Please Review this March 3 HAN (Health Alert) on COVID-19 (2019 Novel Coronavirus Illness)

To: Health Care Administrators, Directors, Infection Preventionists, DONs (Please distribute widely in your office. This information is for the public health and health care community.) From: CDPHE Division of Disease Control and Public Health Response Please review this new March 3 HAN (Health Alert Network) message from CDPHE. This HAN contains: Updated testing criteria and laboratory submission guidance. Updated and new guidance documents published by CDC for health care facilities, health care personnel, and optimizing use of respirators. View the HAN here or go to https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qq1y9CwMyoUVQqRqScHqEUzzYKk8geiG/view?usp=sharing For post acute and long term care settings, the American Medical Directors Association has issued this guidance: https://drive.google.com/file/d/10s-ofu6IOR5vPGZp4-H0JhqCFqu2XTl6/view?usp=sharing To stay updated on the current situation please continue to monitor the following website resources:  “CDC Resources for Healthcare Facilities” -- a landing page for health care mitigation strategies, https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/healthcare-facilities/index.html. CDPHE Coronavirus Resources for Health Care Providers, https://www.colorado.gov/pacific/cdphe/resources-local-public-health-agencies-and-healthcare-providers If you have a client/patient/resident showing symptoms of COVID-19, contact your local public health department or the CDPHE epidemiology team at 303-692-2700. If you have general questions about COVID-2019 please call CO-Help at 303-389-1687 or 1-877-462-2911, or email COHELP@RMPDC.org, for answers in English and Spanish.