COVID-19 Information for Health Care Facilities

PA HAN

• Health Alerts, Advisories and Updates
  

PA DOH Guidance and Resources

• Updated Guidance for Home Health Care Agencies During the COVID-19 Pandemic (5/4/2021)
• The Department of Health (Department) has received questions from multiple agencies regarding the participation of home health care agencies in the provision of COVID-19 vaccines to the homebound population.  The Department provides the following guidance:

• 28 PA Code Section 601.31 (d) Rules and Regulations for Home Health Care Agencies that requires drugs and devices may only be dispensed by licensed pharmacists or licensed physicians to the patients in their care will be temporarily suspended while the proclamation of the health disaster emergency remains in effect. This suspension will allow agency licensed nursing staff to transport the vaccine to homebound individuals. Home health care agencies interested in providing the vaccine to their homebound patients should form partnerships with existing vaccine providers.

• Guidance on Ambulatory Surgical Facilities’ Responses to COVID-19
• Amended Order of the Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Health - ASF (PDF) (4/2/2020)
  
• Termination of SOH Order Requiring ASF Reporting (PDF) (2/19/2021)
• COVID-19 Guidance for Home Care, Home Health Care and Hospice
• State and CMS Survey Guidance for Home Care Agencies, Home Care Registries, Home Health Care Agencies, Hospices, Birth Centers, and Prescribed Pediatric Extended Care Centers during the COVID-19 Pandemic
• State and CMS Survey Guidance for Hospitals, Ambulatory Surgical Facilities, and Abortion Facilities During the COVID-19 Pandemic
• PPE and Supplies Inventory Collection Tool
• FAQ - Executive Order for Targeted Distribution of COVID-19 PPE and Supplies (PDF)
• COVID-19 Interim Crisis Standards of Care (PDF)
• COVID-19 PPE Fact Sheet
• Point of Care Testing
• SOH Order on Antigen Testing Reporting (PDF)

State Registrar Notices

• 2020-13, Additional Guidance for Medical Professionals - Reporting of Deaths Attributed to COVID-19 (PDF)
• 2020-10, Medical Certification of a Report of Death (PDF)
• 2020-05, Establishing an EDRS Account - Medical Professionals (PDF)
• 2020-01, COVID-19 for Medical Professionals (PDF)

Federal Guidance and Resources

• Interim Infection Prevention and Control Recommendations for Patients with Confirmed 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) or Persons Under Investigation for COVID-19 in Healthcare Settings
  
• Interim U.S. Guidance for Risk Assessment and Public Health Management of Healthcare Personnel with Potential Exposure in a Healthcare Setting to Patients with 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)
  
• Healthcare Infection Prevention and Control FAQs for COVID-19
  
• Interim Considerations for Infection Prevention and Control of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Inpatient Obstetric Healthcare Settings
  
• Guidance for Infection Control and Prevention of COVID-19 in dialysis facilities
  
• Guidance for Infection Control and Prevention Concerning COVID-19 in Home Health Agencies
  
• Guidance for use of Certain Industrial Respirators by Health Care Personnel
  
• Checklist for Healthcare Facilities: Strategies for Optimizing the Supply of N95 Respirators during the COVID-19 Response
  
• Nephrologists Transforming Dialysis Safety (NTDS) Coronavirus Information
  
• Health Care Coalition (HCC)
  



Questions? Call 1-877-PA-HEALTH (1-877-724-3258)


Updated 2/19/2021