Information for Healthcare Professionals

• What You Need To Know
  • Commissioner's Order: Updated Requirements for Reporting COVID-19 Information to the Department of Health (updated 7/29/21)
  • Healthcare workers eligible to give vaccine (Updated 3/16/21)
  • Updated isolation guidance/When you can be around others after COVID-19 infection (3/12/21)
  • Toolkit for Providers (CDC)
  • Commissioner’s Order: Statewide Protocol for the Administration of Vaccines by Pharmacists (updated 12/28/20)
  • Commissioner’s Order: Statewide Standing Order for the Administration of Vaccines by Pharmacists and Pharmacist Interns (updated 12/28/20)
  • Commissioner’s Order: Statewide Standing Order for the Administration of Vaccines by Other Providers (updated 12/17/20) 
  • Commissioner’s Order: Statewide Protocol and Appendix for the Administration of Vaccines by Other Providers (updated 12/17/20) 
  • 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)
• For Local Health Departments
  • 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)
• For Healthcare Facilities and Providers
  • COVID-19 Resources from Indiana State Medical Association
  • Training for Healthcare Professionals (3/11/21)

  COVID-19 Vaccine

  • COVID-19 Vaccine Training
  • Vaccine Information and Planning
  • 10 Things Healthcare Professionals Need to Know about U.S. COVID-19 Vaccination Plans (CDC)
  • COVID-19 Vaccination Provider Enrollment FAQs (updated 10/21/20)

  Monoclonal Antibody Treatment

  • COVID-19 Monoclonal Antibody Therapeutics

  National Infusion Center Association (NICA) pilot COVID-19 Antibody Locator
  
  IMPORTANT INFORMATION: Infusion sites displayed in this tool have been authorized to administer antibody treatments for COVID-positive patients under Emergency Use Authorization, but their inclusion in this tool does not imply current availability of doses. These antibody therapies are restricted to certain high-risk patients and require a drug order (similar to a prescription) from a Health Care Provider (HCP) for eligible patients. HCPs must verify eligibility of their patients and verify the availability of doses at an authorized infusion site before they refer an eligible patient to schedule an appointment to receive treatment at an authorized infusion site.

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  • Guidance tool for patient inquiries
  • COVID-19 Guidance for Hospital Visitation (IHA) (updated 4/21/21)
  • 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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  • MIS-C and MIS-A Reporting Instructions (updated 6/18/21)
  • 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
• For Dental Practices
  • Indiana Dental Association Resources on COVID-19 (updated 3/17/2020)
• Implementing home care
  • 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)

Long-term Care Facilities

• Long-term Care Facilities Information

  Click here to request a strike team visit for testing or infection control.

  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.

  Standard Operating Procedures

  • Long-term Care COVID-19 Clinical Guidance (updated 11/23/21)
  • COVID-19 Infection Control Guidance in Long-term Care Facilities (updated 11/23/21)
  • COVID-19 Regulatory Visitation and Activities Guidance for LTC (updated 11/23/21)

  Guidance and Infection Control

  • Infection Preventionist Facility Checklist for COVID-19 Outbreaks (updated 9/28/21)
  • COVID-19 Toolkit for LTCFs (updated 11/23/21)
  • COVID-19 Guidance for Hospital Discharge to Long-Term Care Facilities (updated 10/07/21) 
  • COVID-19 Control Measures (updated 9/7/21)
  • Toolkit for LTC Medical Directors (updated 10/18/21)
  • Travel Guidance for Healthcare Personnel (updated 4/30/21)
  • COVID-19 Protocol for NEMT Drivers (updated 3/19/21)
  • Maintenance Access to COVID-19 Vaccine in Long-Term Care Facilities (updated 3/19/21)
  • 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 7/27/21)
  • COVID-19 Long-term Care Facility Communication Guidelines (updated 3/15/21)
  • 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 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)
  • Home Care Infection Control Guidance Concerning COVID-19 (updated 7/22/20)
  • Webinar series for long-term care staff (CDC)
  • QSO 20-38 REVISED
  • QSO-20-39-NH REVISED (cms.gov)
  • Testing algorithm

  Vaccine

  • Benefits of vaccination (English) (Spanish) (updated 8/12/21)
  • COVID-19 Vaccine Facts (updated 1/22/21)
  • Vaccine Information for Healthcare Providers (updated 1/22/21)

  Signage and Forms

  • Hospital to Post-Acute Care Transfer Form - COVID-19 Assessment (updated 10/07/21)
  • Symptoms of Coronavirus (English) (Spanish) (updated 6/30/21)
  • LTC Visitation Requirements Guidelines (updated 11/23/21)
  • Aerosol-Generating Procedure in Progress (updated 3/24/21)
  • Signage – Green Zone, Yellow Zone, Red Zone (updated 10/05/21)
  • Employee Screening Tool (fully vaccinated) (updated 4/21/21)
  • Visitor Screening Tool (fully vaccinated) (English) (Spanish) (updated 12/01/21)
  • COVID-19 Visitor Screening Form (English) (Spanish) (updated 12/01/21)
  • COVID-19 Employee Screening Form (updated 3/19/21)
  • Return to Work Letter (updated 10/20/20)
  • ICS 213RR Resource Request Form (updated 4/13/20)

  Reporting and Testing

  • LTC Facility Data Submission Guidelines (updated 12/22/20)
  • LTC Point of Care Test Reporting Guidance (updated 11/05/21)
• Long-term care facility resident change in status assessment form

  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.

• Long-term care to hospital transfer best practices and coversheet

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

  • Hospital to Post-Acute Care Transfer Form - COVID-19 Assessment (updated 10/07/21)

  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 to LTCF transfers

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

  • COVID-19 Guidance for Hospital Discharge to Long-Term Care Facilities (updated 10/07/21) 

  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 10/07/21)

  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 3/15/21)

Information for Laboratories

• Information for Laboratories
  • Abbott technical brief on COVID-19 Variant and Testing (updated 12/01/21)
  • Point of Care Test Reporting Guidance (updated 10/27/21)
  • Abbott BinaxNOW test kit extended expiration (updated 10/27/21)
  • 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 3/13/20)
  • Specimen Submission and Collection Guidelines (updated 5/19/21) 
  • LimsNet Quick Guide (updated 3/24/20)
  • LimsNet How to Guide (comprehensive) (updated 3/24/20)

Guidance for Emergency Responders

• Guidance for healthcare workers and emergency responders information
  • Emergency Medical Services (EMS) & 911 Services Updated Resource Guide: A Practical Guide to Operate During the COVID-19 Pandemic Health Emergency (Updated 12/01/20)
  • 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)

Coroners

• Guidance for Coroners (updated 6/03/2020)
• Final NCHS Guidance for Reporting COVID-19 Deaths (updated 4/04/2020)
• COVID-19 Specimen Collection and Submission Guidelines for Coroners (updated 4/15/2020)
• Virology Submission Form (updated 3/26/2020)
• LimsNet Quick Guide for Coroners (updated 3/24/2020)
• LimsNet How to Guide for Coroners (comprehensive) (updated 3/24/2020)

The Indiana Health Workforce Needs Request Form has been discontinued. If you have a need for health workforce reserve personnel, please contact the Bowen Center for Health Workforce Research & Policy directly at bowenctr@iu.edu or 317-278-0316. Please do not hesitate to reach out if you have any question or concerns or if your agency/department/program is in need of workforce support.

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