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DSHS has compiled the following resources to assist hospitals and healthcare professionals in their planning and response to COVID‑19.
On this page:
- COVID-19 Vaccine
- DSHS Resources
- More Vaccine Resources
- Influenza & COVID-19
- Evaluating Patients
- Preparedness Tools
- Hospital Reporting Requirements
On March 24, 2020, Gov. Abbott issued an Executive Order relating to daily reporting during the COVID‑19 disaster. For more information, see the following:
- Resuming Elective Procedures
On September 17, 2020, Gov. Abbott issued Executive Order GA-31, relating to hospital capacity during the COVID-19 disaster and the suspension of elective surgeries and procedures in areas with high COVID-19 hospitalizations. For details, see the Executive Orders GA-30 and GA-31 page of this site.
- Infection Control
- Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
- Requests for Assistance from DSHS (PPE, etc.)
Hospitals and healthcare professionals should follow their normal process of trying to locate emergency medical supplies, personal protective equipment (PPE), and other healthcare resources with their regular vendors and exhaust all possible options. These options may include contacting any sister facilities for coordination, reaching out to local partners or stakeholders, looking at any possible reallocations within the Public Health Region, Healthcare Coalition, Regional Advisory Council regions, or other medical supply agencies, given established priority groups. If hospitals and healthcare professionals cannot obtain any PPE from their vendor(s) and have exhausted all alternative options, they should send their official requests to their local office of emergency management via the State of Texas Assistance Request (STAR) process. Please ensure you provide all relevant details for your request, to include type of item, POC information, and delivery address.
- Recent Developments in COVID-19 Treatment & Products
- Isolation Precautions for COVID-19
- Resources for Pharmacies
- Resources for Nursing Homes & Long Term Care Facilities
- Postmortem Guidance
- COVID-19 Therapeutics
- Laboratory Testing
For disease reporting and/or local assistance, see the listing of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Local Health Entities.
Healthcare professionals can find additional guidance (including patient evaluation, reporting, testing, specimen collection, and prevention and control recommendations) on the CDC website:
CDC Guidance for Health Professionals
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This page is being updated as new information becomes available.