Best Practices for Tribal Nations
- Added 8/12 From Poarch Band of Creek Indians: Personnel Policies and Procedures – General Procedures for a State of Emergency
- Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians: DRAFT Pandemic Flu Plan
Best Practices for Pandemic Preparedness and Planning
- 10/2 The National Academy of Medicine: Framework for Equitable Allocation of COVID-19 Vaccine
- Added 8/12 ASTHO: Emergency Authority and Immunity Toolkit – Emergency Declarations and Authorities.
- 4/21 Harvard’s Edmon J. Safra Center for Ethics: Roadmap to Pandemic Resilience
- COVID-19: Model Plans, Policies, Codes and Resolutions
- From Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians: DRAFT Pandemic Flu Plan
- Tribal Pandemic Influenza Plan
- Pandemic Flu Checklist for local Health Departments
Prevention Best Practices
- 7/14 FDA: Q&A for Consumers: Hand Sanitizers and COVID-19
- 4/30 EPA: Guidance for Cleaning and Disinfecting Public Spaces, Workplaces, Businesses, Schools and Homes
- Wash your hands often with soap and water for 20 seconds. If soap and water are not available, use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer.
- Avoid touching your eyes, nose, and mouth with unwashed hands.
- Avoid close contact with people who are ill.
- Stay home when you are ill.
- Practice good respiratory etiquette and cover your mouth and nose when coughing or sneezing.
- If using a tissue, immediately throw the tissue in the garbage and wash your hands.
- If you don’t have a tissue, sneeze or cough into your sleeve or arm.
- CNN: How to coronavirus-proof your home tip sheet
Best Practices for Water System Preparedness and Pandemic
- EPA: Information on Maintaining or Restoring Water Quality in Buildings with Low or No Use
- CDC 5/7: CDC Guidance for Reopening Buildings After Prolonged Shutdown or Reduced Operation
- EPA 4/16: EPA Incident Action Checklist – Pandemic Incidents
- EPA Dear Tribal Leader Letter 4/7: EPA Administrator encourages Tribal Leaders to classify water and wastewater workers as essential
- EPA News Release 4/6: EPA to Donate Personal Protective Equipment to State and Local Responders Fighting COVID-19 Across the Country
- EPA News Release 4/6: UPDATED: What They Are Saying: Public Officials and Stakeholders Voice Support for EPA’s Discretion Policy for COVID-19 Pandemic
- EPA News Release 3/26: EPA Announces Enforcement Discretion Policy for COVID-19 Pandemic
- EPA 3/26: COVID-19 Implications for EPA’s Enforcement and Compliance Assurance Program
- EPA News Release 3/27: EPA Urges States to Support Drinking Water and Wastewater Operations during COVID-19
- EPA News Release 3/27: EPA Announces Steps to Protect the Availability of Gasoline during COVID-19 Pandemic
- EPA News Release 3/30: EPA Corrects the Record after Reckless Reporting on Temporary Compliance Guidance
- EPA News Release 3/30: EPA Encourages Americans to Only Flush Toilet Paper
- Water Environment Federation coronavirus webcast from February 25, 2020
- Water Environment Federation: Water Professionals Guide to COVID-19
- Stantec: Introduction to Coronaviruses
- American Water Works Association: Water System Preparedness and Best Practices for Pandemic Influenza
- Environmental Protection Agency: Pandemic Influenza Fact Sheet for the Water Sector
- EPA: Coronavirus (COVID-19) and drinking water and wastewater
- EPA: Information from the CDC about water transmission and COVID-19
- EPA: Incident Action Checklist – Pandemic Instructions
Best Practices for Healthcare Personnel
- The National Center for American Indian Enterprise Development 7/30: What Tribes and Tribal Entities Need to Know When Procuring Personal Protective Equipment
- HHS 6/4: HHS Announces New Laboratory Data Reporting Guidance for COVID-19 Testing
- Center for World Indigenous Studies: Best Traditional Medicines Practices for COVID-19 Prevention
- 4/22 NIH COVID-19 Treatment Guidelines
- North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NC HHS): COVID-19 Outpatient Triage and Assessment Guidance
- NC HHS: Interim guidance for use of personal protective equipment
- NC HHS: Interim Guidance for Discontinuation of Home Isolation for Patients with Suspected or Confirmed Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
- OSHA: Guidance on Personal Protective Equipment
- Information about requesting items from the Strategic National Medical Stockpile
- CMS: Guidance for Nursing homes
- CDC: Guidance on infection prevention and control recommendations for healthcare workers.
- CMS: Guidance for Infection Control and Prevention of Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) in Outpatient Settings: FAQs and Considerations
- A diagram for general steps that Tribal clinics established for the collection of drive-up samples.
- FEMA 4/13: Preserving Personal Protective Equipment Best Practices Advisory
- FEMA 4/13: Preserving Personal Protective Equipment Best Practices Fact Sheet
- New England Journal of Medicine 4/20: How to Obtain a Nasopharyngeal Swab Specimen
Best Practices for Telehealth
- Hobbs, Straus, Dean & Walker 4/3: CMS’ Informational Bulletin on Medicaid Telehealth Flexibilities
- CMS 4/2: Rural Health Care and Medicaid Telehealth Flexibilities