04/11/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Published: 4/11/2020. The Food and Drug Administration issued an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for the emergency use of the Perfusor Space Syringe Infusion Pump System, Infusomat Space Volumetric Infusion Pump System, and Outlook ES (“B. Braun Space and Outlook Pumps”) for use in the tracheal delivery of continuous nebulized medications into a nebulizer to treat patients of all ages with or suspected of having COVID-19 and decrease the exposure of healthcare providers to such patients during the COVID-19 pandemic. The EUA was also issued for ground medical transport use of the Infusomat Space Volumetric Infusion Pump System. (PDF)
04/11/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: InterAgency Board for Emergency Preparedness and Response (IAB). Published: 4/11/2020. This one-page table provides strategies for extending the use life of respiratory protection during the COVID-19 Pandemic, with actions for Recommended Best Practice, Minimum Acceptable Protection, and Last Resort. (PDF)
04/10/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: InterAgency Board for Emergency Preparedness and Response (IAB). Published: 4/10/2020. Responders can be exposed to the SARS-CoV-2 virus responsible for COVID-19 by inhaling aerosolized droplets from an infected person's coughs and sneezes, as well as contact with contaminated surfaces with subsequent hand transfer to the mouth, nose, or eyes. This six-page document discusses a proposed approach for balancing risk while maintaining the highest level of protective posture as the pandemic continues. (PDF)
04/10/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: InterAgency Board for Emergency Preparedness and Response (IAB). Published: 4/10/2020. This 14-page document provides details about the extra caution in the selection, handling, and cleaning of personal protection equipment (PPE) used by first responders that must be exercised during the COVID-19 pandemic, with specific considerations given to respiratory, ocular, and skin protection for lessening exposure. (PDF)
04/09/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Office of Infectious Diseases (CDC OID). Published: 4/9/2020. This guidance, updated on April 9, 2020, summarizes research about decontamination of filtering facepiece respirators (FFRs) before reuse. Reusing disposable FFRs has been suggested as a contingency capacity strategy to conserve available supplies for healthcare environments during a pandemic, such as COVID-19. (Text)
04/09/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: World Health Organization (WHO). Published: 4/9/2020. This 196-page toolkit is intended for clinicians working in intensive care units in low- and middle-income countries, managing adult and pediatric patients with severe forms of acute respiratory infection, including severe pneumonia, acute respiratory distress syndrome, sepsis, and septic shock. It is a hands-on practical guide to be used by healthcare professionals involved in critical care management during the COVID-19 pandemic and outbreaks of influenza (seasonal or avian influenza), Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV), or other emerging respiratory viral epidemics. (PDF)
04/09/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: World Health Organization (WHO). Published: 4/9/2020. This six-page document provides the criteria for some of the considerations that will be relevant in the World Health Organization (WHO)’s case-by-case assessments of COVID-19 vaccines in the future. Modeling of the potential impact of COVID-19 vaccines with different efficacy profiles, administered using different immunization strategies, at different stages of the epidemic, is a high priority to further refine desired characteristics. (PDF)
04/09/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: ADA [Americans with Disabilities Act] National Network. Published: 4/9/2020. This one-hour, 24-minute webinar examines the results of recent research on ADA Coordinators' role, knowledge, and efforts in the programs and services of emergency management in federal Region 9. It also covers the overlap with previous research that looked into the knowledge and efforts of local Offices of Emergency Management in the same region. (Video or Multimedia)
04/07/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: World Health Organization (WHO). Published: 4/7/2020. This three-page document discusses how COVID-19 can exacerbate risks of violence for women. It details the important role that health systems have in ensuring that services for women who have experienced violence remain accessible during the COVID-19 outbreak, and what can be done to address violence against women during the COVID-19 response. (PDF)
04/07/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: World Health Organization, Pan American Health Organization (PAHO). Published: 4/7/2020. This nine-page document offers health authorities and ethics review committees guidance and strategies with which to implement rapid and rigorous ethics review and oversight processes for COVID-19-related research with human subjects. (PDF)
04/04/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: World Health Organization (WHO). Published: 4/4/2020. This six-page interim guidance on oxygen sources and distribution strategies for COVID-19 treatment has been adapted from the World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF’s technical specifications and guidance for oxygen therapy devices, which is part of the WHO medical device technical series. (PDF)
04/03/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC). Published: 4/3/2020. During the COVID-19 pandemic, it's critical that departments evaluate their communications posture and take steps to ensure the right resources, mitigation strategies, and tools are in place to manage uncertainties. This three-page document recommends steps to screen, plan, and reevaluate during the pandemic. (PDF)
04/01/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). Published: 4/2020. This 10-page plan is fully aligned to and part of the United Nations Secretary-General’s three-step plan to respond to the devastating socioeconomic impacts of COVID-19. Its strategic priorities are continuity of sexual and reproductive health services and interventions, including protection of the health workforce; addressing gender-based violence; and ensuring the supply of modern contraceptives and reproductive health commodities during the pandemic. (PDF)
04/01/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: National Center for PTSD [Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder] [U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs]. Published: 4/2020. This web page provides guidance for mental health providers about how to talk with patients about COVID-19, considerations about how to modify treatments, and a framework to help patients manage COVID-19 reactions. (Text)
04/01/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: World Health Organization (WHO). Published: 4/2020. This 59-page glossary is designed for the policymakers, practitioners, and other stakeholders who work in the many fields that contribute to reducing the health risks and consequences of all types of emergencies and disasters. It was developed to address the need for a standardized terminology to inform and describe the policies and practices associated with Health Emergency and Disaster Risk Management. (PDF)
04/01/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: World Health Organization (WHO). Published: 4/2020. This 190-page document, published with the International Atomic Energy Agency and the UNICEF/UNDP/WorldBank/WHO Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR), is intended to be a comprehensive guide for program managers tasked with recommending a “go/no-go” decision on testing, full deployment, and scale-up of the sterile insect technique (SIT) in regions of the world affected by diseases transmitted by Aedes mosquitoes. (PDF)
04/01/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: National Academies Press (NAP). Published: 4/2020. The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine was asked to articulate a five-year strategic vision for international health security programs and provide findings and recommendations on how to optimize the impact of the Department of Defense (DOD) Biological Threat Reduction Program (BTRP) in fulfilling its biosafety and biosecurity mission. This 178-page report provides several recommendations for optimizing BTRP success in its current mission and the wider-looking strategic vision it proposes. (Text)
03/30/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: City of New York, Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (NYC DOHMH). Published: 3/30/2020. This four-page guidance about general safety and health in relation to COVID-19 is intended for home healthcare workers who provide health care to individuals in a home residence or community setting (e.g., outreach on the street). (PDF)
03/27/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: Johns Hopkins University. Published: 3/27/2020. This one-page document from the Johns Hopkins Center for American Indian Health discusses how the outbreak of COVID-19 may be stressful for people and communities, and lists ways to cope and relieve stress. (PDF)
03/25/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: InterAgency Board for Emergency Preparedness and Response (IAB). Published: 3/25/2020. This one-page document provides information about the types and uses of protective clothing as a contamination shield to prevent later transfer of SARS-CoV-2 (the virus responsible for COVID-19) to mucous membranes through subsequent transfer from hand to the mouth, nose, or eyes (auto- or self-inoculation). (PDF)
03/19/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: San Francisco Department of Public Health (SFDPH). Published: 3/19/2020. This three-page document provides guidance for care providers for people in home settings, home health agencies, in-home caregivers, and community residential services to protect clients and care providers from COVID-19. (PDF)
03/17/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: InterAgency Board for Emergency Preparedness and Response (IAB). Published: 3/17/2020. This one-page table provides minimum recommended guidance on protection and decontamination for first responders involved in COVID-19 cases, with information on Type of Protection, Preferred or Ideal, Minimum, and Other Factors. (PDF)
03/04/2020 12:00 AM EST
Source: Washington State Department of Health. Published: 3/4/2020. This four-page guidance was developed to assist the delivery of in-home care services, such as supported living, home care agencies, and other community residential services, in response to the COVID-19 outbreak. (PDF)
03/01/2020 12:00 AM EST
Source: VitalTalk. Published: 3/2020. This 13-page document provides a customized, practical, specific set of tips and scripts for all clinicians caring for patients during the COVID-19 crisis. (PDF)
02/01/2020 12:00 AM EST
Source: University of Washington (UW). Published: 2/2020. This nine-page COVID-19 response workbook provides several tools: Administrative Checklist; Personal Care Checklist; Donning PPE: N95/Goggles/Gown; Doffing PPE: N95/Goggles/Gown; Waste Process; In Room Instructions; HAT (Home Assessment Team) Supplies; and Layout: HAT Response. (PDF)
02/01/2020 12:00 AM EST
Source: Emory University School of Medicine. Published: 2/2020. This one-hour, five-minute presentation aims to increase awareness about standard and transmission-based infection control practices, and considers some past and present high-consequence infectious diseases like SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome), MERS (Middle East Respiratory Syndrome), COVID-19, and novel and seasonal influenza viruses. (Video or Multimedia)
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