Provider Information for coronavirus (COVID-19)
To our healthcare provider partners, thank you for being a part of our Health Family.
The information provided on our website is for educational and informational purposes only and does not constitute providing medical advice or professional services. All information is meant for use by healthcare workers and not the general public. If you think you may have a medical emergency, call 911 or go to the nearest emergency room immediately. No physician-patient relationship is created by this web site or its use. Neither North Memorial Health nor its employees, nor its affiliated providers, nor any contributor to this web site, makes any representations or warranties, express or implied, with respect to the information provided herein or to its use.
Clinical Procedure Resources
Diagnostic Algorithms
- Diagnostic Algorithm – Hospital & ED (PDF)
Updated 4/8/20 - Diagnostic Algorithm – Ambulatory (PDF)
Updated 4/7/20 - Diagnostic Algorithm – Dialysis Patients (PDF)
Updated 4/5/20 - Diagnostic Algorithm – Homecare Visits (PDF)
Updated 4/7/20
OB and Pediatrics
Personal Protective Equipment
- Masking Guidance (PDF)
Updated 4/5/20 - PAPR Use Instructions (PDF)
- Respiratory Protection Re-use: Ambulatory (PDF)
- Respiratory Protection Re-use: Inpatient (PDF)
- Respirator Protection N95 Re-use: Inpatient (PDF)
- COVID-19 PPE Conservation Guide (PDF)
- Universal Masking FAQ (PDF)
- Universal Masking Roles (PDF)
- NMHH Infection Prevention Super User Toolkit (PDF)
- MGH Infection Prevention Super User Toolkit (PDF)
Clinical Management
Approved Treatment
- Approved Treatment for COVID-19 (PDF)
Updated 4/7/20 - JAMA: Care for Critically Ill Patients with COVID-19
- Hydroxychloroquine Restriction Outpatient (PDF)
- FDA Required Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) Fact Sheet for Health Care Providers (PDF)
- Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) Therapy & QTc Algorithm (PDF)
- Hypoxic Respiratory Failure ARDS Guidelines (PDF)
- MGH to NMHH Transfer Guidelines (PDF)
Workability Guidelines
- Healthcare Worker Expedited Testing (PDF)
Updated 4/5/20 - Exposure Risk to Positive COVID-19 Patients (PDF)
- Policy: COVID-19 Provider Quarantine & Reporting
Updated 3/16/20 - Aerosolizing Procedures and Critical Care Guidance (PDF)
Updated 4/8/20
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