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Resources for Clinicians and EMS
Vaccinations for First Responders
For vaccine-related questions, please call the DCHHS Vaccine Hotline at 469-749-9900.
Other resources:
- Texas Vaccine Allocation Guidance (12/31/20)
- DCHHS Local Priority Allocation Guidance (12/31/20)
- Locations of TX Distribution Sites: interactive map (TXDSHS)
- CDC recommends COVID-19 vaccination for everyone 12 years of age and older to help protect against COVID-19. For pediatric health care providers, the CDC has created a helpful toolkit which can be found here.
Reporting Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Cases
Healthcare providers with positive (confirmed) COVID-19 test results must complete the submit the following case report form (CRF) to DCHHS at (214) 819-6095: DCHHS Case Report Form - Novel Coronavirus, (updated 4/9/20)
Testing for Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)
The CDC has an FAQ on COVID-19 testing at laboratories that includes information on public health and commercial laboratory testing capacity.
Commercial Lab Testing
A list of commercial labs offering COVID-19 testing can be found at the FDA's FAQ on Diagnostic Testing for SARS-CoV-2 webpage.
Public Health Lab Testing
Dallas County LRN Laboratory has capacity to test for novel coronavirus. Healthcare providers requesting testing should review the following documents:
- DCHHS Submission Instructions for Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) PCR Testing, updated 7/21/20
- DCHHS Laboratory Test Request Form - Novel Coronavirus PCR, updated 4/27/20
Health Advisories and Alerts
- CDC HAN 434, Serious Adverse Health Events Associated with Methanol-based Hand Sanitizers
- CDC HAN 432, Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C) Associated with Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
- CDC HAN 431, Severe Illness Associated with Using Non-Pharmaceutical Chloroquine Phosphate to Prevent and Treat Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), 3/28/20 (CDC)
- CDC HAN, Information and Guidance about Global Travel on Cruise Ships, Including River Cruises, due to Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), 3/15/20 (CDC)
- DCHHS Health Advisory: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
- CDC HAN, Updated Guidance on Evaluating and Testing Persons for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), 3/8/20 (CDC)
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Provider Resources
- Recommendations for Duration of Quarantine, 12/15/20
- Provider Note (Excuse from work), updated 8/20/20
- Plasma Donation Resources (Texas Medical Association)
- COVID-19 Physician Checklist, updated 7/21/20
- What healthcare personnel should know about caring for patients with confirmed or possible COVID-19 (CDC)
- Using Personal Protective Equipment (CDC)
- Discharging COVID-19 Patients (CDC)
EMS Resources
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Supply Requests
If your health care organization or agency is involved in the COVID-19 response and you would like to place an order for PPE from the Strategic National Stockpile (SNS), please note the following prior to placing a request:
- The SNS cache is available to entities in Trauma Service Area E based on critical need; it is not distributed on a first-come-first-serve basis.
- Organizations experiencing a critical shortage of PPE necessary for COVID-19 response can request supplies from the SNS PPE cache.
- Not all organizations that request PPE from the SNS cache will have their request filled, and some requests will be filled at a lower level than requested.
- The SNS cache is not intended to provide a full or recurring PPE supply. It is intended to provide organizations who are within 72 hours of exhausting their PPE supply with up to 72 hours of PPE.
- NCTTRAC - PPE Resources Request Form and ICS-213RR, v3
- NCTTRAC Hospital System PPE Request Facility Details (hospitals systems placing requests for multiple facilities, please fill out and submit this form with your NCTTRAC 213RR).
When PPE is in short supply, CDC’s strategies to optimize personal protective equipment (PPE) is a quick reference that summarizes CDC’s strategies to optimize PPE supplies in healthcare settings and provides links to CDC’s guidance documents on optimizing supplies. These strategies offer a continuum of options using the framework of surge capacity when PPE supplies are stressed, running low, or absent.
COVID-19 Convalescent Plasma Donations
If you have recovered from novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and are interested in donating plasma, please visit the organizations below to determine your eligibility and fill out a donor request form:
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