Briggs Healthcare Blog

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

Or iPhone one-tap:
US: +16468769923,,695903771# or +16699006833,,695903771#

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

The Emergency Risk Communication Branch in the Division of Emergency Operations, Center for Preparedness and Response is responsible for the management of all COCA products.

For information about this update or other clinical issues, or to send your feedback, please contact us at coca@cdc.gov

• CDC Clinician Outreach and Communication Activity Facebook page-connect with COCA on Facebook
• Clinician Outreach and Communication Activity-resources for healthcare providers
• COCA RSS Feed-subscribe to be notified of conference calls, updates, and CDC guidance for health providers
• Crisis & Emergency Risk Communication Training-training program that draws from lessons learned during public health emergencies, and incorporates best practices from the fields of risk and crisis communication
• Health Alert Network-CDC’s primary method of sharing cleared information about urgent public health incidents with public information officers; federal, state, territorial, and local public health practitioners; clinicians; and public health laboratories