LibGuides: Dignity Health Libraries: COVID-19

Official CommonSpirit COVID-19 Resources/Guidance

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COVID-19 Webinars, Interviews, & Blogs

Evaluating and Caring for Patients with Post-COVID Conditions (CDC COCA Call 6/17/21 11am-12pm PT)
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Webinar ID: 160 782 6639
Passcode: 183098

Or Telephone: US: +1 669 254 5252
or +1 646 828 7666 or +1 669 216 1590
or +1 551 285 1373
A Call to Action: Mobilizing America to Vaccinate Against COVID-19 (Register: CDC COVID-19 Partner Update 6/21/21 12-1pm PT)
Return to Work Issues for California Physician Employers (Register $99: CMA 6/23/21 12:15-1:15 pm)
High Risk Patients with COVID-19: Outpatient Management to Prevent Progression (Register: Rockpointe CME, Various June-Sept. dates/times)
Virtual Grand Rounds: A Fireside Chat with California's Top Doc, Dr. Mark Ghaly, Secretary of Health and Human Services Agency (Register Free: CMA 7/13/21 12-1:30 pm PT)
CDC: COCA Calls/Webinars (Upcoming & Recordings)
WHO: Director-General's Media Briefings on COVID-19

Coronavirus Statistics

Capturing Viral Shedding in Action, NIH NIAID

Coronavirus Shedding Portrait by Beth Fisher

Monitor these Key COVID-19 Resources

COVID-19 Guidelines, Publications, & Tools

The Biden-Harris plan to beat COVID-19 (English/Spanish)

*Go to the C-19 Research Tab for Important COVID-19 Research Articles*

The COVID-19 Vaccine: A Resource Guide: Communication Best Practices and Templates (SR Health) Healthcare organizations set to administer
the COVID-19 vaccine need to be prepared
from a messaging and logistics standpoint
to quickly provide doses as they become
available. This guide contains free
templates and resources that you can use
to help in your communication efforts.
They run the gamut from frequently asked
questions (FAQs) and myth-busting facts
about the vaccine to a pre-appointment
reminder checklist that includes best
practices for automating your patient
communications and keeping patients
informed. All of these can be used in text,
emails, social media, and websites.
Big Questions for Hospitals Get Bigger: Provider executives on the lasting effects of COVID-19 (Becker's Healthcare Advisory Call eBook) Contributor:
Ketul J. Patel, CEO of Tacoma, Wash.-based CHI Franciscan and President of the Pacific Northwest Division of CommonSpirit Health

FAQs on Protecting Yourself from COVID-19 Aerosol Transmission (Expert Knowledge)
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Scientists and engineers with many years of collective research experience related to indoor air quality, aerosol science, aerosol disease transmission, and engineered control systems for aerosols. Our contributors are active researchers investigating aerosol transmission of COVID-19 (see e.g. 1, 2, 3, and 4). Five of us were speakers at the recent Workshop on Airborne Transmission of COVID-19, organized by the US National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (the highest level scientific organization in the US). Three of us are members of a COVID-19 WHO expert group.
COVID-19 Lessons Learned: A Resource for Recovery (Deloitte & Joint Commission Resources 9/18/20)
Handbook on COVID-19 Prevention & Treatment
Healthcare News: Library of Healthcare Management Articles
Hospital Equipment Repair Manuals incl. Ventilators
Modern Healthcare COVID-19 Coverage
WHO: Severe Acute Respiratory Infections Treatment Center (WHO)

The Biden-Harris plan to beat COVID-19 (English/Spanish)
NIH COVID-19 Treatment Guidelines (Updated)
COVID-19 Guidelines (ECRI Guidelines Trust) - Recently Added & By Topics (100+, Free Access to COVID-19)
UpToDate: Society Guideline Links - COVID-19
Facility Planning and Operations for COVID-19 (CDC)
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Office of Infectious Diseases (CDC OID)
COVID-19: A Frontline Guide for Local Decision-Makers (NTI)
CDI publishes clear guidance on COVID-19 testing (CMA 11/3/20)
Evaluation Criteria for COVID-19 Serology Screening (CMA)

Clinical Care

The COVID-19 Vaccine: A Resource Guide: Communication Best Practices and Templates (SR Health) Healthcare organizations set to administer
the COVID-19 vaccine need to be prepared
from a messaging and logistics standpoint
to quickly provide doses as they become
available. This guide contains free
templates and resources that you can use
to help in your communication efforts.
They run the gamut from frequently asked
questions (FAQs) and myth-busting facts
about the vaccine to a pre-appointment
reminder checklist that includes best
practices for automating your patient
communications and keeping patients
informed. All of these can be used in text,
emails, social media, and websites.

CDC: Interim Clinical Guidance for Management of Patients with Confirmed Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19)
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Updates as of February 12, 2021:
- New information on potential for under-detection of occult hypoxemia by pulse oximetry, especially among persons with dark skin
- New information on dermatologic manifestations associated with COVID-19
- New information on prolonged shedding of replication-competent SARS-CoV-2 in severely immunocompromised persons
- New information on reports of reinfection with variant viruses
CDC: For Healthcare Workers
CDC: Facility Planning and Operations for COVID-19
CDC: Interim Guidelines for Collecting, Handling, and Testing Clinical Specimens for COVID-19

CDC Personal Protective Equipment Sequence

LAC DPH COVID-19 Provider Information Hub

BMJ: Coronavirus (covid-19) Hub
Cochrane Library: Coronavirus (COVID-19): infection control and prevention measures
Cochrane Library: Coronavirus (COVID-19): evidence relevant to critical care
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This Special Collection includes Cochrane Reviews on the following topics:

• Fluid and vasopressor therapy
• Respiratory support and mechanical ventilation
• Weaning mechanical ventilation
• Managing hypoxaemia
• Pharmacological treatment
• Managing delirium
• Nutrition in intensive care
• Diagnosis
Cochrane Library: Coronavirus (COVID-19): effective options for quitting smoking during the pandemic
DynaMed: COVID-19 (Novel Coronavirus)
EBSCO: COVID-19 Information Portal
ECRI: COVID-19 Resource Center
Elsevier: Novel Coronavirus Information Center
Ethics of Resource Allocation – Medical Librarian Compiled
JAMA: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
Lancet: COVID-19 Resource Center
NEJM: Coronavirus (Covid-19)
NETEC: PPE for COVID-19 (Video 17:59)
Sanford Guide - Management of COVID-19
UW Medicine: COVID-19 Resource Site
UpToDate: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19): Epidemiology, virology, and prevention
Wolters Kluwer: COVID-19 Resources & Tools
Wolters Kluwer: COVID-19 Tools & Resources for Clinicians
Wolters Kluwer: 5MinuteConsult - Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
Wolters Kluwer: Curated MEDLINE content for COVID-19

The COVID-19 Vaccine: A Resource Guide: Communication Best Practices and Templates (SR Health) Healthcare organizations set to administer
the COVID-19 vaccine need to be prepared
from a messaging and logistics standpoint
to quickly provide doses as they become
available. This guide contains free
templates and resources that you can use
to help in your communication efforts.
They run the gamut from frequently asked
questions (FAQs) and myth-busting facts
about the vaccine to a pre-appointment
reminder checklist that includes best
practices for automating your patient
communications and keeping patients
informed. All of these can be used in text,
emails, social media, and websites.

Post Vaccine Considerations for Healthcare Personnel (CDC 12/13/20) Infection prevention and control
considerations for healthcare personnel with systemic signs and symptoms following COVID-19 vaccination

C-19 Research

Go to the C-19 Research tab for COVID-19 Research.

Go to the C-19 Patient Population Research tab for COVID-19 Research specific to patient populations, i.e. Pregnancy and Reproductive Health.

C-19 CME / CE / MOC

Go to the CME/CE/MOC tab for continuing education resources related to COVID-19.

C-19 Patient & General Public

Go to the C-19 Patient & General Public tab for patient education materials and information for the general public.

Dignity Health Libraries: COVID-19

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