Coronavirus COVID-19 Updates and Resources
CDC clarifies mask guidance for healthcare settings
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated their guidance on Feb. 2022 regarding the use of masks to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Shortly afterward, the CDC clarified that these new guidelines do not apply in healthcare settings. Instead, healthcare settings should continue to use community transmission rates and continue to follow CDC’s infection prevention and control recommendations for healthcare settings. The CDC’s standing recommendations regarding the use of masks in healthcare settings suggest that everyone in the health care setting wear a mask. However, CDC has also outlined allowances to consider when developing safety plans and operation plans for healthcare facilities. CDC indicates that whether an individual is vaccinated or if the healthcare facility is located in a county with low to moderate community transmission should be factors to consider in developing masking requirements. As this guidance from CDC is not state or federal law, Doctors of Optometry should consider these recommendations as well any state level requirements or mandates when developing masking policies.
State- Indiana State Department of Health
- Indiana Local Health Departments
- Back on Track Indiana (includes COVID-19 county metrics and requirements)
- Gov. Holcomb’s Executive Orders
- Indiana COVID-19 Resource Guide
- General questions about COVID-19 may be directed to the IDOH Epidemiology Resource Center
at 317-233-7125 during normal business hours from 8:15-4:15 M-F. For after-hours questions, please call the IDOH Epidemiologist-on-Call at 317-233-1325 or email: epiresource@isdh.in.gov - Family and Social Services Administration - Guidance for Medicaid providers regarding COVID-19 (Link and scroll down the page for the Office of Medicaid Policy & Planning)
- Indiana Back on Track chart
- ISDH COVID-19 Testing Sites
- PPE Sources
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- CDC Community Transmissions Rates
- CDC Mask Guidance for Healthcare Settings
- CDC Guidance on Omicron
- CDC Strategies to Mitigate Healthcare Personnel Staffing Shortages
- Interim Guidance for Managing Healthcare Personnel with SARS-CoV-2 Infection or Exposure to SARS-CoV-2
- Interim Clinical Considerations for Use of COVID-19 Vaccines
- CDC COVID Data Tracker
- AOA COVID-19 Updates
- Government Response to Coronavirus
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- CDC Return to Work for Healthcare Personnel with Confirmed or Suspected COVID-19
- Project N95 - The National COVID-19 Medical Equipment Clearinghouse
- OSHA/HHS - Guidance on Preparing Workplaces for COVID 19
- OSHA Guidance on Returning to Work
- US Chamber of Commerce
- US Chamber of Commerce Coronavirus Emergency Loans Small Business Guide and Checklist
- Department of Health and Human Services Quality Payment Program
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
- Guidelines for Opening Up America Again
- AOA Optometry Practice Re-Activation Preparedness Guide
- US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
- OSHA emergency temporary standard (ETS) mandate on vaccination
- Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation
- Guidance on N95 Masks
- Indiana Health Alert Network Notification 1.3.22 - Guidelines for Use of COVID-19 Monoclonal Antibody and Antiviral Therapeutics
- CDC Health Advisory 12.31.21 - Using Therapeutics to Prevent and Treat COVID-19
- Student Loan Update
- Indiana Small Business Development Center
Includes COVID-19 resources with an emphasis on economic injury disaster loans and information about additional funding - U.S. Small Business Administration – Small Business Guidance and Loan Resources
- Indy Chamber
- Indiana Economic Development Corporation - Business Resource Center
- IOA Webinar Slides
- IOA Webinar Video
The IOA hosted a virtual town hall titled "Employment and Business in the Time of Coronavirus" on Monday, April 6 at 2 pm. - H.R. 6201, FAMILIES FIRST CORONAVIRUS RESPONSE ACT - Emergency Paid Sick Leave
- Families First Coronavirus Response Act Questions & Answers
- Indiana Department of Labor
- Indiana Department of Workforce Development
- COVID-19 and the Workplace
- US Department of Labor Families First Coronavirus Response Act: Employee Paid Leave Rights
- US Department of Labor Families First Coronavirus Response Act: Employer Paid Leave Requirements
- US Department of Labor Families First Coronavirus Response Act Notice – Frequently Asked Questions
- US Department of Labor - COVID-19 and the American Workplace
- US Department of Labor Federal Employee Rights
- US Department of Labor Employee Rights
- IRS: Employee Retention Credit available for many businesses financially impacted by COVID-19