• Tele-ICAR Review (slides provided by DHS): This CDC infection control assessment tool adapted for COVID preparation is meant to prepare long-term care facilities before they have cases in infection control areas that could impact spread.

• Interim Infection Prevention and Control Guidance for Veterinary Clinics During the COVID-19 Response (CDC)

• COVID-19Surge is a spreadsheet-based tool provided by the CDC that hospital administrators and public health officials can use to estimate the surge in demand for hospital-based services during the COVID-19 pandemic. A user of COVID-19Surge can produce estimates of the number of COVID-19 patients that need to be hospitalized, the number requiring ICU care, and the number requiring ventilator support. The user can then compare those estimates with hospital capacity, using either existing capacity or estimates of expanded capacity.

• The Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) outlines the current state of antibody testing for SARS-CoV-2, along with research questions and additional testing and policy considerations. This information will be updated regularly as new research, tests, and increased public health capacity become available.  This “IDSA COVID 19 antibody testing primer” was talked about on the DHS Provider call this morning.

• The next DQA Assisted Living Forum will be held Tuesday, April 28 from 10-11 a.m. Forums will be held weekly on Tuesdays and Thursdays until further notice.