Health Care: COVID-19

Guidance for reporting, evaluating and testing, infection prevention and control, and specific to long-term care and facilities and systems.

• Reporting COVID-19/SARS-CoV-2 Infections
  Required disease reporting for COVID-19.
  • Registering and Reporting COVID-19 Deaths
  
  
• Evaluating and Testing: COVID-19
  Minnesota guidance for evaluating and testing patients.
  Forms | Collecting Specimens | Home Care Instructions
  
  
• Infection Prevention and Control: COVID-19
  Guidelines and recommendations related to infection prevention.
  
  
• Long-term Care: COVID-19
  Guidance and resources for long-term care facilities.
  
  
• Health Care Facilities and Systems: COVID-19
  Facilities and systems specific guidance.
  
  
• COVID-19 Vaccine
  Planning details and vaccine provider pre-registration instructions, as well as data and phases.
  
  
• Surgeries and Procedures During COVID-19
  Guidance and frequently asked questions about surgeries and medical procedures during COVID-19.
  
  
• Clinical Recommendations for Patients with Underlying Medical Conditions
  High-risk conditions and clinical recommendations for health care providers.
  
  
• Waivers and Modifications
  Current MDH waivers or modifications to regulatory requirements.
  
  
• Mental Health and Resiliency Tools for Health Care Workers: COVID-19
  Tools and resources for health care leaders and workers to deal with common mental, emotional, and psychological concerns they have because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

For all health care workers/settings

• COVID-19 Recommendations for Health Care Workers (PDF)
  Recommendations for health care workers who are ill or living with a person suspected of having COVID-19 regarding self-quarantine and restriction from work.
  Updated 4/7/21
  
  
• Staffing Options for Acute Care Facilities With Staff Shortages (PDF)
  Updated 12/18/20
  
  
• Defining Crisis Staffing Shortage in Congregate Care Facilities
  Crisis-level staffing criteria, strategies, and guidelines for congregate care facilities.
  Updated 10/13/20
  
  
• Guidance for Temporary COVID-19 Beds in Large Common Spaces
  11/13/20
  
  
• Guidance for Temporary Plastic Barriers in Health Care Settings
  12/18/20
  
  
• Information for Providers Requesting Abbott BinaxNOW™ Antigen Tests
  
  
• Cue COVID-19 Test
  Description, Provider Instructions, and Priority Distribution
  
  
• Interim Guidance for Discharge to Home or New/Re-Admission to Congregate Living Settings and Discontinuing Transmission-Based Precautions (PDF)
  Updated 7/30/20
  
  
• Pulse Oximetry and COVID-19 (PDF)
  How to use a pulse oximeter to measure a patient's oxygen saturation.
  Updated 2/3/21
  
  
• Prescribing Antibiotics in Outpatient Settings during the COVID-19 Pandemic (PDF)
  Information and considerations for providers related to antibiotics.
  4/9/21
  
  
• Best Practices for COVID-19 Testing and Vaccination Sites: Disability-related Accessibility
  
  
• Minnesota Home Care Association (MHCA)
  Includes a COVID-19 Home Care & Hospice Toolkit.
  
  
• CDC: Information For Healthcare Professionals
  Interim CDC guidance for health care professionals on human cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Check the CDC guidance regularly as updates are posted when new information is available.
  
  
• CDC: Publications
  List of references for publications on COVID-19.