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LaSalle County is in Region 2.
Mitigations can be found here
Regional Metrics can be found here
Illinois Department of Public Health – County Level Risk Metrics
To file a complaint, please call us at 815-433-3366 during business hours (Mon-Fri 8am-4:30pm) and we will be happy to discuss them with you, or you may reach the department at environmentalhealth@lasallecounty.org
Last update: December 11, 2020
If you are a healthcare provider, be on the look-out for:
- People who recently traveled from China or another affected area and who have symptoms associated with COVID-19, and
- People who have been in close contact with someone with COVID-19 or pneumonia of unknown cause. (Consult the most recent definition for patients under investigation [PUIs])
If you have a patient that meets the CDC criteria outlined in the link above mask the patient and place them in an airborne infection isolation room immediately, practicing contact and airborne precautions in addition to eye protection.
Fill out the Person Under Investigation (PUI) form and contact the LaSalle County Health Department immediately at 815-433-3366. For emergency after hours reporting, please contact the LaSalle County Sheriff’s Department at (815)433-2161 and give them your contact information and someone from the Health Department will contact you as soon as possible.
- Person Under Investigation Form
- Guidelines for Clinical Specimens
- IDPH COVID-19 Providers Checklist
- Recommendations for Testing Individuals with Signs or Symptoms Consistent with COVID-19 Infection and/or Close Contact with a Confirmed or Probable Case of COVID-19 -October 21, 2020
- Interim U.S. Guidance for Risk Assessment and Public Health Management of Healthcare Personnel with Potential Exposure in a Healthcare Setting to Patients with Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
- IDPH Division of Laboratories Online Supply Ordering and Updated Testing Information
- Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C) Associated with Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Interim Guidance – July 2, 2020
- COVID-19 Poster
Essential Critical Infrastructure Workers
- IDPH Interim Guidance for Crisis Management for Essential Critical Infrastructure Workers
- Interim Guidance for Implementing Safety Practices for Critical Infrastructure Workers Who May Have Had Exposure to a Person with Suspected or Confirmed COVID-19
- Interim Guidance for Work Exclusion and Monitoring Recommendations for Healthcare Settings and EMS
- Instructions For Tested Healthcare Workers & First Responders
- Symptom-Based Strategy to Discontinue Isolation for Persons with COVID-19
- Criteria for Return to Work for Healthcare Personnel with Suspected or Confirmed COVID-19 (Interim Guidance)
Additional Healthcare Resources
- Elective Surgery Guidance – Supplemental FAQs – July 3, 2020
- CDC Interim Guidance for Healthcare Facilities
- CDC Preparedness Steps for Healthcare Facilities
- CDC Healthcare Infection Prevention and Control FAQs for COVID-19
- IDPH – Considerations for Healthcare Providers in ANY Healthcare Setting
- IDPH – Updated Guidance Regarding Elective Surgeries and Procedures
- Guidance for Oral Health
- Recommended Guidance for Preventing Spread of COVID-19 in the Medically Fragile Child
- COVID-19 Elective Surgery FAQ’s
- IDPH Revised Interim Guidance: Provision of Routine Oral and Dental Care: May 21, 2020
- Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence Medical Emergency Services Managed in Hospital Emergency Departments During COVID-19 Pandemic
- Support Persons in Health Care Facilities (including hospitals)
- Intimate Partner Violence, Sexual Violence, and Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention/Support Resources
Long Term Care Facilities (LTCF)
- 2020 General Election Guidance Voting Information for Nursing
Homes and Other Long-Term Care Facilities - CDC Long Term Care Facilities COVID-19 Guidance
- IDPH Long Term Care COVID-19 Guidance Page
- Updated Interim Guidance for Nursing Homes and Other Long-Term Care Facilities and Programs: Phased Reopening – October 21, 2020
- IDPH Long Term Care COVID-19 Guidance
- Outdoor Visitation Guidance for Long-Term Care Facilities June 18, 2020
- Visitor Restriction Guidance
- Checklist for Long term Care Facilities
- Sample Long Term Care Facility Letter
- Employee Monitoring Tool
- Nebulizer Treatments for COVID-19 Cases
- Guidance for Infection Control and Prevention of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Nursing Homes (REVISED)
- Transfer of Patients from Hospital Settings to Skilled and Intermediate Long-term Care Facilities
- Access to Hospital Patients and Residents of Long-Term Care Facilities by Essential State-Authorized Personnel
- Updated Interim Guidance: COVID-19 Testing and Response Strategy in Licensed Long-term Care (LTC) Facilities – May 28, 2020
- Example Signs (Posters)
Fire Service, Emergency Medical Services Personnel, and 911 Public Safety Answering Points (PSAPs)
- IDPH and CDC Guidance for Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems and 911 Public Safety Answering Points (PSAPs) for COVID-19
- Interim Guidance for Work Exclusion and Monitoring Recommendations for Healthcare Settings and EMS
- Recommended Guidance for Preventing Spread of COVID-19 in High-risk Populations During Transport
- IDPH – Considerations for Healthcare Providers in ANY Healthcare Setting
- IDPH – What Firefighters and EMS Providers Need to Know about COVID-19
Guidance for Home Care Service Providers
- Guidance for Home Care Service Providers Regarding Supervisory Visits by Agency Personnel
(Home Health, Hospice, Home Services and Home Nursing) - Guidance: Home Health Agencies – Admission and Treatment Orders by Advanced Nurse Practitioners, Physician Assistants, Physicians, and Podiatrists
- May 13, 2020 Guidance for Home Health, Hospice, Home Services and Home Nursing Agencies on Care for COVID-19 and Potential COVID 19 Patients/Clients
Guidance for Outpatient Settings
Guidance for Dialysis Facilities
Guidance Relating to Non-discrimination in Medical Treatment for Novel Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19)
Convalescent Plasma for the Treatment of COVID-19 and Donation of Convalescent Plasma
Guidance for Correctional and Detention Facilities
- Interim Guidance on Management of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Correctional and Detention Facilities
- Cleaning and Disinfecting Recommendations
PPE Guidance
- CDC Strategies for Optimizing Supply of N95 Respirators
- Guidance for N95 Reuse
- EMS and Hospital PPE Conservation
- IDPH Strategies for Optimizing Supply of N95 Respirators
LaSalle County Healthcare Coalition Bulletin (Weekly)
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