Health Professionals
The information on this page is intended for healthcare professionals serving in community and tribal health centers, hospitals, pharmacies, behavioral health settings, and dental clinics.
To contact us, please email: MCSDCallCenter.HHSA@sdcounty.ca.gov
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Recently Added Resources
- Ask Suicide-Screening Questions Toolkit (July 14, 2020)
- Interim Protocol for Preventive Dental Care During COVID-19 in Public Health Settings: Reducing Aerosols and Educating Patients (July 8, 2020)
- Responding to COVID-19 in the Workplace (June 16, 2020)
- Healthy San Diego Pediatric Provider Toolkit (July 9, 2020)
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EMS Medical Director
Urges Continued Caution During the COVID-19 Pandemic (June 26,
2020)
- Best Practices for Infection Control in Dental Clinics during the COVID-19 Pandemic (June 19, 2020)
- CAHAN Health Advisory Update #16: Coronavirus Disease 2020 (COVID-19) - Test, Trace, and Treat (T3) Strategy (June 12, 2020)
Where to Report a Positive Coronavirus Test
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Coronavirus in San Diego County Daily Data and Dashboard
CAHAN San Diego Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19)
- Update #16: Test, Trace, and Treat (T3) Strategy (June 12, 2020)
- Update #15: Revised Isolation Period, Clinical Symptoms, Resuming Deferred and Preventive Health Care, and CDPH Weekly SNF Infection Prevention Calls (May 4, 2020)
- Update #14: Antibody Testing (April 30, 2020)
- Update #13: Expansion of COVID-19 Testing (April 23, 2020)
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Previous CAHANs
Update #12: Collection and Preparation of N95 Respirators for Potential Decontamination and Reuse (4/17/20)
Update #11: Revised COVID-19 Exposure Period, Updated Health Officer Orders, Close Contact Notification Instructions, and Death Certification Guidance (4/9/20)
Update #10: Reuse and Decontamination of N95 Respirator for Crisis Capacity Strategy (4/6/20)
Update #9: Guidance for Healthcare Personnel Related to Monitoring, Isolation, and Exposures (4/3/20)
Update #8: Personal Protective Equipment Guidance (4/1/20)
Update #7: Key Recommendations for Providers, Priority Populations for COVID-19 Testing (3/26/20)
Update #6: Several important changes to recommendations for COVID-19 infection control, healthcare workers exposures, and diagnostic testing (3/19/20)
Update #5: Updated infection control and prevention guidance from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and County of San Diego Public Health Services (3/14/20)
Update #4: Presumptive positive case in a San Diego County resident and new diagnostic testing options for SARS-CoV-2 (3/10/20)
Update #3: Updated criteria for evaluation of persons under investigation (PUI) to a wider group of symptomatic patients (3/5/20)
Update #2: Updated the definition of persons under investigation (PUI) to include countries with widespread or sustained community transmission of COVID-19 (2/28/20)
Update: Updated the interim guidance for healthcare professionals to evaluate potential cases (2/1/20)
Advisory: 2019 Novel Coronavirus (1/24/20)
Most Recent Public Health Order
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Home Isolation Instructions for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
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Home Quarantine Guidance for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Close Contacts—Note: If the close contact is a healthcare worker, first responder, or other critical infrastructure worker, please have them refer to their employer and the CDC Safety Practices for Critical Infrastructure Workers web page for guidance.
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Public Health Letters and Recommendations
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EMS Medical Director Urges Continued Social
Distancing (June 26, 2020)
- Guidance for Congregate Facilities (May 19, 2020)
- Planning and Response for Pharmacies (May 14, 2020)
- Resuming Deferred and Preventive Dental Care (May 11, 2020)
- Temporary Lodging and Isolation Guidance (May 9, 2020)
- Dialysis Facility Measures for Staff and Patients (May 4, 2020)
Guidance & Steps to Prepare
Resources for Healthcare Workers
Resources for Dentists
Resources and Materials for Practices and Clinics
Resources for Dentists
Considerations, Recommendations, & Checklists for PPE
Guidance about Who Should be Tested & How to Evaluate
Guidance for
Different Patient Groups
How Patients can Care for Themselves at Home
Quick Guides & Fact Sheets
Planning & Response Guidance
Prevention & Sanitation
Guidance, Recommendations, & Flow Charts
Collecting Samples & Next Steps
- County of San Diego
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
The County of San Diego would like to thank all the health
professionals in our community for your extraordinary
work, dedication and support to help ensure that our region is
healthy, safe, and thriving.
For additional questions and resources, please email: MCSDCallCenter.HHSA@sdcounty.ca.gov
Outside resources