Healthcare Preparedness

PPE Guidance

• CDC COVID-19 guidance for healthcare professions
  
• NIOSH New Respirator Information and Guidance: These new resources offer information on how to determine the reliability of imported respirators, respirator assessments to support the COVID-19 response including assessment results
• CDC: The need for fit testing during an emerging infectious disease outbreak
• OSHA Lessons Learned: Frequently Cited Standards Related to COVID-19 Inspections

Informational Resources

• UMass Lowell: Safe Home Care Pandemic Guidance
• American Nurses Association (ANA) COVID-19 Resource Center
• CDC Interim Infection Prevention and Control Recommendations for Healthcare Personnel During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic
• CDC resource on airborne disease and the importance of negative pressure room in treatment and management
• National Union of Healthcare Workers (NUHW) Healthcare Workers bill of rights
• New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA): Airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2-Virus - What healthcare workers need to know
• National Academy of Medicine: Resources to support the health and well-being of clinicians during the COVID-19 outbreak.