Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP
Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare
During this COCA Call, clinicians will learn what they can do to prepare for COVID-19 including identifying persons under investigation, applying infection prevention and control measures, assessing risks for exposures, optimizing the use of personal protective equipment supplies, and managing and caring for patients (inpatient and at home).
Date: Thursday, March 5, 2020
Time: 2:00pm–3:00pm (ET)
Please click the link below to join:
https://zoom.us/j/695903771
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Or Telephone:
US: +1 646 876 9923 or +1 669 900 6833
Webinar ID: 695 903 771
International numbers available: https://zoom.us/u/anixAVglV
If you are unable to attend this live COCA Call, it will be available to view on-demand a few hours after the call.
Special Request: Due to the high demand we anticipate for this COCA Call, we kindly ask participants to access it in a group format, if possible, to allow for the maximum number of people to participate.
Watch on Facebook: You may also participate in this COCA Call by joining COCA’s Facebook Live.
Advanced registration is not required. Continuing Education will not be offered for this COCA Call.
Presenters
Sue Gerber, MD
COVID-19 Response Epidemiology Task Force Deputy Lead
National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Amber M. Vasquez, MD, MPH
COVID-19 Response Infection Prevention and Control Team
National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
CAPT Lisa Delaney, MS, CIH (USPHS)
COVID-19 Response Worker Health and Safety Team
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Angela J. P. Campbell, MD, MPH, FPIDS, FIDSA
COVID-19 Response Clinical Team
National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
CDC Resources
- Evaluating and Reporting Persons Under Investigation (PUI)
- Healthcare Infection Control Guidelines
- Healthcare Personnel with Potential COVID-19 Exposure
- Strategies for Optimizing Supply of N95 Respirators
- Clinical Care Guidance
- Implementing Home Care of People Not Requiring Hospitalization
- Disposition of Non-Hospitalized Patients with COVID-19
- Interim Guidance for Collection and Submission of Postmortem Specimens from Deceased Persons Under Investigation (PUI) for COVID-19, February 2020
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