CDC Resources for Home Health Agencies

Updated in November 2024, this fact sheet provides the latest COVID-19 vaccine recommendations by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for all persons.

American Medical Association (AMA) President Bruce Scott, MD, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Mandy Cohen, MD, MPH, discuss vaccinations, treatment and other tools that can keep everyone safer this respiratory illness season. Free Continuing Education (CE) available until Sept. 9, 2024. Course number: WC4847-080624 | Access code: CDC-AMA2024

As "FLiRT" coronavirus variants account for about 77% of infections, COVID-19 cases are ticking upward this summer, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) data. This Becker’s Hospital Review article highlights five important notes about increasing COVID-19 cases.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommend the updated 2024-2025 COVID-19 vaccines and the updated 2024-2025 flu vaccines to protect against severe COVID-19 and flu this fall and winter. It is safe to receive COVID-19 and flu vaccines at the same visit.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) provides COVID-19 tools, information and action steps to share with your family, friends and health care providers.

Make a COVID-19 plan now so you’re prepared. Plan for options for work, childcare, and other responsibilities that may cause stress if you were to become sick. Download this three-page handout from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to get started.

Children and youth with special healthcare needs require more care for their physical, developmental, behavioral, or emotional differences than their typically developing peers. A special healthcare need can include physical, intellectual, and developmental disabilities, as well as long-standing medical conditions.

Information and materials that are needed for each specific COVID-19 vaccine that covers administration, storage and handling, safety and reporting.

Use Vaccines.gov to find COVID-19 and flu vaccine providers near you and additional vaccine-related information

Vaccinate with confidence is a strategic framework of the CDC to strengthen vaccine confidence and prevent further outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases in the U.S.

The Guide for Community Partners is a resource for organizations with community-level reach that are looking to get engaged in or support COVID-19 vaccination confidence and access in racial and ethnic minority communities.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has listed five simple steps you can follow if you or someone you know has been exposed to the virus that causes COVID-19.

If you have been infected with the virus that causes COVID-19, when can you stop isolating and when can you stop wearing a mask? Learn more from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Visit the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's website to learn more about the Novavax COVID-19 vaccine, including who is eligible to receive it and how many doses are given.

Health care professionals from all care settings are encouraged to use the resources listed in this change package to help care for patients at risk of contracting COVID-19.

This fact sheet from AMDA answers frequently asked questions about COVID-19 vaccine boosters, including why they are needed, who is eligible, and whether vaccine types can be mixed and matched.

This worksheet identifies the main concerns people have about getting a COVID-19 vaccine or booster and shares strategies for decreasing vaccine fears, addressing misinformation and increasing the number of people getting the vaccine and booster shots.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has updated its guidance for COVID-19 vaccination. To view all updates, please visit the CDC webpage for Interim Clinical Considerations for Use of COVID-19 Vaccines Currently Approved or Authorized in the United States.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is issuing this health advisory to update health care providers, public health departments and the public about the availability and use of recommended therapies for COVID-19. For patients with mild-to-moderate COVID-19 who are not hospitalized and who are at increased risk for severe COVID-19 outcomes, several treatment options are now widely available and accessible.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has updated its summary document for interim clinical considerations for use of COVID-19 vaccines currently authorized or approved in the United States.

View this webpage on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's website to download the latest handouts listing clinical considerations and guidance for administering the COVID-19 vaccine to all eligible populations, as well as guidance for what to do - and how to avoid - vaccination administration errors.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has created a new online checker to allow anyone to find levels of COVID-19 in their community. The site also provides prevention tips based on each community's level of the virus. Data updated weekly.

Download this one-page handout the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention developed and hang it in your office to help encourage staff and patients or residents to get their COVID-19 booster shot.

Ivermectin is not authorized or approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for prevention or treatment of COVID-19. The National Institutes of Health’s COVID-19 Treatment Guidelines Panel also determined that there are currently insufficient data to recommend ivermectin for treatment of COVID-19.

What masks should be worn in the workplace? The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health has outlined standards for masks that should be worn in the workplace.

Who is eligible to receive a COVID-19 booster shot, and when should they get one? View this quick breakdown from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to learn more.

Listen to this podcast from the week of Nov. 1, 2021, with Russell Kohl, MD, FAAFP, chief medical officer at TMF Health Quality Institute, to learn who is eligible to receive a COVID-19 booster shot and which booster shot individuals can get.

Listen to this podcast from the week of Nov. 1, 2021, with Russell Kohl, MD, FAAFP, chief medical officer at TMF Health Quality Institute, as he discusses the science and studies leading to the emergency authorization use of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 pediatric vaccine in children ages 5 to 11 years old.

Download this checklist from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to assess the risk of infection for health care workers who were exposed to persons with COVID-19.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s interim guidance on post-COVID conditions provides new information to assist health care professionals with evaluating, managing and caring for patients who may experience long-term effects after a COVID-19 infection.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has outlined training and guidance to assist vaccinators to overcome challenges associated with delivering COVID-19 vaccinations to access-challenged and hard-to-reach individuals.

Health care providers can use this prevaccination checklist from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to use with residents and patients who are interested to receive a COVID-19 vaccine.

This document from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention provides a list of COVID-19 vaccination training programs and reference materials for health care professionals.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) created this online toolkit for health care providers to use to download information about COVID-19 to share with patients who may be at a higher risk of contracting the virus. 

View these COVID-19 vaccine resources for health care providers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

What do you need to know to get a COVID-19 vaccine? View this Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's website for answers to your questions about the vaccine, including where to sign up to receive a COVID-19 vaccine.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has listed clinical resources for each COVID-19 vaccine.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has partnered with the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) to offer a new service to clinicians treating COVID-19 patients. Clinicians who have questions about the clinical management of patients with COVID-19 can call the main CDC information line at 1-800-CDC-INFO (800-232-4636). Calls from clinicians will be triaged by CDC to a group of IDSA volunteer clinicians for peer-to-peer support.

Health care systems typically have uneven distribution of COVID-19 cases, with some regions’ health care systems experiencing patient surges while others have excess capacity for patient care. This guidance is for state and local emergency medical planners and all health care facilities, especially facilities in rural areas. The guidance outlines considerations around the transfer of patients, staff, and supplies between health care facilities to optimize patient care, balance resources, and minimize use of crisis care standards.

Planning and preparing for hurricanes and other natural disasters can be stressful, even more so during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has launched a new website, Natural Disasters, Severe Weather, and COVID-19, that includes information on preparedness and recovery during the COVID-19 response and what the general public can do to keep themselves safe.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention frequently asked questions have been updated based on feedback from frontline professionals to assist health care personnel and facilities in preventing transmission of COVID-19 in health care settings.

View this webpage from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to help estimate the amount of personal protective equipment being used over time.

Watch this Centers for Disease Control and Prevention video demonstration to learn how to remove personal protective equipment. (4 minutes 15 seconds)

Watch this Centers for Disease Control and Prevention video demonstration to get the latest information on how to put on personal protective equipment. (4 minutes 15 seconds)

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updates its COVID-19 transmission webpage to clarify information about how the virus spreads.

Visit this Centers for Disease Control and Prevention webpage for learning opportunities related to COVID-19.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention provides recommendations for when you can begin to be with other people after you likely had or had been ill with COVID-19.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention provides a framework for delivering non-COVID-19 health care during the COVID-19 pandemic.

View this Centers for Disease Control and Prevention webpage for further guidance on the symptoms of the novel coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19).

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention provides guidance on the criticality of recognizing what stress looks like, steps to build resilience, manage job stress and know where to go if help is needed.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention provides guidance for health care personnel and first responders to recognize what stress looks like, steps to build resilience and cope with stress, and know where to go if you need help.

Visit this Centers for Disease Control and Prevention webpage to learn more about clinical care guidance for health care professionals related to COVID-19.

Visit this Centers for Disease Control and Prevention webpage to view COVID-19 related videos.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention provides a printable PDF version of these 10 clinical tips.

View this Centers for Disease Control and Prevention webpage to review updates to the symptom-based strategy to discontinue isolation for persons with COVID-19.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has listed updated priorities for testing patients who are suspected to be infected with COVID-19.

Read the latest reports from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.

Visit this Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) webpage for a weekly surveillance summary of U.S. COVID-19 activity.

This Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's webpage highlights basic principles of contact tracing to stop COVID-19 transmission; detailed guidance for health departments and potential contact tracers is forthcoming.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention provides information regarding the effects of COVID-19 on the health of racial and ethnic minority groups.

This guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has been updated to include the recommendation that all U.S. health care facilities put policies into place requiring everyone entering the facility to practice source control, regardless of symptoms.

Update: This interim guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was updated to align with revisions to the public health recommendations for community-related exposure to COVID-19.

This updated guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention offers decisions about return to work for health care personnel with confirmed or suspected COVID-19.

Visit the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's webpage to learn about strategies to help cope with stress and anxiety during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) public health emergency.

View this list of online training sessions for health care professionals related to COVID-19 from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) answers frequently asked questions about how to wear a cloth face covering.

Keep up with the important work the Task Force is doing in response to COVID-19.

Get the important information from this April 14, 2020, training webinar presented by CDC's National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN).

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) created this social media toolkit to help localize efforts in responding to the virus that causes COVID-19.

This interim guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) pertains to critical infrastructure workers.

On April 3, 2020, CMS Administrator Seema Verma, Deborah Birx, MD, White House Coronavirus Task Force, and officials from the FDA, CDC, and FEMA participated in a call on COVID-19 flexibilities.

This is a 45-second video demonstration from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

The report, updated each Friday, summarizes and interprets key indicators, including information related to COVID-19 outpatient visits, emergency department visits, hospitalizations and deaths, as well as laboratory data.

Answers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) about cloth face coverings

This CDC document offers a series of strategies or options to optimize supplies of disposable N95 filtering facepiece respirators (commonly called “N95 respirators”) in health care settings when there is limited supply.

This April 8, 2020, webinar by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) provided a COVID-19 update for rural health partners.

Guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on how to wear a cloth face covering

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) compiled the best practices and lessons learned that communities have already faced fighting COVID-19

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are issuing new recommendations to state and local governments and long-term care facilities (also known as nursing homes) to help mitigate the spread of the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19).

Ensemble Health Partners provides the latest coding updates due to COVID-19.

Here are some everyday steps, steps when someone is sick, and considerations for employers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Transcripts and audio recordings of the CDC's public service announcements can be found here.

Here are the CDC's public health communication options at U.S. ports of entry.

Here are the latest CDC updates for face coverings, care plans, persons with disabilities, managing anxiety and stress, and more.

Follow these steps from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Here are the latest COVID-19 guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Here is a list of the latest COVID-19 tools from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

The CDC's Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Burn Rate Calculator is a spreadsheet-based model that helps health care facilities plan and optimize the use of PPE for response to COVID-19.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) provides guidelines about COVID-19.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) provides facts about coronavirus (COVID-19) to help stop the spread of rumors.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), surge capacity is a useful framework to approach a decreased supply of PPE during the COVID-19 response.

What you need to know from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

What you need to know from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released updated recommendations for testing, specimen collection, and reporting patients and reporting positive test results.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) provides guidance documents, videos and toolkits about COVID-19.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) provides guidance documents, videos and toolkits about COVID-19.

This Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) document offers a series of strategies or options to optimize supplies of disposable N95 filtering face piece respirators (commonly called “N95 respirators”) in health care settings when there is limited supply.

This interim CDC guidance is intended to assist with assessment of risk and application of work restrictions for asymptomatic health care personnel (HCP) with potential exposure to patients, visitors, or other HCP with confirmed COVID-19.

This interim guidance is for staff at local and state health departments, infection prevention and control professionals, and health care personnel who are coordinating the home care and isolation of people with confirmed or suspected COVID-19 infection, including persons under investigation.

This CDC interim guidance is for health care providers and public health officials managing persons with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) under isolation who are not in health care settings.

This CDC video answers important questions about hand washing and hand sanitizer.

This U.S. Spanish fact sheet provides the latest COVID-19 vaccine recommendations by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for all persons.