09/24/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Published: 9/24/2020. This four-page fact sheet informs healthcare providers of the significant known and potential risks and benefits of the emergency use of the Xpert Xpress SARS-CoV-2/Flu/RSV test. The Xpert Xpress SARS-CoV-2/Flu/RSV test is authorized for use with certain respiratory specimens collected from individuals suspected of respiratory viral infection consistent with COVID-19 by their healthcare provider. (PDF)
09/24/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Published: 9/24/2020. This four-page fact sheet informs healthcare providers of the significant known and potential risks and benefits of the emergency use of COVIAGE. This device is authorized for use by healthcare personnel (HCP) as an extra layer of protection in addition to personal protective equipment (PPE) to prevent HCP exposure to pathogenic biological airborne particulates by providing isolation of hospitalized patients with suspected or confirmed diagnosis of COVID-19, at the time of definitive airway management, when performing airway-related medical procedures, or during certain transport of such patients during the COVID-19 pandemic. (PDF)
09/24/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. Published: 9/24/2020. This brief examines how a range of economic and societal disruptions stemming from COVID-19 may affect the health and well-being of children and families. It finds that school openings/closures, social distancing, loss of health coverage, and disruptions in medical care could negatively impact the health and well-being children in the U.S. (Text)
09/23/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: National Center for Disaster Medicine and Public Health [Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences] (NCDMPH). Published: 9/23/2020. Presenters in this 56-minute webinar, held in collaboration with the Center for Study in Traumatic Stress (CSTS), discuss the recently published Second Edition of the Curriculum Recommendations for Disaster Health and its application, including for COVID-19. (Video or Multimedia)
09/18/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: United Kingdom Department of Health (DH). Published: 9/18/2020. This web page sets out the key elements of COVID-19 national support available for the social care sector for winter 2020 to 2021, as well as the main actions to take for local authorities, National Health Service organizations, and social care providers, including in the voluntary and community sector. (Text)
09/15/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response [U.S. Department of Health and Human Services] (HHS ASPR). Published: 9/15/2020. This six-page document from TRACIE (Technical Resources, Assistance Center, and Information Exchange) provides a list of resources in response to a request to conduct a literature search on pediatric surge of infectious disease at long-term care (LTC) facilities. (PDF)
09/15/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: Wildland Fire Lessons Learned Center. Published: 9/15/2020. This web page provides links to Coronavirus Rapid Lesson Sharing Reports, starting in June 2020. (PDF)
09/10/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: ADA [Americans with Disabilities Act] National Network. Published: 9/10/2020. This one-hour, 18-minute webinar highlights the efforts of this ground-breaking $50 million approach to whole community preparedness. It discusses how with centering the community first, preparedness efforts are more accessible, relevant, and effective to target populations. (Video or Multimedia)
09/09/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response [U.S. Department of Health and Human Services] (HHS ASPR). Published: 9/9/2020. This five-page document from TRACIE (Technical Resources, Assistance Center, and Information Exchange) provides resources for a hospital that is working with its region’s healthcare coalition on a trauma mass casualty incident (MCI) virtual tabletop exercise (TTX), and would like to use the industry site explosion that occurred in Beirut, Lebanon, on August 4, 2020, as its TTX scenario. The requestor asked if ASPR TRACIE could help identify updated figures on the number of people injured and killed by the Beirut explosion, and the mechanism of injuries from the incident to help with victimology for the exercise’s scenario. (PDF)
09/01/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: American Nurses Association (ANA). Published: 9/2020. This web page provides answers to some of the most common questions that the American Nurses Association has received about COVID-19, including clinical care, personal protective equipment (PPE), mental health, and licensure. (Text)
07/09/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). Published: 7/9/2020. This 11-page document details temporary regulatory waivers and new rules for long-term care facilities to equip the American healthcare system with maximum flexibility to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. These temporary changes apply immediately across the entire U.S. healthcare system for the duration of the emergency declaration. (PDF)
06/04/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: Pennsylvania State University. Published: 6/4/2020. This hour-long webinar is part of an educational series covering care considerations for skilled nursing facilities during the COVID-19 pandemic. It provides discussions from participants that involve common nursing home scenarios related to resident care as well as difficult, complex, or challenging presentations of a nursing home scenario. (Video or Multimedia)
05/12/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: Society of Critical Care Medicine. Published: 5/12/2020. This report addresses the most current data and estimates on the number of acute care, ICU, and step-down (eg, observation, progressive) beds; ICU occupancy rates; mechanical ventilators; and staffing available for the COVID-19 pandemic. It also seeks to provide context to the data. (Text)
04/27/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: United Kingdom Department of Health (DH). Published: 4/27/2020. This web page brings together COVID-19 guidance published by the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) and Public Health England (PHE) for the adult social care sector and other relevant guidance. Topics are Providing and receiving care, Buying care and support through direct payments, Unpaid carers, Workforce, Planning care, and Other relevant guidance. (Text)
04/01/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: American Nurses Association (ANA). Published: 4/2020. This web page provides links to the first seven webinars in the ANA COVID-19 series. They cover different aspects of this crisis and provide up-to-date information that can be applied immediately in the care of COVID-19 patients. Each of these approximately 60-minute webinars has been developed and recorded in April, May, and June. (Video or Multimedia)
04/01/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: Mental Health Technology Transfer Center Network (MHTTC). Published: 4/1/2020. This one-hour webinar covers the following objectives: Recognize the impact of the current mental health crisis on provider wellbeing, identify the signs of distress and burnout, and apply wellness strategies to address distress and burnout. (Video or Multimedia)
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