IPC and Occupational Health Resources
Below are courses, guidelines, and webinars on preventing COVID-19 infection and spread within the lay population and in clinical settings.
Guidelines
- Language: English
- For: Nurses, Physicians, Respiratory Therapists, Hospital and Health Systems, Public Health Organizations
- Created by: WHO and CDC
US Department of Labor: Emergency Response Workers and Employers for COVID-19
Guidance for emergency services workers and employers (EMS, medical transport, fire and rescue, and law enforcement) on staying safe performing their duties.
- Language: English
- For: General population, Community Health Workers, Nurses, Physicians, Respiratory Therapists, Hospital and Health Systems, Public Health Organizations
- Created by: United States Department of Labor
Courses and Training Programs
Guidance on Mask Use in Context of COVID-19
1-hour course
- Language: English, македонски, Shqip
- For: General population, Community Health Workers, Nurses, Physicians, Respiratory Therapists, Healers, Hospital and Health Systems, Public Health Organizations
- Created by: WHO
Mass Gatherings Risk Assessment Training
1-hour course for health authorities and organizers of mass gatherings in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, with the specific aim of containing transmission risks.
- Languages: English, Français
- For: General population, Community Health Workers, Nurses, Physicians, Respiratory Therapists, Healers, Hospital and Health Systems, Public Health Organizations
- Created by: Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, WHO Collaborating Centre on Global Health Security
How to put on and remove PPE
15-minute course
- Languages: English, العربية -, македонски, 中文, Shqip, Français, ภาษาไทย, Português, Español, Nederlands, Tetun, Русский, Türk, සිංහල, தமிழ
- For: Community Health Workers, Nurses, Physicians, Respiratory Therapists, Hospital and Health Systems, Public Health Organizations
- Created by: WHO
Waste Management
1-hour course
- Languages: English, Tetum
- For: Nurses, Hospital and Health Systems, Public Health Organizations
- Created by: WHO
Decontamination and Sterilization of Medical Devices
2-hour course
- Language: English
- For: Nurses, Respiratory Therapists, Hospital and Health Systems, Public Health Organizations
- Created by: WHO
COVID-19 and work: Staying healthy and safe at work during the COVID-19
2-hour course
- Language: English
- For: General population, Community Health Workers, Nurses, Physicians, Respiratory Therapists, Healers, Hospital and Health Systems, Public Health Organizations
- Created by: WHO and Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH)
Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) Core Components and Multimodal Strategies
- Language: English
- For: Community Health Workers, Nurses, Physicians, Respiratory Therapists, Healers, Hospital and Health Systems, Public Health Organizations
- Created by: WHO
Introduction to Infection Prevention and Control (IPC)
1-hour course
- Language: English – Español – Монгол
- For: Community Health Workers, Nurses, Physicians, Respiratory Therapists, Healers, Hospital and Health Systems, Public Health Organizations
- Created by: WHO
Standard precautions: Environmental cleaning and disinfection
1-hour course
- Languages: English, Tetun, Bahasa Indonesia
- For: General population, Community Health Workers, Nurses, Physicians, Respiratory Therapists, Healers, Hospital and Health Systems, Public Health Organizations
- Created by: WHO
Transmission-based Precautions
1-hour course covering main modes of transmission, precautions for stopping spread, and required personal protective equipment
- Language: English
- For: General population, Community Health Workers, Nurses, Physicians, Respiratory Therapists, Healers, Hospital and Health Systems, Public Health Organizations
Occupational Health and Safety for Health Workers in Context of COVID-19
A course for all health workers to give knowledge and skills to protect themselves and others from the occupational risks they encounter and so that they can work safely and effectively.
- Languages: English, македонски, Português, Español, Kiswahili, Bahasa Indonesia
- For: General population, Community Health Workers, Nurses, Physicians, Respiratory Therapists, Healers, Hospital and Health Systems, Public Health Organizations
- Created by: WHO
Webinars
Pandemic Management: Social Distancing, Mitigation, and Reopening
1-hour webinar
- Language: English
- For: Nurses, Physicians, Respiratory Therapists, Hospital and Health Systems, Public Health Organizations
- Created by: Johns Hopkins Division of Infectious Diseases. Hosted by Johns Hopkins Center for Clinical Global Health Education. Updated 5/26/2020
Antibiotic Stewardship Crisis during COVID-19
10-minute webinar
- Language: English
- For: Nurses, Physicians, Respiratory Therapists, Hospital and Health Systems, Public Health Organizations
- Created by: Society of Critical Care Medicine
Additional Resources
WHO Clinical Characterization and Management of Patients with Suspected or Confirmed COVID-19
A data platform where WHO Member States, health facilities, and other entities contribute their anonymized clinical data relating to hospitalized suspected or confirmed cases of COVID-19 to continue to understand the COVID-19 clinical landscape.
- Language: English
- For: General population, Community Health Workers, Nurses, Physicians, Respiratory Therapists, Healers, Hospital and Health Systems, Public Health Organizations
- Created by: WHO
CDC Key Strategies to Prevent COVID-19 Infection among Employees
Guidelines for businesses
- Languages: English, Nepali
- For: General population, Community Health Workers, Nurses, Physicians, Respiratory Therapists, Healers, Hospital and Health Systems, Public Health Organizations
- Created by: CDC. Updated 07/08/2020
CDC Guidance for Large or Extended Families Living in the Same Household
- Language: Nepali
- For: General population, Community Health Workers, Nurses, Physicians, Respiratory Therapists, Healers, Hospital and Health Systems, Public Health Organizations
Created by: CDC
CDC Prevent the Spread of COVID-19 if you are sick
- Language: Nepali
- For: General population, Community Health Workers, Nurses, Physicians, Respiratory Therapists, Healers, Hospital and Health Systems, Public Health Organizations
- Created by: CDC
- Language: Nepali
- For: General population, Community Health Workers, Nurses, Physicians, Respiratory Therapists, Healers, Hospital and Health Systems, Public Health Organizations
- Created by: CDC. Updated 8/13/2020
CDC Symptoms of Coronavirus Flyer
- Language: Nepali
- For: General population, Community Health Workers, Nurses, Physicians, Respiratory Therapists, Healers, Hospital and Health Systems, Public Health Organizations
- Created by: CDC
CDC What You Can do if You are at Increased Risk of Severe Illness from COVID-19
- Language: English
- For: General population, Community Health Workers, Nurses, Physicians, Respiratory Therapists, Healers, Hospital and Health Systems, Public Health Organizations
- Created by: CDC. Updated 1/19/2021
Occupational Health and Safety for Health Workers in Context of COVID-19
A course for all health workers to give knowledge and skills to protect themselves and others from the occupational risks they encounter and so that they can work safely and effectively.
Language: English, македонски – Português – Español – Kiswahili – Bahasa Indonesia
- Aimed at: General population, Community Health Workers, Nurses, Physicians, Respiratory Therapists, Healers, Hospital and Health Systems, Public Health Organizations
- Created by: WHO
GISAID COVID-19 Variant Tracker
A COVID-19 variant tracker presenting visuals of and information on each type of variant such as origin location and global case counts.
- For: General population, Community Health Workers, Nurses, Physicians, Respiratory Therapists, Healers, Hospital and Health Systems, Public Health Organizations
- Created by: GISAID. Continuously updated
*The resources for this section were compiled and reviewed by Johns Hopkins University student Shagufta Farheen, faculty Dr. Nancy Reynolds, and Researchers Angela Chiu and Noor Zanial on behalf of the Johns Hopkins India Institute COVID-19 Task Force Technical Working Group.