05/08/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Published: 5/8/2020. This three-page fact sheets informs healthcare providers of the significant known and potential risks and benefits of the emergency use of the Sofia 2 SARS Antigen FIA test, which received an Emergency Use Authorization from the Food and Drug Administration on May 8, 2020. The Sofia 2 SARS Antigen FIA test is authorized for use on respiratory specimens collected from individuals who are suspected of COVID-19 by their healthcare provider. (PDF)
05/08/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Published: 5/8/2020. This three-page fact sheet informs healthcare providers of the significant known and potential risks and benefits of the emergency use of the Gnomegen COVID-19 RT-qPCR Detection Kit, which received an Emergency Use Authorization from the Food and Drug Administration on May 8, 2020. The Gnomegen COVID-19 RT-qPCR Detection Kit is authorized for use on respiratory specimens collected from individuals suspected of COVID-19 by their healthcare provider. (PDF)
05/08/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Published: 5/8/2020. This three-page fact sheet informs healthcare providers of the significant known and potential risks and benefits of the emergency use of the Patient Isolation Transport Unit (PITU). The PITU is intended for use by healthcare providers (HCP) for temporary isolation and transport of patients with suspected or confirmed diagnosis of COVID-19 requiring airborne or droplet isolation precautions in healthcare settings to prevent HCP exposure to pathogenic biological airborne particulates by providing an extra layer of barrier protection in addition to personal protective equipment (PPE). (PDF)
05/08/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). Published: 5/8/2020. This two-page document acknowledges the concerns during the COVID-19 pandemic of first responders and law enforcement officers who have been more reluctant to administer naloxone due to fear of potentially contracting the coronavirus. It makes recommendations to promote first responder safety. (PDF)
05/07/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. Published: 5/7/2020. To provide greater insight into the characteristics of people at greater risk of illness if infected with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), this report builds on a prior analysis of higher risk adults in the U.S. to break down these numbers by race/ethnicity and household income in 2018. Among people ages 18-64, American Indian/Alaska Native and black adults are more likely than white adults to be at a higher risk of serious illness due to underlying health conditions and longstanding disparities in health care and other socio-economic factors. (Text)
05/07/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL). Published: 5/7/2020. This six-page document, published with the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists, provides an overview of COVID-19 serologic methods, and discusses current test availability, considerations when selecting an assay for seroprevalence studies, considerations for test result interpretation, and additional considerations and outstanding research needs. (PDF)
05/07/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). Published: 5/7/2020. Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, a significant drop in well-child visits has resulted in delays in vaccinations, delays in appropriate screenings and referrals, and delays in anticipatory guidance to assure optimal health. This web page provides guidance for primary care pediatricians to ensure all newborns, infants, children, and adolescents are up to date on their comprehensive well-child care. (Text)
05/06/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense. Published: 5/6/2020. This two-hour, 18-minute virtual meeting of the Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense discusses having a better understanding of the ongoing response to novel coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19), national readiness to address possible large-scale spread of the disease in the United States and throughout the world, and implications for improving preparedness for the next biological threat. (Video or Multimedia)
05/06/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). Published: 5/6/2020. The COVID-19 pandemic presents unique challenges to the health and well-being of youth involved with the justice system. This web page provides recommendations for juvenile justice agencies. (Text)
05/01/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: National Mass Violence Victimization Resource Center (NMVVRC). Published: 5/2020. This web page provides tip sheets for victim service providers, on topics that include mass violence during COVID-19, death notifications, priorities and shifting responsibilities during the COVID-19 pandemic, and unexpected challenges after mass violence. (Text)
05/01/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: World Health Organization (WHO). Published: 5/2020. This course provides information about the different categories of waste and the process for waste management. Health care waste includes all waste generated by health, research, and laboratory facilities in the course of providing health care services. Participants will learn to describe the best practices for minimizing, segregating, collecting, transporting, and storing health care waste. (Video or Multimedia)
04/28/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. Published: 4/28/2020. The objectives for this one-hour, 26-minute webinar are to provide an overview of COVID-19 demographic data: what we know now; outline limitations of data as it stands: methodological, organizational, and political; and share any substantive, validated disaggregated data that describe potential areas of disparity, including race, gender, geography, and socioeconomic status. (Video or Multimedia)
04/28/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action. Published: 4/28/2020. This 13-page document is intended to provide guidance on how to support the social service workforce and empower them to safely serve children, families, and communities during the COVID-19 pandemic. This guidance is for governments, non-governmental organizations, social service workers, and their supervisors. (PDF)
04/23/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). Published: 4/23/2020. This guidance was developed to support pediatricians providing direct care for breastfeeding families after discharge from the newborn hospital stay during the COVID-19 pandemic. Post-discharge guidance and education are essential to support families, ensure the health of mothers and infants, and ensure mothers are able to reach their breastfeeding goals. (Text)
04/15/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. Published: 4/15/2020. This one-hour webinar features expert panelists who are working round the clock during the COVID-19 pandemic to create a framework that balances the ethics of scarce resource allocation, public input on how to prioritize the members of their communities, and the nearly real-time work being carried out in hospitals. Mounting examples of critical shortages in life-saving medical equipment, ICU and hospital beds, and blood products, as well as protective equipment for first responders and frontline healthcare workers, make it clear how dire the situation can get and how quickly. (Video or Multimedia)
04/15/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). Published: 4/15/2020. The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) strongly supports the continued provision of health care for children during the COVID-19 pandemic unless community circumstances related to the pandemic require necessary adjustments. This page provides guidance on several types of screening during the pandemic. (Text)
04/01/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: National Mass Violence Victimization Resource Center (NMVVRC). Published: 4/2020. The purpose of this two-page tip sheet is to assist Victim Service Providers in helping victims during the COVID-19 pandemic, which may cause new symptoms of post-traumatic stress and/or increase distress already being experienced because of a mass violence incident. (PDF)
03/01/2020 12:00 AM EST
Source: Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR). Published: 3/2020. This 73-page document will assist public health professionals during disaster recovery to identify environmental exposures that may be hazardous to children while they are in child care or at other places children spend time such as preschools and recreational facilities. Identifying these hazards can help establish ways to reduce risk. (PDF)
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