Healthcare Providers & Laboratories

TDH COVID-19 Webinars for Health Care Providers

CDC’s Project Firstline

• ★ Register to Become a COVID-19 Pandemic Vaccinating Provider ★
  
• Vaccine Program Provider Agreement FAQs (10/30)
• Vaccine Storage and Handling Guidance
• Reporting COVID-19 Vaccine Administration data to TennIIS
• Provider Resources for COVID-19 Vaccine Conversations with Patients
• Mass Vaccination Clinics: Challenges and Best Practices
• CDC COVID-19 Vaccine Training Module for Providers
• CDC COVID-19 Vaccination Program Provider Agreement (10/30)

For more information about becoming a COVID-19 vaccine provider, email VPDIP.pandemic@tn.gov

COVID-19 Vaccine Administration Resources

• CDC Guidance: Vaccination of Health Care Workers and Long Term Care Facility Residents

COVID-19 Emotional Support

• COVID-19 Emotional Support Line for Healthcare Workers

If you are a Tennessee health care provider or first responder and want to talk to someone about feelings of stress, anxiety, sadness or depression related to your work, the COVID-19 Emotional Support Line is staffed by specially-trained volunteers who can help. Please call 888-MHART-TN (888-642-7886). Learn more here.

• Guidance for Healthcare Workers Returning to Work after COVID Illness
  
• Frontline Staff Toolkit for Outpatient Hemodialysis Facilities

Clinical Information

• Monoclonal Antibody Administration Locations: Location Availability (Last updated 6/9/21)
• CDC: Clinical information about this disease
• Guidance for Provision of Curbside Immunization Services (4/25)
  

Case and Lab Reporting/Specimen Submission/Testing

• COVID Variant Reporting Guidance
• Report a case of this disease (2/5)
• Submit a specimen for laboratory testing (7/30)
• Antibody Testing Guidance (4/30)
• CDC: Overview of Testing for SARS-CoV-2
• PH-1600
• Point-of-Care Test Reporting Guidance (2/5)
  
• Several memos, regulations, and press releases have been publicized over the past several months regarding COVID-19 laboratory result reporting to Federal, state, and local officials; including the most recent Interim Final Rule with a Comment Period (CMS-3401-IFC) from August 25, 2020.  This memo is intended to summarize the Tennessee Department of Health’s current understanding of the implications of these new policies on facilities providing clinical care or laboratory testing in Tennessee.
  • TDH's response to Federal COVID reporting rules
  • FAQs regarding Federal COVID reporting rules
    

• CDC: Information for Laboratories about Coronavirus (COVID-19)
• TN Specimen Submission Guide (Form 1/3) (7/30)
  • TN PH 4360 Laboratory Submission Form (Form 2/3) (7/30)
  • CDC PUI Form (Form 3/3)
• Laboratory Specimen Supplies Guidance (3/23)
• Report a COVID-19 laboratory result (3/2)
• DOT: Safety Advisory for the Transportation of COVID-19 Diagnostic Samples
• Information on Cycle threshold (Ct) values for SARS-CoV-2

Licensure and Executive Orders

• Health Licensing Information Regarding COVID-19

Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome

• Children
  • TN Call for Cases/Case Definition
  • CDC: MIS-C for Healthcare Providers
    
• Adults
  • What we know about MIS-A
    

Death Certification/Decedent Guidance

• Death Certification (5/5)
• Decedent Guidance (9/3)

Tabletop Exercise Resources

• COVID19 Healthcare Tabletop Exercise Facilitator Manual
• COVID19 Healthcare Tabletop Facilitator PPT
• COVID19 Healthcare Tabletop Exercise for Participants

• TDH Health Alert - 12-13-20
• TDH Health Alert - 08-03-20
• TDH Health Alert - 07-21-20
• TDH Health Alert - 07-10-20
• TDH Health Alert - 06-23-20
• TDH Health Alert - 05-08-20
• TDH Health Alert - 04-29-20
• TDH Health Alert - 04-15-20
  • Clarification to TDH Health Alert - 04-15-20
    
• TDH Health Alert - 03-25-20
• TDH Health Alert - 03-11-20
• TDH Health Alert - 03-06-20
• TDH Health Alert - 02-28-20
• TDH Health Alert - 01-29-20
• TDH Health Alert - 01-23-20