• Strategic National Stockpile Order: COMPLETE BY 2 P.M., WED, APRIL 8 -- The State Emergency Operations Center has notified DHS that the final allocation of PPE from the Strategic National Stockpile is available for distribution. These supplies include N95 respirators, surgical masks, face shields, hoods, gowns, coveralls and gloves.
• ORDER HERE
• Facilities/agencies that submit requests must meet all of the following criteria:
• Facility/agency supply is depleted or will be in one week,
• Shortage or depletion is impacting ability to ensure patient care and/or worker safety,
• Facility/agency has exhausted attempts to secure PPE from other sources, and
• Facility/agency has consistently implemented CDC strategies to optimize use of N95 respirators.
• Additionally, in order to be eligible, hospitals must complete the COVID-19 Essential Elements of Information daily in EMResource.
• DHS will use a Scarce Resource Decision Tree to determine to which agencies PPE will be allocated.
• PLEASE NOTE: These items are past their manufacturer-designated shelf life. They may not be used in surgical settings. FDA has provided an emergency use authorization that allows these resources to be used for this purpose. Due to scarcity of resources, you will not receive your full order.

• The State Emergency Operations Center has created a summary of the various PPE procurement efforts and dissemination protocols in Wisconsin. The Personal Protective Equipment Summary includes information on PPE procurement sources, distribution protocols, and criteria for both medical and non-medical agencies, as well as the steps to coordinate ongoing distribution.

• DHS updated testing criteria and clinical description under Reporting and Surveillance on the Providers page 

• CDC Guidance: Interim Additional Guidance for Outpatient and Ambulatory Care Settings: Responding to Community Transmission of COVID-19 in the United States

• COVID-19 remains a Category I Reportable Condition in Wisconsin, which means health care providers and/or laboratories must report confirmed or suspected cases to DHS within 24 hours of detection. This memo from DHS outlines new reporting requirements and allows for waivers of some of the mechanisms by which COVID-19 should be reported to local health departments.
• Hospitalizations due to COVID-19 and deaths due to COVID-19 are now required to be reported to DHS.
• DHS is now waiving the requirement for notifying local health departments by telephone of suspected and confirmed cases. Cases should be reported electronically through the Wisconsin Electronic Disease Surveillance System (WEDSS), or by fax to the patient’s local health department.
• EMResource is the system being used by the state to collect information about hospital bed occupancy, ventilators, and personal protective equipment each day.

• If you are an essential worker, as classified by the State of Wisconsin, and in need of child care, visit https://healthworkerchildcare.com/ for child care resources in the Fox Valley. Thank you to ThedaCare, Ascension, Aurora, Mosaic Family Health and Partnership Community Health Center for putting this together, and thank you to the YMCAs, Boys & Girls Clubs and Child Care Resource and Referral for supporting our essential workers.

• The CDC is now providing weekly COVID-19 surveillance reports. Click here for the latest report from April 4.

• BCD: COVID-19 Webinar Wednesday, April 8 at 2:00 p.m.

• DQA Bureau of Assisted Living biweekly forum, Thursday, April 9th at 10 a.m.
• Join Zoom Meeting; Meeting ID: 723 961 504; Join by Phone: +1 312 626 6799
• Submit any questions you would like addressed by completing this survey by 4 p.m. on Wednesday.

• Long-Term Care Webinar on Nursing Home Response to COVID-19, Thursday, April 9th at 11 a.m.
• Join Zoom Meeting; Meeting ID: 122-213-079, password: covid19
• Join by Phone: +1 312 626 6799, enter 122213079# when asked for the meeting ID