To help answer questions and address concerns you might have about Texas’ supply of PPE, the TMA COVID-19 Task Force has created this frequently asked questions (FAQ).
Where to Buy Personal Protective Equipment (TMA)
What RAC and HPP Serve My County Medical Society? (TMA)
Interim Infection Prevention and Control Recommendations for Patients with Confirmed Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) or Persons Under Investigation for COVID-19 in Health Care Settings (CDC)
COVID-19 Guideline, Part 2: Infection Prevention (Infectious Diseases Society of America)
Strategies for Optimizing Supply of N95 Respirators (CDC)
Addressing COVID-19 Face Mask Shortages (Stanford Medicine)
N95 Filtering Facepiece Respirator Ultraviolet Germicidal Irradiation (UVGI) Process for Decontamination and Reuse (University of Nebraska)
Alternative Care Sites and Isolation Sites (CDC)
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Burn Rate Calculator (CDC)
Disinfecting Your Facility if Someone is Sick (CDC)
Frequently Asked Questions about Hand Hygiene for Health Care Personnel Responding to COVID-2019
Strategies for Optimizing the Supply of PPE
Health Care Supply of Personal Protective Equipment (CDC)
Guidance for USe of Certain Industrial Respirators by Health Care Personnel (CMS)
Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) – Fighting Products (Center for Biocide Chemistries) (via DSHS)
Guidance for use of Certain Industrial Respirators by Health Care Personnel (CMS)
Health Care Infection Prevention and Control FAQs for COVID-19 (CDC)
Interim U.S. Guidance for Risk Assessment and Public Health Management of Health Care Personnel with Potential Exposure in a Health Care Setting to Patients with COVID-19 (CDC)
EPA’s Registered Antimicrobial Products for Use Against Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, the Cause of COVID-19 (EPA)
Surgical N95 vs Standard N95 Which to Consider (3M)
How to properly put on, use, and remove PPE (CDC)
Guideline for Isolation Precautions: Preventing Transmission of Infectious Agents in Health Care Settings (CDC)
Specialty Physicians COVID-19 Resources
Practice Help COVID-19 Resources
PUIs and Testing COVID-19 Resources
COVID-19 Resources main page
November 13, 2020
What could a TMA Membership mean for you, your practice, and your patients?
The way the Texas Legislature conducts business during the 2021 session may look different due to the COVID-19 pandemic. But the Texas Medical Association’s commitment to improving health care remains the same. Some of those goals are up against deep cuts to state agency budgets. At the same time, however, the pandemic has created opportunities for medicine to bend lawmakers’ ear on some of its longstanding goals, including advancing access to care, vaccines, health coverage, and telemedicine. Plus, physicians have proven ways to respond to patients’ COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy.
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