-facility.html
• Cleaning and disinfecting non-emergency transport vehicles: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/community/organizations/disinfecting-transport-vehicles.html
• External partners tools/resources
o Centers for Medicare & Medicaid – COVID partner toolkit – https://www.cms.gov/outreach-education/partner-resources/coronavirus-covid-19-partner-toolkit
o American College of Emergency Physicians – Field guide – https://www.acep.org/corona/covid-19-field-guide/cover-page/
o American Academy of Pediatrics – Guidance for Telehealth Payer Policy in Response to Covid-19
https://services.aap.org/en/pages/2019-novel-coronavirus-covid-19-infections/aap-guidance-telehealth-payer-policy-in-response-to-covid-19/
o Society for Critical Care Medicine – COVID-19 Resource Center – Includes literature and training https://www.sccm.org/COVID19RapidResources/Home
o Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America
▪ COVID-19 Resource Page: http://shea-online.org/index.php/practice-resources/priority-topics/emerging-pathogens/novel-coronavirus-2019-2019-ncov-resources
▪ Hospital epidemiology training – https://learningce.shea-online.org/content/sheacdc-outbreak-response-training-program-ortp#group-tabs-node-course-default1/index.php
▪ Rapid Response Program podcast and webinar series https://learningce.shea-online.org/content/novel-coronavirus-covid-19
o Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology
▪ COVID-19 Page: https://apic.org/covid19/
▪ LTC text chapters: https://apic.org/resources/apic-text/apic-text-chapter-collection-long-term-care/
o American Medical Association, Resource Center for Physicians – https://www.ama-assn.org/delivering-care/public-health/covid-19-2019-novel-coronavirus-resource-center-physicians
o American Nurses Association Resource Center – https://www.nursingworld.org/practice-policy/work-environment/health-safety/disaster-preparedness/coronavirus/?utm_campaign=261605+COVID-19+MKT&utm_source=hero&utm_medium=digitalad&utm_content=covidresourcepage
o American Dental Association – COVID-19 Center – https://success.ada.org/en/practice-management/patients/infectious-diseases-2019-novel-coronavirus?utm_source=cpsorg&utm_medium=covid-nav&utm_content=nav-covid-19-center&utm_campaign=covid-19
o Argentum (senior living) – Toolkit – https://www.argentum.org/coronavirustoolkit/
• Critical infrastructure workers
o Implementing Safety Practices for Critical Infrastructure Workers Who May Have Had Exposure to a Person with Suspected or Confirmed COVID-19: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/community/critical-workers/implementing-safety-practices.html
o Transportation and Delivery Workers:
▪ https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/community/transportation/index.html
o Airport, Airline Workers
▪ What Airline Customer Service Representatives and Gate Agents Need to Know about COVID-19: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/community/airport-customer-factsheet.html
▪ What Airport Baggage and Cargo Handlers Need to Know about COVID-19: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/community/organizations/airport-baggage-cargo-handlers.html
▪ What Airport Custodial Staff Need to Know about COVID-19: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/community/organizations/airport-custodial-staff.html
▪ What Airport Passenger Assistance Workers Need to Know about COVID-19: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/community/organizations/airport-passenger-assistance-workers.html
▪ What Aircraft Maintenance Workers Need to Know about COVID-19: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/community/organizations/aircraft-maintenance-workers.html
o Other transit workers:
▪ What Bus Transit Operators Need to Know About COVID-19: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/community/organizations/bus-transit-operator.html
▪ What Rail Transit Operators Need to Know About COVID-19: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/community/organizations/rail-transit-operator.html
▪ What Transit Maintenance Workers Need to Know About COVID-19: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/community/organizations/transit-maintenance-worker.html
▪ What Transit Station Workers Need to Know About COVID-19: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/community/organizations/transit-station-workers.html
o Occupational Safety and Health Administration resources
▪ Control and Prevention: https://www.osha.gov/SLTC/covid-19/controlprevention.html
o Guidance on Preparing Workplaces for COVID-19: https://www.osha.gov/Publications/OSHA3990.pdf
• Return to work
o Criteria for Return to Work for Healthcare Personnel with Confirmed or Suspected COVID-19 (Interim Guidance): https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/hcp/return-to-work.html
• PPE reuse guidance
o Strategies to Optimize the Supply of PPE and Equipment (including eye protection, isolation gowns, facemasks, N95 respirators, elastomeric respirators, and ventilators): https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/hcp/ppe-strategy/index.html
o Decontamination and Reuse of Filtering Facepiece Respirators: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/hcp/ppe-strategy/decontamination-reuse-respirators.html
o Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Burn Rate Calculator: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/hcp/ppe-strategy/burn-calculator.html
• Sustainable Isolation
o Interim Infection Control Guidance for Public Health Personnel Evaluating Persons Under Investigation (PUIs) and Asymptomatic Close Contacts of Confirmed Cases at Their Home or Non-Home Residential Settings at https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/php/guidance-evaluating-pui.html
o Public Health Guidance for Potential COVID-19 Exposure Associated with International Travel or Cruise Travel at https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/php/risk-assessment.html
o Public Health Recommendations for Community-Related Exposure at https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/php/public-health-recommendations.html
o Links to programs to support people in isolation: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/daily-life-coping/index.html
o Links to housing support for people without safe places for isolation: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/community/homeless-shelters/unsheltered-homelessness.html
o Links to federal programs- unemployment etc.
o www.coronavirus.gov
o https://www.coronavirus.gov/smallbusiness/
o https://www.irs.gov/coronavirus-tax-relief-and-economic-impact-payments
o https://www.usa.gov/unemployment
• Call center for clinical inquiries 24/7 (770-488-7100)
o https://www.cdc.gov/cdc-info/ask-cdc.html
• Others
o NIH COVID-19 Treatment Guidelines: https://www.covid19treatmentguidelines.nih.gov/overview/
o Therapeutic options: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/hcp/therapeutic-options.html
o Infectious Diseases Society of America Guidelines: https://www.idsociety.org/practice-guideline/covid-19-guideline-treatment-and-management/
o Information for Pediatric Healthcare Providers: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/hcp/pediatric-hcp.html
o Considerations for Inpatient Obstetric Healthcare Settings: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/hcp/inpatient-obstetric-healthcare-guidance.html
o Interim Guidance for Implementing Home Care of People Not Requiring Hospitalization for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19): https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/hcp/guidance-home-care.html
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