Updated COVID-19 Resource Request Process
This afternoon, the Maryland Department of Health (MDH) shared important clarifying information regarding the current process that hospitals and other healthcare entities should use to request PPE and other health related equipment or supplies, except for ventilators. Requests for ventilators will be routed differently and as soon as the Hospital Surge Team completes their process, it will be shared.
The process for requesting health and hospital related materials should be routed from the requester to their respective local health department using
THIS FORM.
The local health department (LHD) will provide the requested items if available. If the LHD is unable to fulfill the request, the form should be forwarded to the local office of emergency management (OEM). Prior to sending to the OEM, the LHD should ensure that all required information is completed and that the request is appropriate. For example, requesting N-95 respirators when CDC and state guidelines indicate that only surgical masks are to be used. The OEM should enter the request into WebEOC and attach the request form.
The ordering form assists the local OEMS to input the requests and provides data needed for MEMA and MDH to respond to numerous federal requests for data and certifies that the requesting agency is conforming to CDC’s PPE conservation guidance.
MDH acknowledges that the changing requesting processes present lots of challenges we must, in this instance, comply with the guidelines of the various federal agencies. MDH is trying to best comply with minimal impacts on providers and is trying to make each request serve as many purposes as possible.
The data that providers supply with request helps to inform the required PPE burn rate that must be submitted daily as well as assuring that MDH is doing their best to comply with conservation guidelines. Both are required for continued eligibility to receive federal assets.
As this crisis evolves, be prepared for the system to change again.
Thank you for all that you are doing and for you continued flexibility to ever-changing federal guidance.
IMPORTANT NOTE
: Please do not use previously provided request form or contact sheet. If your request is not documented on the updated sheets and contact emails, it will NOT be processed.