COVID-19 Resources
 
United States
Health and Human Services: COVID-19 Healthcare Planning Checklist
American Hospital Association Communication Resources
Centers for Disease Control
Food & Drug Administration (FDA)
FDA Emergency Use Authorizations
FDA Regulatory Changes COVID-19 page
Occupational Safety & Health Administration COVID-19 webpage offers information specifically for workers and employers
National Fire Protection Association resources for emergency preparedness
American Society for Healthcare Engineering COVID-19
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Current Emergencies
CMS Prioritization of Surveys
Joint Commission
Joint Commission Suspension of Surveys
DNV GL: Notice of Suspension of DNV GL Surveys​
Kaiser Permanente: Medical Air/Oxygen Systems Ability to Support Additional Ventilators
ECRI Institute COVID-19 Resource Center
Assoc. for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI) updates
American College of Clinical Engineering (ACCE)
H-ISAC Cyberthreats
COVID-19 Occupational Risk Score
Vetted Non-Traditional Suppliers Offering PPE and Other Supplies and Services
Biomedical Engineers: The hidden heroes of the COVID-19 crisis!
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Cleaning and disinfection of respiratory equipment
AAMI COVID-19 Town Halls
 
International
World Health Organization COVID-19
WHO Technical guidance
WHO Disease commodity package, includes the tech specs of products needed for COVID. 
WHO Clinical Management of Severe Acute Respiratory Infection – COVID-19
WHO Severe Acute Respiratory Infections Treatment Center
WHO Oxygen sources and distribution for COVID-19 treatment centres
Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Covid-19
PAHO Technical Guidelines
PAHO Technical specifications of medical devices for the case management of COVID-19 in healthcare settings 
PAHO List of Priority Medical Devices in the context of COVID-19
IFMBE Clinical Engineering Division COVID-19 site
IFMBE Clinical Engineering Division – Hacking COVID-19 Website updated daily
United Kingdom COVID-19
Italian clinical engineering society
International Hospital Federation
 
Professional Medical Associations and Journals
American Association for Respiratory Care (AARC)
American College of Radiology
Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation
The Lancet
British Medical Journal
Amer. College of Chest Physicians
New England Journal of Medicine
National Institutes of Health
Nature
JAMA
European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control
NIH COVID-19 Treatment Guidelines
NIH COVID-19 Critical Care – Hemodynamics, Oxygenation and Ventilation, ECMO
Elsevier resource publications related to COVID-19 – books, articles, educational/training materials
GUIDE to LUNG Ultrasound in COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Patients
COVID-19 PANDEMIC: VIDEO-BASED LEARNING: Royal College of Pathology
Wiley Novel Coronavirus Content Free to Access
Cochrane Library: evident relevant to critical care
 
Ventilators
AARC Guidance Document – SARS CoV2
AARC Guidance Document – Ventilators risks to medical gas systems (guidance document, calculator and presentation)
 
Manufacturers (US links)
Getinge:
Medtronic:
Mindray:
Hamilton Medical: 
Drager:
GE Healthcare:
Philips: 
Draeger: Filtration Efficiency of Breathing System Filter 03-18-2020
Draeger: SARS - CoV-2 and handing Recommendations for Anesthesia Workstations 02-20-2020
ECRI Institute: Strategies to mitigate ventilator shortages (webinar)
 
Medical Papers
The standard of­ care of ­patients with­ ARDS: ventilatory settings and­ rescue therapies for­ refractory hypoxemia (Intensive Care Medicine)
Intubation and Ventilation amid the COVID-19 Outbreak: Wuhan’s Experience (Anesthesiology)
Critical Care Utilization for the COVID-19 Outbreak in Lombardy, Italy (JAMA)
The response of Milan's Emergency Medical System to the COVID-19 outbreak in Italy (Lancet)
 
Use of one ventilator on multiple patients
Joint Statement on Multiple Patients Per Ventilator: SCCM, AARC, ASA, APSF, AACN, and CHEST Share Unified Message
Dr. Josh Farkas, UVMMC/CVMC pulmonary & ICU physician – Splitting vents to 2 patients
Related Video 
 
Using Anesthesia Ventilators as ICU Ventilators
Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation/American Society of Anesthesiologist Guidance on Purposing Anesthesia Machines as ICU Ventilators
GE Healthcare: COVID-19 - Requests for information regarding the off-label use of GE Healthcare anesthesia devices for ICU ventilation
Drager: COVID-19: Usage of Dräger anaesthesia devices for long-term ventilation
 
N95 Masks and Disinfection
Recommended Guidance for Extended Use and Limited Reuse of N95 Filtering Facepiece Respirators in Healthcare Settings
FDA Letter to Battelle regarding emergency use of the Battelle CCDS Critical Care Decontamination System™
Instructions for Use for Reprocessing N95 Masks in STERRAD® Sterilization Systems during the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency
ASP STERRAD reprocessing of contaminated masks
Steris vPro reprocessing of contaminated masks
Decontamination and Reuse of N95 Respirators with Hydrogen Peroxide Vapor to Address Worldwide Personal Protective Equipment Shortages During the SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) Pandemic
UNMC experts develop process to decontaminate masks used in coronavirus treatment
ECRI Provides Disinfectant Concentrations for EPA's List of Products Effective against Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, the Cause of COVID-19
Project N95 clearing house
Effects of Ultraviolet Germicidal Irradiation (UVGI) on N95 Respirator Filtration Performance and Structural Integrity
N95 Decon – resources include publications, links to government, updated daily
3M Novel Coronavirus and COVID-19 Outbreak - 3M Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Considerations 
 

Training

Ventilator Training Alliance: User guides and video for Dräger, GE Healthcare, Getinge, Hamilton Medical, Medtronic, Nihon Kohden, Philips, and Vyaire ventilators