COVID-19 Safety
NMC COVID-19 Safety Information
NMC Employees:
If you tested positive for COVID19, please notify NMC HR immediately – 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.
- NMC Covid Safety Policies and Procedures
- In New Mexico, close contact is defined as having close interaction with a person who is positive for COVID-19 for a cumulative of 15 minutes or longer, at 6 feet or less, with or without a mask. Please follow New Mexico’s definition. A face cloth covering is not considered PPE and will not be considered for exemption of close contact status.
- 3 key steps to take while waiting for your COVID-19 test result
- COVID19 Reporting regulations for Employers
- You’ve tested positive, now what?
COVID-19 Safety Info:
CDC
- April 29, 2022 MMWR ‘Seroprevalence of Infection-Induced SARS-CoV-2 Antibodies — United States, September 2021–February 2022’ NEW
- April 29, 2022 MMWR ‘Provisional COVID-19 Age-Adjusted Death Rates, by Race and Ethnicity — United States, 2020–2021’ NEW
- ‘Counterfeit Respirators/Misrepresentation of National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)-Approval’ Updated Regularly
- COVID Data Tracker Weekly Review Updated Weekly
- COVID-19 Community Levels Updated Periodically
- COVID-19 Vaccines for People Vaccinated Outside the United States Updated April 19, 2022 NEW
- Fungal Diseases and COVID-19 Updated Periodically
- 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
- Frequently Asked Questions (or FAQs) about COVID-19 Vaccinations Updated Periodically
- What You Need to Know about Variants Updated Periodically
- Order Free At-Home COVID Test Kits
- Post COVID Conditions
- Quarantine and Isolation Calculator Updated March 30, 2022 NEW
- Similarities and Differences between Flu and COVID-19
- Travel Recommendations by Destination Updated Regularly
- User Instructions for various manufacturer’s free N-95 respirators NEW
- Wastewater Surveillance, by state & county (updated every 2 weeks) NEW
- 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 Periodically
FDA
- In Vitro Diagnostics EUAs — Antigen Diagnostic Tests for SARS-CoV-2′ Updated Regularly NEW
- 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/Coronavirus Updates
- COVID-19 Newsroom
OSHA INFO
- Coronavirus Disease NEW
- March 7, 2022 US Department of Labor announces enforcement, effort for focused inspections in hospitals, nursing care facilities treating COVID-19 patients
- 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
- March 2, 2022 COVID-19 pandemic triggers 25% increase in prevalence of anxiety and depression worldwide
- 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)
- ‘WHO recommends highly successful COVID-19 therapy and calls for wide geographiocal distribution and transparency from originator’ NEW
ASHRAE (American Society of Heating, Refrigeration & Air-Conditioning Engineers) INFO ON VENTILATION
OTHER INFO
- April 21, 2022 Science ‘An mRNA vaccine with a twist – it copies itself -protects against COVIR-19’ NEW
- April 15, 2022 Science ‘Here’s what we know about COVID-19’s inpact on the brain’ NEW
- April 5, 2022 Science Translational Medicine ‘SARS-CoV-2 BA.1 variant neutralized by vaccine booster-elicited serum but evades most convalescent serums & therapeutic antibodies’ NEW
- April 5, 2022 Science ‘New crop of COVID-19 vaccines may be easier to store, cheaper to use’ NEW
- Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) ‘We’re in this Together. Disinformation Stops with You.’
- Department of Health and Human Services, Test to Treat NEW
- 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
- National Institutes of Health ‘COVID-19 Treatment Guidelines — Remdesivir’ NEW
- NPR: How is the COVID-19 Vaccination Campaign going in your State? Updated regularly