COVID-19 overview and infection prevention and control priorities in non-US healthcare settings

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (U.S.). Division of Viral Diseases.
• Description:
  Updated July 8, 2020
  
  This overview was created for healthcare workers in non-US healthcare settings and non-US national government officials working on the COVID-19 response.
  
  The information in this document draws from CDC and WHO guidance documents and Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) priorities for the response to COVID-19 in healthcare settings and includes information that can be used in non-US contexts.
  
  
• Content Notes:
  Purpose & Scope of this document -- Coronavirus Background -- Coronavirus Disease 2019: Emergence; Transmission; Symptoms -- Illness Severity – China (through February 11, 2020) -- COVID-19: People at Higher Risk for Severe Illness -- COVID-19 Prevention and Treatment: COVID-19: Everyday Preventative Actions; COVID-19: Treatment -- IPC for COVID-19: What is IPC?; COVID-19: IPC Priorities -- Standard and Transmission-based Precautions -- COVID-19: Transmission Based Precautions -- COVID-19: PPE -- Aerosol Generating Procedures -- Infection Prevention and Control Resources for COVID-19 in non-US Healthcare Settings -- References.
• Subjects:
  Communicable Disease Control Coronavirus Infections/prevention & Control COVID-19 Disease Outbreaks Global Health Infection Control Pandemics
• Document Type:
  Webpage
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:85cb25f36c39a46387765352bc87de7b987aa0f050eded89132d545aad418f53
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/90300/cdc_90300_DS1.pdf
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