Communicable Disease Service

COVID-19 Public Health Reporting Guidance NEW 4/25/20

Guidance for COVID-19 Diagnosed and/or Exposed Healthcare Personnel 3/30/20

Frequently Asked Questions: Healthcare Personnel and COVID-19 3/29/20

Guidance for COVID-19 Patients Discharged from Healthcare Facilities 3/19/20

Providing Routine Immunizations During the COVID-19 Pandemic 4/8/20

CDC Resources for Clinics and Healthcare Facilities

Priority Actions for All Post-acute Care Settings in Response to COVID-19 UPDATED 3/30/20

Recommendations for Long-Term Care Facilities during COVID-19 Pandemic UPDATED 4/6/20

Outbreak Management Checklist NEW 4/6/20

LINCS Message - Key Messages to Long Term Care Facilities for COVID-19 3/4/20

Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for the Care of Patients with Multi-drug Resistant Organisms (MDROs) in COVID-19 Pandemic NEW 4/10/2020

Guidance for Outpatient Providers Evaluating Patients for COVID-19

New Jersey Department of Health COVID-19 Testing Criteria NEW 4/9/20

PHEL Supplemental Technical Bulletin:  Testing for COVID-19 PUIs

Public Health and Environmental Laboratories (PHEL)

For a complete list of resources for your patients including information for confirmed cases and contacts, please visit https://www.nj.gov/health/cd/topics/covid2019_community.shtml

“Ask for a Mask Posters”: This poster is for use in healthcare settings

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New Jersey Department of Health (NJDOH) Monitoring and Movement Guidance for Healthcare Personnel (HCP) Exposed to Confirmed Cases of COVID-19 (March 9, 2020)

Purpose: Due to their often extensive and close contact with vulnerable individuals in healthcare settings, NJDOH recommends a conservative approach to HCP monitoring and restrictions from work to quickly identify early symptoms and prevent transmission from potentially contagious HCP to patients, HCP, and visitors.  Healthcare facilities (HCFs) should have a low threshold for evaluating symptoms and testing symptomatic HCP, particularly those who fall into the high- and medium-risk categories described in this guidance. HCFs, in consultation with public health authorities, should use clinical judgment as well as the principles outlined in this guidance to assign risk and determine need for work restrictions. 

To help HCFs document and assess HCP risk and exposure, NJDOH has developed the below series of tools and checklists:

• NJDOH Healthcare Personnel (HCP) Exposure to Confirmed COVID-19 Case Risk Algorithm (March 9, 2020)

• This document can be used to assess the type of potential exposure HCP may have experienced while caring for the COVID-19 patient and assign risk level (High, Medium, Low or No Risk).  It also provides guidance on the management of exposed HCP.

• Retrospective Assessment Tool for Healthcare Personnel Potentially Exposed to COVID-19 (March 9, 2020)

• This tool can be used to assess HCP exposure risk prior to the patient being identified as having COVID-19.

• NJDOH COVID-19 Healthcare Personnel (HCP) Exposure Checklist (March 9, 2020)

• This tool can be used to monitor and assess the appropriate use of personal protective equipment (PPE) for HCP caring for the COVID-19 patient after they have been identified in the facility. 

• NJDOH COVID-19 Fever and Symptom Monitoring Log for Healthcare Personnel (March 9, 2020)

• This tool can be used by a HCF or local health department (LHD) to assist HCP with daily symptom monitoring.

• Healthcare Personnel Exposure Line List (March 9, 2020)

• This tool can be used by a HCF or local health department (LHD) track HCP under active monitoring.