COVID-19: CDC and State Links

{^widget|(linktext)Find+state-specific+COVID-19+and+business+support+resources+here|(linktarget)_blank|(widget_displayname)WYSIWYG+CTA|(name)WYSIWYGCTA|(linkurl)%7e%2fresources%2fgovernment-programs%2fcovid-19-resources-and-business-support-by-state|(width)|(height)^}

State & Territorial Health Department Websites — This CDC Public Health Professional Gateway page includes links to websites of health departments for all 50 states, eight U.S. territories and freely associated states, and the District of Columbia.

Healthcare Facility Guidance (CDC) — This page includes interim guidance and key considerations for healthcare facilities on communicating to staff how to prepare and adjust care based on the severity of the pandemic in your area.

Protect Yourself (CDC) — This guidance helps explain how the vrius is transmitted and methods to prevent its spread via hand-washing, avoiding close contact, covering mouth and nose when around others, and cleaning/disinfecting surfaces.

Optimize PPE Supply (CDC) — These optimization strategies cover eye protection, isolation gowns, facemasks, N95 respirators, powered air purifying respirators, elastomeric respirators and ventilators.

• Guidance on stockpiled N95 respirators
• Guidance on decontamination and reuse of filtering facepiece respirators
• PPE Burn Rate Calculator
• Using PPE

Preparedness Tools for Healthcare Professionals and Facilities Responding to COVID-19 (CDC) — Includes a healthcare provider checklist and a COVID-19 surge tool for hospital administrators and public health officials to use to estimate the surge in demand for hospital-based services during the COVID-19 pandemic.

COVID-19 FAQ — Links to frequently asked questions on basics about COVID-19, how to protect yourself, issues affecting children/schools, warning signs/symptoms, testing, high-risk patients, funerals and ongoing work by the CDC.

Return to Work for Healthcare Personnel (HCP) with Confirmed or Suspected COVID-19 —  Includes return to work criteria for HCP with confirmed or suspected COVID-19, return to work practices and work restrictions, and strategies to mitigate healthcare personnel staffing shortages.

Interim U.S. Guidance for Risk Assessment and Public Health Management of Healthcare Personnel with Potential Exposure in a Healthcare Setting to Patients with Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) — Includes epidemiologic risk classification for asymptomatic healthcare personnel following exposure to patients with COVID-19, plus recommendations for monitoring based on COVID-19 exposure risk

Evaluating and Testing Persons for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) — Includes criteria to guide evaluation and laboratory testing for COVID-19, as well as recommendations for reporting, testing, and specimen collection.

COVID-19 Fact Sheets — Print-only materials developed by the CDC to support COVID-19 recommendations. All materials are free for download. They may be printed on a standard office printer, or you may use a commercial printer.