If You Suspect Your Patient Has COVID-19
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Give the patient a surgical mask
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Notify facility infection control personnel
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Use standard precautions, contact precautions, airborne precautions and use eye protection when entering the room
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Evaluate the patient in a private room with the door closed, ideally in an airborne infection isolation room
Submit PPE request if you anticipate depletion of any COVID-19 specific resource stocks within the next 7 days.
COVID-19 PPE Resource Request Form
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Resources
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Clinician Outreach and Communication Activity, calls and webinars
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Health care workers with general COVID-19 questions can call: (800) CDC-INFO (800-232-4636)
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Reporting Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C), call: (707) 488-7100
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Last Updated: March 13, 2023