Information for Health Care Providers Updated 3/12/21 Recommendations from DHS to Continue Vaccinating with COVID-19: Since the start of wide-spread COVID-19 community spread, childhood immunizations in Wisconsin have significantly decreased. This is a trend that is shared throughout the U.S. and worldwide. It is important to continue vaccinating children and adolescents during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Healthcare providers in communities affected by COVID-19 are using strategies to separate well visits from sick visits. Examples include: Scheduling well visits in the morning and sick visits in the afternoon. Separating patients spatially, such as by placing patients with sick visits in different areas of the clinic or another location from patients with well visits.. Collaborating with other providers in the community to identify separate locations for holding well visits for children. Lowering the number of patients on site at any one time. Think about closing a waiting room or registration area and have patients check in by phone from the parking lot. Considering different entrances in your clinic that sick and well patients may enter. Clearly marking entrances for patients who are high risk for COVID-19. Telling patients who are ill to use telemedicine or a phone call. Some chronic conditions may be safely managed by a phone consult or telemedicine visit. Examining patients by car visit. Tell patients to drive to the clinic and wait in their car while staff goes outside to check on them. Giving vaccine to people in their car. Make sure to use proper hygiene and waste disposal practices outdoors just as you would indoors. Screening all patients and caregivers for high-risk symptoms. Referring high-risk adults to pharmacies who can give vaccines at less busy times to keep them safer. Information for patients who receive in-home visits from a care provider: DHS has created a pamphlet with guidance and recommendations on how to protect themselves, their family members, and their care giver from COVID-19. Thank you to our healthcare workers, first responders and other essential workers: Your dedication and sacrifice has not gone unnoticed. We appreciate your hard work and service. Hotels in the Milwaukee area are offering discounted rates for first responders and essential personnel: This provides frontline workers with affordable alternative housing options. Check out the list of participating hotels here. Information for Healthcare Professionals from the CDC: Click Here Dental Health Professionals: Information for Dental Health Care Professionals (DHCP): What You Need to Know about Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19): Click Here
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