Avian Flu Diary: HHS ASPR-TRACIE: Promising Practices For COVID-19 Workforce

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As we emerge from our prolonged societal lockdown, the focus now is on how we can live and work as safely as possible while COVID-19 still circulates. We've seen a steady barrage of official guidance from agencies like the CDC, ECDC, and WHO, but much of this advice has been generic.

The HHS's office for ASPR (Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response) is charged with preparing for Public Health and Medical Emergency Support during any crisis or disaster. Among the many documents on ASPR's TRACIE website (Technical Resources, Assistance Center, and Information Exchange), are a number that deal with COVID-19.

Most are `official' documents, but nestled among the federally generated advice you'll find a growing number of links to `promising practices' - including webinars and other resources - many of which have been created and submitted by local and state governments, hospitals, or other agencies or organizations.

Currently there are 20 promising practices for workforces solutions spread across 9 categories, and more are expected.

Rather than re-inventing the wheel, a visit to this website could you how others have tackled thorny pandemic problems, possibly saving you, your organization, or your business a lot of time, money, and aggravation.

Topic Collection: COVID-19 Workforce Solutions from the Field

This collection highlights webinars and other resources sharing promising practices from the field related to workforce capacity and addressing workforce issues.

Please refer to CDC’s Coronavirus Disease 2019 webpage for the most up-to-date clinical guidance on COVID19 outbreak management.

If you are a decision-maker and have COVID-19 promising practices, plans, tools, or templates to share with your peers, please visit the ASPR TRACIE Information Exchange COVID-19 Information Sharing Page (registration required) and place your resources under the relevant topic area. Resources specific to decision-making on healthcare workforce can be placed under the COVID-19 Workforce Virtual Toolkit Topic.

NOTE: inclusion of any reference in this document does not constitute an endorsement, acknowledgment, or suggestion that the reference is the only or best example for that topic. References are included as examples which were provided as suggestions at the time the document was developed.

All guidance posted is accessible to the public, and non-federal resources are noted with an asterisk (*). Linking to a non-federal website does not constitute an endorsement by the U.S. government, or any of its employees, of the information and/or products presented on that site.