Health Care: COVID-19

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

• Reporting COVID-19/SARS-CoV-2 Infections
  Required disease reporting for COVID-19.
• 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.
• Therapeutic Options for COVID-19 Patients
  Information about investigational medication treatments (therapeutics), to be updated as new information is available.
• Surgeries and Procedures During COVID-19
  General information about medical procedures and surgeries during COVID-19.
• Clinical Recommendations for Patients with Underlying Medical Conditions
  High-risk conditions and clinical recommendations for health care providers.
• 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

• Health Care Worker Isolation and Exposure Recommendations
  Protocols for isolation and managing exposures of health care workers during conventional, contingency, and crisis staffing situations.
• Defining Crisis Staffing Shortage in Congregate Care Facilities
  Crisis-level staffing criteria, strategies, and guidelines for congregate care facilities.
• Reporting COVID-19/SARS-CoV-2 Clusters in Health Care Facilities
• Guidance for Temporary Plastic Barriers in Health Care Settings
  12/18/20
• Ivermectin and COVID-19 (PDF)
  Information for health care organizations and providers.
  4/20/22
• 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.