Infection Prevention
Updated: April 23, 2020
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have released guidance for making decisions about return to work for healthcare personnel who have confirmed or suspected COVID-19.
Updated: April 14, 2020
This document from the Maryland Department of Labor provides information regarding the difference between facemasks and respirators and what needs to be offered to employees to maintain their safety.
Updated: March 20, 2020
This webpage provides information for healthcare professionals on topics including persons under investigation, clinical care, infection control and supply of personal protective equipment, as well as other resources.
This interim guidance from Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) aims to help prevent worker exposure to COVID-19. A dropdown menu provides information targeted to different occupations that have higher exposure risk, including healthcare workers and employers.
This website offers a series of strategies or options to optimize supplies of PPE in healthcare settings when there is limited supply.
This interim guidance has been updated based on currently available information about COVID-19 and the current situation in the US which includes reports of cases of community transmission, infections identified in healthcare personnel (HCP), and shortages of facemasks, N95 filtering facepiece respirators (FFRs) and gowns.