Interim CDC guidance on handling non-COVID-19 public health activities that require face-to-face interaction with clients in the clinic and field in the current COVID-19 pandemic
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Interim CDC guidance on handling non-COVID-19 public health activities that require face-to-face interaction with clients in the clinic and field in the current COVID-19 pandemic

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  • Corporate Authors:
    National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (U.S.). Division of Viral Diseases.
  • Description:
    The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) global pandemic has forced public health to reassess its approach to providing care while keeping staff and patients safe. Mitigation strategies, such as social distancing and sheltering in place, have impacted clinical care and field services across the nation. As a result, many jurisdictions have limited face-to-face interactions to only the most essential.

    It is important to protect healthcare and public health workers from COVID-19 while maintaining their ability to deliver critical public health services. State, local, tribal, and territorial public health programs need flexibility to reassign tasks and shift priorities to meet these competing needs. This document provides guidance for protecting public health workers engaged in public health activities that require face-to-face interaction with clients in clinic and field settings. The guidance has the following objectives:

    • minimizing risk of exposure, illness, and spread of disease among staff conducting public health emergency response operations and essential public health functions;

    • minimizing risk of exposure, illness, and spread of disease among members of the public at public health facilities; and

    • preserving essential functions and mission capabilities of state, territorial, local, and tribal health departments.

  • Content Notes:
    Overview -- Prioritization -- Phased Approaches and Strategies for Face-to-Face Activities -- Consideration of Worker Risk Level -- Protective Measures that Pertain to All Work Settings Protective Measures That Pertain to Public Health Clinical Settings -- Protections that Pertain to Field-Based Public Health Staff -- Workplace Strategies to Mitigate Community Transmission and Maintain Continuity of Public Health Operations -- Appendix: NCHHSTP Disease-Specific Recommendations.
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    Coronavirus Disease 2020 (COVID-19)
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    Guidance
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