Healthcare Worker Safety
WVHA Staff Contacts
Jim Kranz, Vice President, Quality and Data Services
JKranz@wvha.org
Phone: 304.353.9712
Hallie Morgan, Director, Data Analysis
hmorgan@wvha.org
Phone: 304.353.9714
CDC Resources for Healthcare Personnel
Healthcare Infection Prevention and Control FAQs for COVID-19
Healthcare Supply of Personal Protective Equipment
The following resources provide more information on conventional, contingency, and crisis/alternative strategies for the optimization of PPE.
- Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Burn Rate Calculator
- CDC Strategies for Optimizing the Supply of PPE – Includes eye, protection, isolation gowns, facemasks, and N95 Respirators
- Use Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) When Caring for Patients with Confirmed or Suspected COVID-19
- Strategies for Optimizing the Supply of PPE based on CDC Guidance (3/24/2020)
- Checklist for Healthcare Facilities: Strategies for Optimizing the Supply of N95 Respirators
- Release of Stockpiled N95 Respirators Beyond the Manufacturer-Designated Shelf Life
- Nebraska Medicine COVID-19 PPE Guidance Extended Use and Limited Reuse of Disposable Facemasks, Respirators and Protective Eyewear (3/19/20)
- FDA EUA Industry Hotline: Coronavirus COVID-19 Diagnostic Tests and Shortages
- FDA Letter – Medical Glove Conservation Strategies (3/20/2020)
- FDA Letter – Surgical Mask and Gown Conservation Strategies (3/11/2020)
- OSHA Temporary enforcement guidance on N95 Fit Testing (3/14/2020)
- Emory School of Medicine – COVID-19 Conserving PPE