COVID-19 Safety
NMC COVID-19 Safety Information
NMC Employees:
If you tested positive for COVID19, please notify NMC HR immediately by sending an email to hr@newmexicoconsortium.org; include the following information: date when you had first symptoms, date when you were tested, date when you last were at work, close contacts if any.
- 3 key steps to take while waiting for your COVID-19 test result NEW
- COVID19 Reporting regulations for Employers
- You’ve tested positive, now what?
COVID-19 Safety Info:
CDC
- Updated Guidance for COVID-19 Prevention in Schools K-12 Updated December 13, 2022 NEW
- ‘Counterfeit Respirators/Misrepresentation of National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)-Approval’ Updated Regularly
- December 9, 2021 ‘What you need to know about Omicron’
- COVID-19 FAQs Updated Regularly
- COVID Data Tracker Weekly Review Updated Regularly
- Fungal Diseases and COVID-19
- How to Knot and Tuck your Mask to Improve Fit (1 minute video)
- How to properly Put on and Take off a Disposable Respirator
- How to talk to your close contacts if you test positive to COVID-19 NEW
- January 21, 2022 MMWR. COVID-19 Incidences and Death Rates among Unvaccinated and Fully Vaccinated Adults with and without Booster Doses during Periods of Delta and Omicron Variant Emergence — 25 UC Jurisdictions, April 4 – December 25, 2021 NEW
- January 21, 2022 MMWR. Effectiveness of a third dose of mRNA vaccines against COVID-19-associated emergency department and urgent care encounters and hospitalizations among adults during periods of Delta and Omicron variants predominance, August 2021 – January 2022 NEW
- January 19, 2022 MMWR. COVID-19 Cases and Hospitalizations by COVID-19 vaccination status and Previous COVID-19 Diagnosis NEW
- Key Things to Know about COVID-19 Vaccines Updated January 12, 2022 NEW
- What You Need to Know about Variants Updated December 13, 2021
- Order Free At-Home COVID Test Kits NEW
- Post COVID Conditions
- Quarantine and Isolation Updated January 20, 2022 NEW
- Similarities and Differences between Flu and COVID-19
- Travel Recommendations by Destination Updated Regularly
- Types of Masks and Respirators – includes info about counterfeit N95s & KN95s, Updated January 21, 2022 NEW
- Vaccines work Updated regularly
- What You Need to Know About Handwashing (2 minute video)
- When & How to Use Soap & Water vs. Hand Sanitizer pdf
- ‘Stay Up to Date with your Vaccines‘ Updated Regularly
- Your Guides to Masks & COVID-19 Community Transmission by State & County Updated January 21, 2022 NEW
FDA
- FDA’s COVID-19 webpage Updated Regularly
- Learn more about the COVID-19 Vaccines from the FDA
- SARS-CoV-2 Viral Mutations: Impact on COVID-19 Tests
- Vaccine Facts: The Path for a COVID-19 Vaccine from Research to Emergency Use Authorization
- Vapors from alcohol-based hand sanitizers can have side effects: Apply hand sanitizer in a well-ventilated area
- What is an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA)? ~2 minute video
NEW MEXICO DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
- COVID-19 Vaccine Dashboard/Doses Delivered Per County Updated Regularly
- COVID-19 Vaccines FAQs
- COVID-19 Newsroom
OSHA INFO
- August 13, 2021 Updated Guidance on Mitigating and Preventing the Spread of COVID-19 in the Workplace
- January 13, 2022 ‘Statement from Secretary of Labor on Supreme Court Ruling NEW
- OSHA Alert addresses the recommended ventilation in the workplace for those located at LARP or Central during this time
- OSHA’s COVID-19 FAQs
WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
- Assessing your risk of getting COVID-19 (Quiz)
- COVID-19 Series, “Science in 5” (minutes) New Episodes Added Periodically
- Global Research on Coronavirus Disease
- Laboratory biosafety guidance related to COVID-19 Interim Guidance
- Recommended Fabric Mask Materials and Composition Video
- ‘Support for Rehabilitation Self-Management after COVID-19-Related Illness’ (in various languages)
- Three factors help you make safer decisions during COVID-19′ (1 minute video)
ASHRAE (American Society of Heating, Refrigeration & Air-Conditioning Engineers) INFO ON VENTILATION
OTHER INFO
- January 20, 2022 Science ‘In rare cases, coronavirus vaccines cause long COVID-like symptoms’ NEW
- January 18, 2022 Science ‘Neutralization of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron by BNT162b2 mRNA vaccine-elicited human sera’ NEW
- January 14, 2022 Science COVID-19 starkly increases pregnancy complications, including stillbirths, among the unvaccinated, Scottish study shows NEW
- January 11, 2022 Science Translational Medicine ‘Predicting the mutational drivers of future SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern’ NEW
- January 6, 2022 Science ‘Cutting edge cancer and COVID-19 approaches could reduce organ scarring’ NEW
- January 4, 2022 Science News ‘Omicron cases are exploding. Scientists still don’t know how bad the wave will be.’ NEW
- Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) ‘We’re in this Together. Disinformation Stops with You.’
- EPA Guide to Air Cleaners
- EPA’s List of Disinfectants for use Against COVID-19
- EPA: ‘Six steps for safe & effective disinfectant use’
- McGill University, COVID-19 Vaccine Development & Approvals worldwide
- November 10, 2021 National Terrorism Advisory System Buletin, Department of Homeland Security
- NPR: How is the COVID-19 Vaccination Campaign going in your State? Updated regularly
- October 25, 2021 Nature ‘The spike protein of SARS-CoV-2 variant A.30 is heavily mutated and evades vaccine-induced antibodies with high efficiency’