COVID-19 Guidance and Information for Healthcare Professionals

Updated December 2023

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• Healthcare guidance
• Health facilities
• Reporting COVID-19
• Specimen collection, reporting and delivery

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• Surveillance
• Therapeutics
• Vaccination providers
• CDC guidance documents

Healthcare Provider Guidance and Resources

• CDC Infection Control Recommendations for Healthcare Professionals During COVID-19
• NIH Clinical Guidelines: Therapies for High-Risk, Nonhospitalized Patients
• NIH Panel's Statement on Prioritizing the Use of Outpatient Therapies
• CDC Guidance for Healthcare Personnel with Potential COVID-19 Exposure
• Handout: What to Do After You Have Been Tested for COVID-19
• Handout: Home Isolation for Individuals with COVID-19
• CDC guidance related to COVID-19

Patient Handouts

• Home Isolation for Individuals with COVID-19

Vaccination Providers

• Enrollment and Resources for COVID-19 Vaccination Providers

Reporting COVID-19

• Updated SARS-CoV-2 Reporting Requirements May 25, 2023

COVID-19 Deaths

• Death Reporting Q & A for Medical Examiners, Coroners and Physicians
• CDC Guidance on Certifying COVID-19 Deaths PDF
• How to get a Mississippi death certificate PDF

Health Facilities

• Long-term care facility guidance documents

Specimen Collection, Delivery and Reporting

• COVID-19 Specimen Collection
• COVID-19 Lab Requisition Form
• COVID-19 Refrigerated Specimen Packaging
• COVID-19 Frozen Specimen Packaging
• COVID-19 Specimen Transport and Delivery

Specimen Reporting

• COVID-19 Specimen Reporting
• MPHL Fax Reporting Agreement

SARS-CoV-2 Virus Strain Surveillance

• COVID-19 Enhanced Surveillance Submission Recommendations
• SARS-CoV-2 Enhanced Surveillance Submission Requisition Form 1198

Map and Directions for Laboratory Dropoff

The Dr. F.E.”ED” Thompson, Jr. Public Health Laboratory Facility is on the State Department of Health's central office campus in Jackson, MS at 350 East Woodrow Wilson Drive, Jackson, 39216.

Local Delivery of Samples: Drop samples off at the rear of the Thompson lab building. Detailed instructions are in our sample shipping guidance.

Dropoff hours: Monday through Friday from 8:00–4:30.

CDC Guidance

Healthcare and EMS

• Home Care Guidance
• Discontinuation of Home Isolation for Persons with COVID-19
• Healthcare Infection Control Guidance
• Clinical Care Guidance
• Healthcare Personnel with Potential COVID-19 Exposure Guidance
• Inpatient Obstetric Healthcare Guidance
• Guidance for EMS

Contact Tracing

• Contact Tracing Information and Guidance
• Collection and Submission of Postmortem Specimens from Deceased Persons with Confirmed or Suspected COVID-19

More from the CDC

• All CDC guidance for healthcare professionals

Links referenced on this page
Therapeutics		https://aspr.hhs.gov/COVID-19/Therapeutics/Pages/
CDC Infection Control Recommendations for Healthcare Professionals During COVID-19		https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/hcp/infection-control-recommendations.html
NIH Clinical Guidelines: Therapies for High-Risk, Nonhospitalized Patients		https://www.covid19treatmentguidelines.nih.gov/therapies/statement-on-therapies-for-high-risk-nonhospitalized-patients/
NIH Panel's Statement on Prioritizing the Use of Outpatient Therapies		https://www.covid19treatmentguidelines.nih.gov/therapies/statement-on-patient-prioritization-for-outpatient-therapies/
CDC Guidance for Healthcare Personnel with Potential COVID-19 Exposure		https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/hcp/guidance-risk-assesment-hcp.html
Handout: What to Do After You Have Been Tested for COVID-19		http://msdh.ms.gov/msdhsite/index.cfm/14,19334,420,pdf/HCP_C19_After_Your_Test.pdf
Handout: Home Isolation for Individuals with COVID-19		http://msdh.ms.gov/msdhsite/index.cfm/14,9915,420,pdf/HCP_C19_self_isolate.pdf
Home Isolation for Individuals with COVID-19		http://msdh.ms.gov/msdhsite/index.cfm/14,9915,420,pdf/HCP_C19_self_isolate.pdf
Enrollment and Resources for COVID-19 Vaccination Providers		http://msdh.ms.gov/msdhsite/index.cfm/14,0,71,975,html ok
Updated SARS-CoV-2 Reporting Requirements		http://msdh.ms.gov/page/resources/19837.pdf
Death Reporting Q & A for Medical Examiners, Coroners and Physicians		http://msdh.ms.gov/msdhsite/index.cfm/14,22075,420,694,html ok
CDC Guidance on Certifying COVID-19 Deaths		https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvss/vsrg/vsrg03-508.pdf
How to get a Mississippi death certificate		http://msdh.ms.gov/msdhsite/index.cfm/31,0,109,809,html ok
Long-term care facility guidance documents		http://msdh.ms.gov/msdhsite/index.cfm/14,21866,420,html ok
COVID-19 Specimen Collection		http://msdh.ms.gov/msdhsite/index.cfm/14,8501,420,pdf/COVID-19_Specimen_Collection.pdf
COVID-19 Lab Requisition Form		http://msdh.ms.gov/msdhsite/index.cfm/14,8500,420,pdf/COVID-19_Laboratory_Requisition.pdf
COVID-19 Refrigerated Specimen Packaging		http://msdh.ms.gov/msdhsite/index.cfm/14,8499,420,pdf/COVID-19_Refrigerated_Specimen_Packaging.pdf
COVID-19 Frozen Specimen Packaging		http://msdh.ms.gov/msdhsite/index.cfm/14,8498,420,pdf/COVID-19_Frozen_Specimen_Packaging.pdf
COVID-19 Specimen Transport and Delivery		http://msdh.ms.gov/msdhsite/index.cfm/14,8497,420,pdf/COVID-19_Specimen_Transport.pdf
COVID-19 Specimen Reporting		http://msdh.ms.gov/msdhsite/index.cfm/14,8496,420,pdf/COVID-19_Specimen_Reporting.pdf
MPHL Fax Reporting Agreement		http://msdh.ms.gov/msdhsite/index.cfm/14,8495,420,pdf/MPHL_Fax_Reporting_Agreement.pdf
COVID-19 Enhanced Surveillance Submission Recommendations		http://msdh.ms.gov/msdhsite/index.cfm/14,13625,420,pdf/MSDH_COVID-19_Surveillance.pdf
SARS-CoV-2 Enhanced Surveillance Submission Requisition		http://msdh.ms.gov/msdhsite/_static/resources/14128.pdf
Home Care Guidance		https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/hcp/guidance-home-care.html
Discontinuation of Home Isolation for Persons with COVID-19		https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/hcp/disposition-in-home-patients.html
Healthcare Infection Control Guidance		https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/hcp/infection-control.html
Clinical Care Guidance		https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/hcp/clinical-guidance-management-patients.html
Healthcare Personnel with Potential COVID-19 Exposure Guidance		https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/hcp/guidance-risk-assesment-hcp.html
Inpatient Obstetric Healthcare Guidance		https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/hcp/inpatient-obstetric-healthcare-guidance.html
Guidance for EMS		https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/hcp/guidance-for-ems.html
Contact Tracing Information and Guidance		https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/php/contact-tracing/index.html
Collection and Submission of Postmortem Specimens from Deceased Persons with Confirmed or Suspected COVID-19		https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/hcp/guidance-postmortem-specimens.html
All CDC guidance for healthcare professionals		https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/hcp/

Resources referenced
Handout: What to Do After You Have Been Tested for COVID-19		https://msdh.ms.gov/msdhsite/index.cfm/14,19334,420,pdf/HCP_C19_After_Your_Test.pdf ok
Handout: Home Isolation for Individuals with COVID-19		https://msdh.ms.gov/msdhsite/index.cfm/14,9915,420,pdf/HCP_C19_self_isolate.pdf ok
Home Isolation for Individuals with COVID-19		https://msdh.ms.gov/msdhsite/index.cfm/14,9915,420,pdf/HCP_C19_self_isolate.pdf ok
Updated SARS-CoV-2 Reporting Requirements		https://msdh.ms.gov/page/resources/19837.pdf ok
COVID-19 Specimen Collection		https://msdh.ms.gov/msdhsite/index.cfm/14,8501,420,pdf/COVID-19_Specimen_Collection.pdf ok
COVID-19 Lab Requisition Form		https://msdh.ms.gov/msdhsite/index.cfm/14,8500,420,pdf/COVID-19_Laboratory_Requisition.pdf ok
COVID-19 Refrigerated Specimen Packaging		https://msdh.ms.gov/msdhsite/index.cfm/14,8499,420,pdf/COVID-19_Refrigerated_Specimen_Packaging.pdf ok
COVID-19 Frozen Specimen Packaging		https://msdh.ms.gov/msdhsite/index.cfm/14,8498,420,pdf/COVID-19_Frozen_Specimen_Packaging.pdf ok
COVID-19 Specimen Transport and Delivery		https://msdh.ms.gov/msdhsite/index.cfm/14,8497,420,pdf/COVID-19_Specimen_Transport.pdf ok
COVID-19 Specimen Reporting		https://msdh.ms.gov/msdhsite/index.cfm/14,8496,420,pdf/COVID-19_Specimen_Reporting.pdf ok
MPHL Fax Reporting Agreement		https://msdh.ms.gov/msdhsite/index.cfm/14,8495,420,pdf/MPHL_Fax_Reporting_Agreement.pdf ok
COVID-19 Enhanced Surveillance Submission Recommendations		https://msdh.ms.gov/msdhsite/index.cfm/14,13625,420,pdf/MSDH_COVID-19_Surveillance.pdf ok
SARS-CoV-2 Enhanced Surveillance Submission Requisition		https://msdh.ms.gov/msdhsite/_static/resources/14128.pdf ok

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