COVID-19 Healthcare Quality and Worker Safety Information

Interim SARS-CoV-2 Testing Guidelines for Patients in Outpatient Hemodialysis Facilities – This document is intended to provide guidance on the appropriate use of testing among patients undergoing outpatient hemodialysis. Viral testing of patients in outpatient dialysis facilities can be an important addition to other infection prevention and control (IPC) recommendations.

Prioritizing non-healthcare worksite assessments for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) — This guidance is intended to assist state, tribal, local, and territorial health departments in making decisions about how to allocate limited resources to respond to worksites that report COVID-19-related concerns, complaints, or clusters. In general, COVID-19 clusters in shared housing, detention and correctional facilities, schools, daycares, and youth programs should be considered high priority. Additionally, this guidance includes a customizable questionnaire that can be used to help prioritize worksite assessments

The COVID-19 Treatment Guidelines Panel’s Statement on the Emergency Use Authorization of Convalescent Plasma for the Treatment of COVID-19 — On August 23, 2020, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for COVID-19 convalescent plasma for the treatment of hospitalized patients with COVID-19. The COVID-19 Treatment Guidelines Panel reviewed the available evidence from published and unpublished data on convalescent plasma for the treatment for COVID-19, including the FDA analyses that supported the EUA. Read more here.

COVID-19 Clinical Call Center, a CDC-IDSA Partnership. To better serve national COVID-19 response needs, CDC has partnered with the Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA) to provide direct support to clinicians who have questions about the clinical management of their patients with COVID-19.  If you are a healthcare provider or health department with a question about the clinical management of COVID-19, please contact CDC-INFO.

Information for Healthcare Professionals about Coronavirus - CDC’s landing page Information for Healthcare Professionals about Coronavirus (COVID-19) has been updated to organize content for simplified navigation and includes a search function to allow users to more easily find information and resources.