Society guideline links: COVID-19 – Health care workers and health care systems

Introduction — 

This topic includes links to society and government-sponsored guidelines from selected countries and regions around the world. We will update these links periodically; newer versions of some guidelines may be available on each society's website. Some societies may require users to log in to access their guidelines.

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Links to related guidelines are provided separately. (See "Society guideline links: COVID-19 – Index of guideline topics".)

Health care workers

●International

•World Health Organization (WHO): COVID-19 – Occupational health and safety for health workers: Interim guidance (2021)

•WHO: Recommendations on mask use by health workers, in light of the omicron variant of concern – Interim guidelines (2021)

•WHO: Prevention, identification and management of health worker infection in the context of COVID-19 (2020)

•WHO: Risk assessment and management of exposure of health care workers in the context of COVID-19 – Interim guidance (2020)

•WHO: Surveillance protocol for SARS-CoV-2 infection among health workers (2020)

●United States

•Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): Infection control guidance – SARS-CoV-2

•CDC: Interim guidance for managing healthcare personnel with SARS-CoV-2 infection or exposure to SARS-CoV-2

•Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA): Protecting workers – Guidance on mitigating and preventing the spread of COVID-19 in the workplace (2021)

•American Psychological Association (APA): Treating anxiety and stress in front-line workers – A step-by-step CBT guide (2020)

●Europe

•European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC): Contact tracing in the European Union – Public health management of persons, including healthcare workers, who have had contact with COVID-19 cases (2021)

●United Kingdom

•UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA): Guidance for managing healthcare staff with symptoms of a respiratory infection or a positive COVID-19 test result (2022, updated 2023)

•Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG): Advice for pregnant members of the anaesthesia and intensive care workforce during the COVID-19 pandemic (2020)

●Australia–New Zealand

•Communicable Diseases Network Australia (CDNA): Guidance for symptom monitoring in health and aged care workers during the COVID-19 outbreak (2020)

Health system preparedness

●International

•World Health Organization (WHO): Rapid hospital readiness checklist – Interim guidance (2020)

●United States

•Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): Strategies to mitigate healthcare personnel staffing shortages

●Europe

•European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC): Guidance for health system contingency planning during widespread transmission of SARS-CoV-2 with high impact on healthcare services (2020)

●Australia–New Zealand

•Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society (ANZICS): COVID-19 guidelines (2021)

Infection control

●(See "Society guideline links: COVID-19 – General guidelines for infection control".)