• Commissioner’s Order: Statewide Standing Order for the Administration of Vaccines (updated 10/01/20)
• Point of Care Test Reporting Guidance (updated 9/08/20)
• Testing Guidelines for Healthcare Providers (updated 7/21/20)
• Reporting Cases of COVID-19 in NBS (updated 7/27/20)
• Department of Homeland Security: COVID-19 Critical Industries Information (updated 4/09/20)
• Commissioner's Order: Requirements for Reporting COVID-19 Information to the State Department of Health (updated 6/01/20)
• Overview of Testing for SARS-CoV-2 (CDC) 
• Healthcare Supply of Personal Protective Equipment
• Strategies for Optimizing the Supply of N95 Respirators (updated 3/19/2020)
• Clinical Questions about COVID-19: Questions and Answers (CDC)
• What Healthcare Personnel Should Know about Caring for Patients with COVID-19 (updated 3/17/2020)

• Guidance for Death Reporting (updated 6/03/2020)
• CDC Guidance for Local Health Departments (updated 3/12/2020)
• Interim US Guidance for Risk Assessment and Public Health Management of Persons with Potential COVID-19 Exposures (updated 3/17/2020)
• Accessing the COVID-19 Toolkit for Local Health Departments (updated 3/17/2020)

Indiana Healthcare Workforce Needs Request Form (updated 4/10/2020)

• COVID-19 Health Workforce Professionals and Student Reserve FAQs (updated 4/13/20)
• Process for Connecting Healthcare Reservist and Student Workforce to Requester (updated 4/13/20)

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COVID-19 Vaccine

• 10 Things Healthcare Professionals Need to Know about U.S. COVID-19 Vaccination Plans (CDC)
• Indiana COVID-19 Vaccination Plan (updated 10/20/20)
• COVID-19 Vaccination Provider Enrollment FAQs (updated 10/21/20)

• COVID-19 Guidance for Hospital Visitation (IHA) (updated 6/25/20)
• CDC Resources for Healthcare Facilities 
  • Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C) Associated with Coronavirus Disease 2019 (CDC) (updated 5/14/20)
  • Reporting of Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C) Associated with Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) (updated 5/18/20)
  • Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) PPE Factsheet
  • Steps Healthcare Facilities Can Take Now to Prepare for COVID-19
  • Interim Guidance for Healthcare Facilities: Preparing for Community Transmission of COVID-19
  • PPE donning/doffing videos (CDC)
  • Guidance for Infection Prevention in Outpatient Hemodialysis Facilities (CDC)
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• Guidance for Death Reporting (updated 6/03/2020)
• Guidance Concerning Liability for Healthcare Providers and Facilities (updated 4/05/2020)
• Emergency Department Airway Management Guidelines (updated 3/30/2020)
• COVID-19 Guidance for Healthcare Workers (updated 3/17/2020)
• COVID-19 Guidance for Home Visiting Programs (updated 7/22/2020)
• Caring for patients with Confirmed or Possible COVID-19 Infection 
• Intensive Care Management for COVID-19 Patients (updated 3/16/2020)
• Interim Infection Prevention and Control Recommendations for Patients Under Investigation for 2019 Novel Coronavirus
• COVID-19 Checklist for Healthcare Professionals (updated 3/18/2020)
• COVID-19 Interim Recommendations for Outpatient Facilities (updated 3/18/2020)
• COVID-19 Guidance for Nurse Lines and Schedulers (updated 3/18/2020)
• Interim Considerations for Disposition of Hospitalized Patients with COVID-19 Infection
• State to allow opioid treatment programs the use of lockboxes; provide naloxone to help reduce spread of COVID-19 (updated 3/16/2020)
• Mental Health Resources for Providers (IN_COVID-19 FrontlineMentalHealth) (updated 3/29/2020)

Posters and Infographics

• Airway and Respiratory Management of the Suspected COVID Patient
• Assessment of the potential for pathogen dispersal
• Considerations for Crashing COVID-19 Patient - Vented
• ED safety sign
• ER physician sign
• Protected Code Blue
• Society of Critical Care Medicine Infographic

• CDC Guidance for Dental Settings
• Indiana Dental Association Resources on COVID-19 (updated 3/17/2020)

• Home Care Infection Control Guidance Concerning COVID-19 (updated 7/22/20)
• Interim Guidance for Implementing Home Care of People Not Requiring Hospitalization for 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) (updated 3/17/20)
• COVID-19 Home Care Instructions (English) (Spanish) (updated 7/22/20)

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Long-Term Care Resident Information: If you are having problems getting COVID-19 information about your loved one in a nursing or residential care facility, please email us your concerns here.

Guidance and Infection Control

• Holiday Guidance for Residents of Long-term Care Facilities and Residents’ Families and Representatives (updated 11/06/20)
• Resources for Individuals Living at Home (updated 11/06/20)
• Visitation Guidelines for Long-term Care Facilities (updated 11/22/20)
• COVID-19 Toolkit for LTCFs (updated 11/22/20)
• Use of face shields or protective eyewear/goggles (updated 10/20/20)
• COVID-19 LTC Facility Infection Control Guidance SOP (updated 11/22/20)
• Guidance for Personal Services in Long-term Care (updated 6/29/20)
• Environmental Steps to Reduce Indoor COVID-19 Transmission (updated 6/19/20)
• Essential Family Caregivers in Long-term Care Facilities (updated 11/22/20)
• Outdoor Family Visitation at Long-term Care Facilities (updated 6/03/20)
• Long-term Care Facility Outdoor Visitation FAQ (updated 10/30/20)
• COVID-19 Long-term Care Facility Communication Guidelines (updated 5/03/20)
• Strategies for dealing with COVID-19 in memory care units (updated 5/18/20)
• COVID-19 Home Care Instructions (English) (Spanish) (updated 7/21/2020)
• COVID 19: Family Visitation for End of Life Situations (updated 4/17/20)
• COVID-19 PPE Request Guidance for LTCFs (updated 4/17/20)
• COVID-19 Considerations for Weather Watches and Warnings (updated 4/13/20)
• Commissioner's Order: Requirements for Reporting COVID-19 Information to the State Department of Health (updated 6/01/20)
• COVID-19 Guidance for Hospital Discharge to Long-Term Care Facilities (updated 8/18/20)
• Home Care Infection Control Guidance Concerning COVID-19 (updated 7/22/20)
• Recommended Visitation Guidelines Letter to Healthcare Partners (updated 3/14/20)
• Preparing for COVID-19: Long-Term Care Facilities, Nursing Homes (CDC)
• Webinar series for long-term care staff (CDC)
• Guidance for Infection Control and Prevention of COVID-19 in Nursing Homes (CMS) (updated 3/13/20)
• Guidance for Out-of-Hospital Facilities (ISDH) (updated 8/18/20)
• Antigen Testing in Long-term Care Facilities and Visitation Update (updated 9/25/20)
• COVID-19 Preparedness Checklist for Nursing Homes and other Long-term Care Settings (CDC) (updated 3/22/20)

Signage and Forms

• Signage – Green Zone, Yellow Zone, Red Zone (updated 10/27/20)
• COVID-19 Visitor Screening Form (updated 10/27/20)
• COVID-19 Employee Screening Form (updated 10/27/20)
• Return to Work Letter (updated 10/20/20)
• ICS 213RR Resource Request Form (updated 4/13/20)
• Indiana Healthcare Workforce Needs Request Form (updated 4/10/2020)
• Hospital to Post-Acute Care Transfer Form - COVID-19 Assessment (updated 5/11/20)
• COVID-19 Long Term Care Visitor Poster (English) (Spanish) (updated 3/17/20)

Reporting and Testing

• COVID-19 Antigen Testing in Long-term Care Settings (updated 10/28/20)
• LTC Facility Data Submission Guidelines (updated 11/09/20)
• Point of Care Test Reporting Guidance (updated 10/30/20)

NH assessment form COVID (updated 4/13/20):

For long-term care nurses to use when assessing a change in status of a resident at a facility to help guide COVID-related assessments and discussions with the resident’s physician or advanced provider.

Tips for transferring to the hospital (updated 4/13/20):

• Hospital to Post-Acute Care Transfer Form - COVID-19 Assessment (updated 5/11/20)

Step by step approach to the LTCF to hospital transfer for nursing home administrators/staff.

Hospital transfer coversheet final (updated 4/13/20):

For nursing home administrators/staff to send with a resident who is being transferred to the emergency department/hospital.

COVID-19 Weekly Transfer List (updated 4/27/20)

Hospital hand off to nursing home (updated 4/13/20):

• COVID-19 Guidance for Hospital Discharge to Long-Term Care Facilities (updated 8/18/20)

For hospital administrators/staff to send with a patient who is being transferred to a long-term care facility after a hospitalization.

Nursing home accepting transfer from hospital (updated 4/13/20):

• Hospital to Post-Acute Care Transfer Form - COVID-19 Assessment (updated 5/11/20)

For nursing home administrators/staff to use to help prepare for a resident who is being considered for admission (or readmission) from the hospital.

COVID-19 Weekly Transfer List (updated 4/27/20)

• COVID-19 Test Reporting Guidance (updated 10/26/20)
• COVID-19 Reporting Methods (updated 10/26/20)
• COVID-19 Serology Q&A (updated 6/04/20)
• Commissioner's Order: Requirements for Reporting COVID-19 Information to the State Department of Health (updated 6/01/20)
• Interim Guidelines for Collecting, Handling, and Testing Clinical Specimens from Patients Under Investigation (PUIs) for 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)
• Interim Laboratory Biosafety Guidelines for Handling and Processing Specimens Associated with 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)
• LimsNet Sample Submission
• Collection Swab Options (updated 3/13/2020)
• Specimen Submission and Collection Guidelines (updated 6/15/2020) 
• LimsNet Quick Guide (updated 3/24/2020)
• LimsNet How to Guide (comprehensive) (updated 3/24/2020)

• Local Health Department Communicable Disease Information Release Guidance (updated 6/08/2020)
• COVID-19 and HIPAA: Disclosures to law enforcement, paramedics, other first responders and public health authorities (updated 3/31/2020)
• Interim Guidance on Management of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Correctional and Detention Facilities (updated 3/24/2020)
• IDHS PPE Guide for EMS Professionals (updated 3/19/20)
• Interim Infection Prevention and Control Recommendations for Patients Under Investigation for 2019 Novel Coronavirus
• Interim Guidance of Emergency Medical Services and 911 Public Safety Answering Points for COVID-19 in the U.S.
• Guidance for Public Safety Answering Points (PSAPs) (updated 3/11/2020)
• Guidance for Correctional Facilities (updated 3/18/2020)
• COVID-19 Guidance for EMS Agencies (updated 3/19/2020)
• COVID-19 Guidance for Hospitals, EMS for Ambulance Diversion Requests (updated 3/12/2020)
• COVID-19 Guidance for Dispatch (updated 3/19/2020)
• COVID-19 Aerosol Generating Procedures (updated 3/21/20)
• Resource on Exposure to COVID-19 for Emergency Responders (updated 3/21/20)
• EMS Initiated Refusal to Transport Protocol (updated 3/21/20)