CDC Resources for Home Health Agencies

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.

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 provides this guidance to health care systems and practices regarding the adoption and delivery of teleheath services.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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).

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

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.

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.

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 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.

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

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

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

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).

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

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

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

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).

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 facts about coronavirus (COVID-19) to help stop the spread of rumors.

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

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).

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.

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

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) 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 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.