CDC Resources for Home Health Agencies

The coronavirus pandemic has exposed gaps in equitable health coverage and equal access to health care. The solution to attain health equity is to engage all organizations - not just health care organizations and facilities - to work together. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has listed some guidance for community and faith-based organizations, private employers, public health agencies and state, tribal, local and territorial governments.

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 created a virtual COVID-19 Vaccination Communication Toolkit for community-based organizations. The toolkit lists free resources community organizations can use to help educate the public about COVID-19 vaccines, raise awareness about the benefits of vaccination and address common questions and concerns.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has created a list of immunization training and educational materials, including basic and COVID-19-vaccine-specific information. This list includes information about vaccine storage and handling, vaccine administration, patient education and clinical materials.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has listed information about what to expect before, during and after you receive a COVID-19 vaccine.

Health care providers who are interested in storing and possibly redistributing COVID-19 vaccines should download, complete and submit this form to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Watch this video from the Ad Council featuring Dr. Anthony Fauci and other leading health care professionals. This video is part of a series developed by the medical and health community for the medical and health community and features physicians and nurses addressing the topics of efficacy and safety of the new COVID-19 vaccines to help inspire better understanding and confidence about the vaccines and encourage health care providers to get vaccinated.

What should you know about the new COVID-19 variants? Learn more from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

View strategies from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to optimize personal protective equipment (PPE) supplies in health care settings.

Download this one-page document for links to resources about the COVID-19 vaccines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.

Effective Jan. 1, 2021, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Health Statistics is implementing new diagnosis codes for COVID-19 into the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-10-CM).

Providers participating in the COVID-19 Vaccination Program can find information about the requirements of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) COVID-19 Vaccination Provider Agreement at COVID-19 Vaccination Provider Requirements and Support and on the websites listed in the footnotes of the agreement.

The new Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine webpage has information specific to Pfizer’s vaccine, including resources to assist providers in storing, handling, and administering the vaccine.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has launched the new v-safe after vaccination health checker. V-safe webpages feature information on how to register and complete a v-safe health check-in (including step-by-instructions with images), troubleshooting, FAQs and contact information for technical support. These webpages will be continuously updated with additional resources.

Among all study vaccine recipients asked to complete diaries of their symptoms during the seven days after vaccination, 84.7% reported at least one local injection site reaction. By age group, 88.7% in the younger group (aged 18 to 55 years) and 79.7% in the older group (aged >55 years) reported at least one local reaction. To learn more, please visit the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Local Reactions webpage.

Strategies are needed for health care facilities to appropriately evaluate and manage post-vaccination signs and symptoms among health care personnel. These considerations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are based on the current understanding of signs and symptoms following COVID-19 vaccination, including timing and duration, and might change as experience with the vaccine accumulates.

Anaphylaxis is an acute and potentially life-threatening serious allergic reaction. These clinical considerations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention provide information on preparing for the initial assessment and management of anaphylaxis following COVID-19 vaccination.

While this guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is intended for long-term care facilities, it could also be applied to patients in other health care settings. These considerations are based on the current understanding of signs and symptoms following COVID-19 vaccination, including timing and duration, and might change as experience with the vaccine accumulates.

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

The Centers for Disease and Control and Prevention has posted training and education materials for health care professionals to access to help with the storage and administration of the COVID-19 vaccine.

View this information from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to understand the recommendations for preparing to transport or receive a patient or resident with a confirmed or possible case of COVID-19.

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 has created this animated video with tips for what to do when visiting friends and family who are at higher risk for severe illness during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention lists online training opportunities for health care professionals related to COVID-19, infection prevention, emergency preparedness and other topics.

Catch up on the latest findings about COVID-19 and other infections and diseases by listening to podcasts from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention provides this guidance to health care systems and practices regarding the adoption and delivery of teleheath services.

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

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has updated its guidance about putting on personal protective equipment to help health care providers ensure respirators and eye protection fit properly when worn together. The CDC has also removed a second hand hygiene step from step 6 in How to Put On (Don) PPE Gear.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention provides updates about COVID-19 on its Q&A webpage.

Reference this Centers for Disease Control and Prevention webpage for guidance on appropriate use of testing for SARS CoV-2.

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.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention provides general strategies for use in managing workplace fatigue and to work safely.

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.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention offers guidance for health care facilities.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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 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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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) 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.

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.

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.