Resources for Health Care

Daily Clinical Update

• COVID-19 Alaska Clinical Update
  April 27, 2020
  

Alaska Public Health Alert Network

• Inpatient obstetric health care settings - April 9, 2020
  New guidance on interim considerations for infection prevention and control of COVID-19 in inpatient obstetric health care settings
• Safe Handling of Bodies of Deceased Persons: Alaska Public Health Alert - April 7, 2020
  Guidance for the Safe Handling of Bodies of Deceased Persons with COVID-19
• Non-pharmaceutical Chloroquine Phosphate: Alaska Public Health Alert - March 30, 2020
  Severe Illness Associated with Using Non-Pharmaceutical Chloroquine Phosphate to Prevent and Treat Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
• Subscribe to Alaska Public Health Alert notices

COVID-19 Update for Alaska's Health Care Providers

• COVID-19 Documentation in Health Care Facilities (ICD-10-CM Coding)
  
• CDC Guidance on Certifying COVID-19 Deaths
• Register for Alaska COVID-19 ECHO's Zoom videoconferences
  Tuesdays, 7-8:30 p.m. beginning March 31, 2020
  

Health Care Providers

In Alaska, health care providers must report confirmed cases of COVID-19 to the Section of Epidemiology; use the Alaska Infectious Disease Report Form.

• Patient care strategies for scarce resource situations, crisis standard of care
  April 15, 2020
• Prepare to Care for COVID-19: Get Your Practice Ready (CDC)
  
• FAQ for Healthcare Professionals (CDC)
  
• Interim clinical guidance on management of patients with confirmed COVID-19

Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

• Guidance on Use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for Healthcare Personnel Caring for COVID-19 Patients April 14, 2020
• PPE Flowchart April 14, 2020​
  

Testing Guidance and Laboratories

• How to Obtain a Nasopharyngeal Swab Specimen
  
• Guidance for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Testing in Alaska April 22, 2020
• Laboratory resources (CDC)
• Collecting, handing and testing clinical specimens from persons with COVID-19
  

Therapeutic Options

• Information for clinicians on therapeutic options for COVID-19 patients (CDC)