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.
  
  
• 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.

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 7/29/20
  
  
• Defining Crisis Staffing Shortage in Congregate Care Facilities
  Crisis-level staffing criteria, strategies, and guidelines for congregate care facilities.
  7/15/20
  
  
• 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.
  4/27/20
  
  
• 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.

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COVID-19 information in other languages:

• Kab Mob Khaus Las Nas Vais Lav 2019 (COVID-19)
  (Hmong)
• Cudurka Koronafayras 2019 (COVID-19)
  (Somali)
• Enfermedad del Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19)
  (Spanish)
• American Sign Language (ASL) Videos

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