This flyer highlights key Psychological First Aid concepts and resources disaster responders and outreach workers may use when assisting individuals affected by the pandemic. It also provides resources for further assistance.
These self-paced, scenario based modules are intended to provide administrative staff members with best practices for containing and preventing the spread of COVID-19 in nursing homes.
This brief document describes steps to clean and disinfect a nursing home or other healthcare facility, what to do when someone is sick, and additional considerations for employers.
Clinical Conversations is a program from the Network of the National Library of Medicine for training clinicians and other clinical staff who interact with patients about health literacy and related concepts.
This document provides guidance to clinicians caring for COVID-19 patients during all phases of their disease (i.e. screening to discharge).
This webpage provides updated information from the CDC on a range of COVID-19 clinical care topics.
This video helps families understand the struggles, challenges, grief, and trauma associated with COVID-19 and why it is important that everyone do their part to prevent the spread.
This toolkit is a compilation of considerations for long-term care facilities based on lessons learned during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic accompanied by resources to inform planning and response efforts.
This document provides a list of COVID-19 testing vendors for long term care. The list contains the vendor's name, company details, testing process description, turnaround time, test and billing information, service area and contact information.
In this video, environmental product consultant Karl Seagren covers best practices for cleaning and disinfecting hard surfaces and high touch areas to keep residents, staff, and guests healthy.
This tool has been developed to assess staff competency in carrying out effective hand hygiene.
This poster provides step-by-step instructions for healthcare workers on how to make a 0.1% chlorine mixture for disinfection.
This webpage provides a situational update on the National Institute for Occupational Safety & Health's (NIOSH) recommendations regarding use of non-NIOSH approved respirators.
This course provides information on what facilities should be doing to be prepared to respond to a case of an emerging respiratory virus such as COVID-19, how to identify a case once it occurs, and how to properly implement infection prevention and control measures to ensure there is no further transmission to healthcare workers or to other patients in the health care facility.
This database allows users to search the EPA's list of COVID-19 prevention and control products.
This module discusses recommended practices for reprocessing reusable resident care equipment.
This module describes the role that environmental surfaces play in pathogen transmission and recommended practices for cleaning and disinfecting environmental surfaces.
This module discusses recommended practices for linen management. At the conclusion of the module, participants will understand how linens may transmit pathogens, and will be able to describe recommended practices for linen management.
This course provides infection prevention and control training for individuals responsible for infection prevention and control programs in nursing homes so they can effectively implement their programs and ensure adherence to recommended practices by front-line staff.
This webpage provides additional information about Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) COVID-19 exposure standards and requirements, including requirements in states that operate their own OSHA-approved State plans; recordkeeping requirements and injury/illness recording criteria; and applications of standards related to sanitation and communication of risks related to hazardous chemicals that may be in common sanitizers and sterilizers.
This webpage provides an overview of the causes and frequency of post-COVID conditions for healthcare providers.
This online course teaches health care workers about the role of an infection prevention and control professional in environmental cleaning, and how cleaning and disinfection prevents contamination of the health care environment.
This employer resource poster promotes COVID-19 safety for cleaning staff.