CDC information and guidance on COVID-19 can be found on the CDC website at https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html. 

Coronavirus Disease 2019

• Coronavirus (COVID-19) Website

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html

· Situation Summary

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-nCoV/summary.html

· What You Should Know About COVID-19 to Protect Yourself and Others

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/downloads/2019-ncov-factsheet.pdf

· How COVID-19 Spreads

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/prevent-getting-sick/how-covid-spreads.html

· Symptoms of Coronavirus and Self-Checker

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/symptoms-testing/symptoms.html

· Prevent Getting Sick

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/prevent-getting-sick/index.html

• Steps to Stay Safe

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/community/stay-safe.html

• How to Protect Yourself & Others

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/prevent-getting-sick/prevention.html

· What to Do if You are Sick

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/if-you-are-sick/steps-when-sick.html

• Daily Life and Coping

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/daily-life-coping/index.html

· Reducing Stigma

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/about/related-stigma.html

• Frequently Asked Questions

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/faq.html

• COVID-19 Print Resources

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/communication/factsheets.html

Healthcare Facilities

• For Healthcare Professionals

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/healthcare-facilities/index.html

• Guidance for U.S. Healthcare Facilities about Coronavirus (COVID-19)

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/hcp/us-healthcare-facilities.html

• Ten Ways Healthcare Systems Can Operate Effectively during the COVID-19 Pandemic

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/hcp/ways-operate-effectively.html

• Prepare Your Practice for COVID-19

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/hcp/preparedness-resources.html

• Get Your Clinic Ready for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/hcp/clinic-preparedness.html

• Steps Healthcare Facilities Can Take Now to Prepare for COVID-19

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/healthcare-facilities/steps-to-prepare.html

• CDC in Action: Preparing first responders, healthcare providers, and health systems

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/php/preparing-communities.html

Personal Protective Equipment

• Frequently Asked Questions about Personal Protective Equipment https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/hcp/respirator-use-faq.html
• Healthcare Supply of Personal Protective Equipment

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019- ncov/hcp/healthcare-supply-ppe-index.html

• Strategies for Optimizing the Supply of PPE

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/hcp/ppe-strategy/index.html

• NIOSH-Approved N95 Particulate Filtering Facepiece Respirators

https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/npptl/topics/respirators/disp_part/n95list1.html

• Checklist for Healthcare Facilities: Strategies for Optimizing the Supply of N95 Respirators during the COVID-19 Response

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/hcp/checklist-n95-strategy.html

• Decontamination and Reuse of Filtering Facepiece Respirators

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/hcp/ppe-strategy/decontamination-reuse-respirators.html

• Considerations for Release of Stockpiled N95s Beyond the Manufacturer-Designated Shelf Life

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/release-stockpiled-N95.html

Infection Prevention and Control

• Interim Infection Prevention and Control Recommendations for Patients with Suspected or Confirmed Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Healthcare Settings

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/infection-control/control-recommendations.html

• Healthcare Infection Prevention and Control FAQs for COVID-19

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/infection-control/infection-prevention-controlfaq.html

• Interim U.S. Guidance for Risk Assessment and Public Health Management of Healthcare

Personnel with Potential Exposure in a Healthcare Setting to Patients with Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19)

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/infection-control/infection-prevention-controlfaq.html

Hand Hygiene

• Healthcare Providers: Clean Hands Count for Healthcare Providers

https://www.cdc.gov/handhygiene/providers/index.html

• Hand Hygiene Guidance

https://www.cdc.gov/handhygiene/providers/guideline.html

• Frequently Asked Questions about Hand Hygiene for Healthcare Personnel Responding to COVID-2019

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/infection-control/hcp-hand-hygiene-faq.html

Testing Persons for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)

• Testing for COVID-19

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/symptoms-testing/testing.html

• Test for Current Infection

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/testing/diagnostic-testing.html

• Testing

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/testing/index.html

• Testing in the U.S.

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/cases-updates/testing-in-us.html

• Updated Guidance on Evaluating and Testing Persons for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)

https://emergency.cdc.gov/han/2020/han00429.asp

· Testing for Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Nursing Homes: Considerations for Use of Test-Based Strategies for Preventing SARS-CoV-2 Transmission in Nursing Homes

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/hcp/nursing-homes-testing.html

• Evaluating and Testing Persons for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
  https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-nCoV/hcp/clinical-criteria.html

Outpatient and Ambulatory Care Settings

• Prepare Your Practice for COVID-19

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/hcp/preparedness-resources.html

• Get Your Clinic Ready for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/hcp/clinic-preparedness.html

• Outpatient and Ambulatory Care Settings: Responding to Community Transmission of COVID-19 in the United States

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/hcp/ambulatory-care-settings.html

People at Risk for Serious Illness

• Groups at Higher Risk for Severe Illness

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/need-extra-precautions/groups-at-higher-risk.html

• People Who Need to Take Extra Precautions

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/need-extra-precautions/index.html

• People Who Are at Higher Risk for Severe Illness

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/specific-groups/people-at-higher-risk.html

• Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) Checklist: Older Persons

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/community/retirement/checklist.html

· People with Moderate or Severe Asthma

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/specific-groups/asthma.html

· What to Know About HIV and COVID-19

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/specific-groups/hiv.html

• Print Resource: What You Can Do if You Are at Higher Risk of Severe Illness from COVID-19

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/downloads/COVID19-What-You-Can-Do-High-Risk.pdf

Further information posted by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) may be useful in keeping your employees safe during the pandemic. Additional resources from these organizations are listed below:

OSHA

OSHA has information and guidance on COVID-19 on their website at https://www.osha.gov/SLTC/covid-19/.

Below I listed links to OSHA documents on preventing exposure and preparing workplaces for COVID-19.

· OSHA Alert: Prevent Worker Exposure to Coronavirus (COVID-19)

https://www.osha.gov/Publications/OSHA3989.pdf

· OSHA Guidance on Preparing Workplaces for COVID-19

This document helps employers implement engineering, administrative, and work practice controls, and use of personal protective equipment. Employers and workers can use this guidance to help identify risk levels in workplace settings and to determine any appropriate control measures to implement.

https://www.osha.gov/Publications/OSHA3990.pdf

· Temporary Enforcement Guidance — Healthcare Respiratory Protection Annual Fit-Testing for N95 Filtering Facepieces During the COVID-19 Outbreak. OSHA Memorandum (March 14, 2020). This OSHA memorandum provides temporary enforcement guidance to Compliance Safety and Health Officers for enforcing the Respiratory Protection standard, 29 CFR § 1910.134, regarding supply shortages of N95 filtering facepiece respirators caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

https://www.osha.gov/memos/2020-03-14/temporary-enforcement-guidance-healthcare-respiratory-protection-annual-fit

EPA

EPA has a COVID-19 website at https://www.epa.gov/coronavirus.

Below I listed links to EPA information on disinfectants for use against SARS-CoV-2, the novel coronavirus that causes the disease COVID-19.

· List N: List of Disinfectants for use Against SARS-CoV-2

https://www.epa.gov/pesticide-registration/list-n-disinfectants-use-against-sars-cov-2

· Frequently Asked Questions about List N: Disinfectants for use Against SARS-CoV-2

https://www.epa.gov/pesticide-registration/frequently-asked-questions-about-list-n-disinfectants-use-against-sars-cov-2