Resources

Audience

Healthcare worker (HCW) monitoring for COVID-19

Key Takeaways

These guidelines have evolved as a result of greater experience with COVID-19, the availability of published data on COVID-19, continued evidence of community transmission of COVID-19 including asymptomatic and pre-symptomatic transmission of more infectious variants, established infection control principles, and the availability of effective COVID-19 vaccines.

Audience

Healthcare facilities planning to care for any patients that are suspected or confirmed to have Ebola virus disease.

Key Takeaways

• Consult the list at the bottom of this website to check if any disinfectants currently used at the facility are already approved for use

Audience

Licensed healthcare professionals with the responsibility of developing and implementing a respiratory protection program for aerosol transmissible diseases and airborne hazardous materials at their facility.

Key Takeaways

• Interprets and summarizes Cal/OSHA Code of Regulation for respiratory protection in the workplace
• Emphasizes key points and considerations for developing a respiratory protection program
• References are highlighted and linked to actual source for details on the information
• User friendly and easy to read

Audience

Laboratory personnel handling suspected or confirmed Ebola Virus Disease specimens

Key Takeaways

This document complements the updated CDC “Guidance for U.S. Laboratories for Managing and Testing Routine Clinical Specimens When There is a Concern About Ebola Virus Disease” that provides guidance for clinical laboratories on testing needed for assessment and care of patients for whom Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) may be a concern, while minimizing risk to laboratory personnel.

Audience

Healthcare providers including physicians and surgeons, infection preventionists, public health professionals, registered nurses, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, dentists, nurse midwives, podiatrist, veterinarians, medical examiner, coroner, laboratory technicians, and other mandated reporters.

Key Takeaways

• Lists of all mandated reportable diseases and conditions for Los Angeles County
• Includes various report forms to use specific to type of disease/exposure
• Provides instructions on where, how and what to report

Audience

Medical dispatch centers for pre-hospital public and private providers

Key Takeaways

• Screening tool for medical dispatch
• Includes pre-arrival instructions for EMS providers responding to possible emerging infectious disease patient
• Provides information on symptomatology and countries under public health surveillance for emerging infectious diseases

Audience

Healthcare professionals (HCP) and healthcare facilities—along with their healthcare coalitions, local and state health departments, and local and state partners.

Key Takeaways

• Consider having strategies in place for day to day operations to optimize PPE utilization, such as: physical barriers and engineering controls and reusable PPE when appropriate (reusable isolation gowns can offer additional protection and reusable eye protection reduces waste).
• Understand the facility’s PPE utilization rates, under day to day operations to better project needs during a potential PPE shortage.
• During a shortage, consider the following strategies: cancelling elective and non-urgent procedures, limiting the number of HCWs needed for a patient interaction,  identifying opportunities to decrease length of stay, temporarily suspend N95 fit testing and teach staff to perform a seal check, consider cohorting patients and consider N95 and facemask extended use and/or limited reuse.
• In addition to what is outlined in this resource, review local and state public health and occupational safety guidance.  Also consider rotating any stockpiled PPE/equipment  through normal day to day operations and replenishing the stockpile so that it does not expire.

Audience

Hospital staff and District Officers (DOs) in need of program flexibility to comply with licensing requirements during an emergency.

Key Takeaways

• California Department of Public Health (CDPH) form to submit program flexibility requests.
• This form is intended to be utilized when providers temporarily need permission to comply with licensing requirements by using alternative concepts, methods, procedures, techniques, equipment, and personal during an emergency.
• Hospitals must submit program flexibility request to their local district office (DO).
• The DO will send all COVID-19 related requests for program flexibility to the Medical and Health Coordination Center (MHCC) in Sacramento at chcqdutyofficer@cdph.ca.gov for priority action.

Audience

Licensed healthcare professionals responsible for developing and implementing a written Aerosol Transmissible Disease (ATD) Exposure Control Plan specific to their workplace and their work operations.

Key Takeaways

• Designed to assist employers with meeting the requirements of the Cal/OSHA ATD Standard to reduce the risk of ATD infection to their employees
• Lists airborne transmissible diseases and pathogens that require protection for employees
• Breaks down ATD standards into easy-to-follow steps
• Contains links to ATD Exposure Control Plan template that is customizable to help employers create their own written procedures.

Audience

Hospital staff and District Officers (DOs) in need of program flexibility to comply with licensing requirements during an emergency.

Key Takeaways

• The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) has the authority to grant program flexibility when providers temporarily need to comply with licensing requirements by using alternative concepts, methods, procedures, techniques, equipment, and personnel.
• The process for requesting program flexibility is to submit a program flexibility request to your local district office (DO).
• The DO will send all COVID-19 related requests for program flexibility to the Medical and Health Coordination Center (MHCC) in Sacramento at chcqdutyofficer@cdph.ca.gov for priority action.
• This document provides more information on CDPH program flexibility, the process for requesting program flexibility, and the information to include in program flexibility requests.