COVID-19

GENERAL

• COVID-19 Vaccination Requirements for Health Care Providers and Suppliers

INFECTION PREVENTION 

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) Interim Guidance for Managing Healthcare Personnel with SARS-CoV-2 Infection or Exposure to SARS-CoV-2 (updated 1/21/22)​

• ESRD NCC's Dialysis Audit Tool: Hand Hygiene with Hand Sanitizer

• ​CDC's Interim Infection Prevention and Control Recommendations for Healthcare Personnel During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic (updated 2/2/22)

TRANSPLANT

• American Society of Transplantation COVID-19 Resources for Transplant Community

MENTAL HEALTH

• ESRD NCC's The COVID-19 Mental Health Toolkit: Helping Renal Professionals Support the Well-Being of the ESRD Community

BARRIERS & RESOURCES

Patient Vaccination Hesitancy

• Be a Super Hero: Get the COVID Vaccine and Booster poster

• HHS’ We Can Do This Campaign

• HHS' Older Adults Toolkit

• Satellite Healthcare Education Video: Vaccine Hesitation: A Message to Those Who Have Said NO to the COVID Vaccine

• COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy: 10 Tips for Talking with Patients

• American Society of Nephrology's COVID-19 Vaccination Poster

• Greater Than COVID Campaign

  • The Conversation: Between Us About Us (The Black Community)

  • The Conversation: Between Us About Us (The LatinX Community)

• Language That Works to Improve Vaccine Acceptance: Communications Cheat Sheet

• Vaccinate with Confidence Toolkit

• ESRD Dialysis Facility COVID-19 Toolkit: Promoting Knowledge of COVID-19 Vaccination Among Dialysis Facility Staff and Patients

Lack of Vaccines or Unable to Access at the Facility

• Collaborate with local health department (can also find out if they are hosting any mobile vaccination clinics)

• Connecting Your Community Clinic with Federal Pharmacy Partners

• Vaccines.gov – locating a vaccine

• COVID-19 Vaccines at the Department of Veterans Affairs

• COVID-19 Vaccinations in Virginia

Community Spread

• Yale School of Public Health PSA: Herd Immunity

• Track Community Transmission in Virginia

• Track Community Transmission in D.C.

• Track Community Transmission in Maryland

• Track Community Transmission in West Virginia

• Visiting Family in Long-Term Care Facilities​​

Spread from Nursing Homes

• Infection Control in Long-Term Care

• AHCA/NCAL Coronavirus in Assisted Living

• QSOG memorandum Guidance and Survey Process for Reviewing Home Dialysis Services in a Nursing Home Facility Revised (3/23)

• CDC's Testing and Management Considerations for Nursing Home Residents with Acute Respiratory Illness Symptoms when SARS-CoV-2 and Influenza Viruses are Co-circulating

• VDH COVID-19 for  Nursing Homes

Lack of Infection Control by Patients at Home

• WHO: How to Protect Yourself - Staying Healthy at Home

• How to Prepare in Case Someone Gets Sick in Your Household

• Home Care for COVID-19: Guide for Family and Caregivers 

• Infection Prevention and You Infographics

• Infection Prevention and You: Dialysis Centers

• APIC’s Infection Prevention in the Home

Lack of Nursing Home Communications

• Call the facility before the patient arrives to ensure handoff

• Choose 1-2 staff members to manage nursing home communications and relay pertinent information

• If verbal handoff is a problem, consider using a written handoff form

• If the facility is located within a nursing home, arrange time weekly to discuss patients and plan of care

• Dialysis/SNF Handoff Communication Report Tool

Boosters

• Be a Super Hero: Get the COVID Vaccine and Booster poster

• Extra Layer - Booster Campaign Ad (Video)

• Communicating with a General Audience about Boosters 

• WHO's Science in 5: COVID-19 Evolving Variants and How to Stay Safe

Variants

• An Easy Way To Understand Variants

• COVID-19 Mutant Variant Strains and Herd Immunity

Exposures & Positive Results

• COVID-19 Self-Management Zone Tool (English and Spanish)

• What to Do if You Were Exposed to COVID-19