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​Links to information on 
​COVID-19 from trusted sources

Guidance

World Health Organization
WHO has produced technical guidance, covering topics such as country readiness, patient management, risk communication and community engagement, surveillance and case definitions, infection prevention and control in health care facilities, disease commodity package, laboratory guidance, early investigations, and reduction of transmission from animals to humans.

NICE - Rapid guidelines and evidence summaries
 
Coronavirus guidance for clinicians - NHS England
  • Primary care
  • Secondary care
  • Community based health and social care and ambulance services​

Coronavirus (COVID-19) guidance - DHSC

​Specialty guidance - NHS England

Guidance for Workforce Leaders  - NHS Employers

Hospital readiness checklist for COVID-19
This checklist, from the World Health Organization, has been prepared with the aim of supporting hospital managers and emergency planners in achieving the above by defining and initiating actions needed to ensure a rapid response to the COVID-19 outbreak. The checklist is structured on eleven key components; under each component, there is a list of questions regarding the status of implementation of the recommended action specific to that component.

Resources from Royal Colleges and other professional bodies - guidance relating to Codid-19

NHS 111 Online - Coronavirus (COVID-19) advice – Find out what to do if you think you have symptoms or if you might have been exposed to the virus while travelling. ​

Evidence Based Resources

​Public Health England: Finding the evidence; Coronavirus
The Public Health England Knowledge and Library Services Team has produced this page to help those working on the current coronavirus outbreak to embed evidence-informed decision-making in their daily practice.  Includes links to the latest guidelines and information specifically for UK health professionals.

Oxford COVID-19 Evidence Service
The Centre for Evidence Based Medicine (CEBM) is producing evidence syntheses to answer clincal questions about COVID-19 pandemic. 

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BMJ Best Practice - BMJ's clinical decision support tool 
  • Covid-19
  • SARS
  • Middle East respiratory syndrome

Dynamed - Clinician-focused tool designed to facilitate efficient and evidence-based patient care. 
  • COVID-19 (Novel Coronavirus)
  • Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV)
  • Upper Respiratory Infection (URI) in Adults and Adolescents
  • Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS)
  • Community-acquired Pneumonia in Adults

UpToDate - CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019 (COVID-19) PANDEMIC

eBooks -  ​Respiratory Care, Critical Care, Radiology and Palliative Care 

​National Library of Medicine (USA) Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
Information pulled together by the National Library of Medicine based in Bethesda, Maryland, USA on the Coronavirus (Covid-19). 

World Health Organisation: Global research on coronavirus disease (COVID-19)
WHO is gathering the latest scientific findings and knowledge on coronavirus disease (COVID-2019) and compiling it in a database. They update the database daily from searches of bibliographic databases, hand searches of the table of contents of relevant journals, and the addition of other relevant scientific articles that come to our attention. The entries in the database may not be exhaustive and new research will be added regularly. The database is updated daily, Monday through Friday. 

Elsevier COVID-19 Clinical Tool Kit
Clinical resources and tools focused on the latest evidence-based practices for COVID-19 covering topics from symptom management to diagnosis, treatment and ongoing wellness.

Coronavirus: 5 ways to put evidence into action during outbreaks like COVID-19 – this has been produced by The Conversation, and highlights ways of translating the knowledge into practice.
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Google Scholar has collated the hubs of some of the main biomedical journals on their homepage, to make it easier to access them.
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Research - ongoing

The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Innovation Observatory is providing daily updates in their dashboard of clinical trials in the pipeline for potential Coronavirus (COVID-19) treatments. They are collecting information on SARS-CoV-2 tests currently in development or commercially available for the diagnosis of COVID-19.
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Digital Science – Dimensions is updated once every 24 hours, so the latest research can be viewed alongside existing information. Research outputs include datasets and clinical trials. The aim is to allow access to the latest research information as quickly as possible.

​Wellcome have brought together a list of signatories who have agreed to freely share research on the topic.

Training

  • BMJ Learning - In response to the rapidly evolving challenges posed by COVID-19, BMJ are providing free access to their most relevant CPD online courses to update and refresh clinical knowledge for those supporting our healthcare systems.​
  • Coronavirus: Learning for the health and care workforce (via e-Learning for Healthcare)
    The programme has been created by Health Education England and includes key materials to help the health and care workforce respond to Coronavirus.
    Courses in the Coronavirus programme currently include:
    1. Essential Guidance from the NHS and Government
    2. Infection Prevention and Control
    3. Public Health England – Personal Protective Equipment
    4. Critical Care Resources
  • COVID-19: Tackling the Novel Coronavirus
    The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine is offering a course called COVID-19: Tackling the Novel Coronavirus. The course explains what is currently known about the disease outbreak, what the virus it is, how it is thought to spread, how to respond to it, and implications for the future. The course is free, lasts 3 weeks, and requires 4 hours of study per week.
  • COVID-19 Micro learning
    The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control has produced a series of micro-learning online sessions:
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    1. What are non-pharmaceutical countermeasures in COVID-19 context?
    2. Which are the non-pharmaceutical countermeasures linked to Personal Protection?
    3. Which are the environmental non-pharmaceutical countermeasures to mitigate the impact of COVID-19?
    4. Which social distancing non-pharmaceutical countermeasures mitigate the impact of COVID-19?
    5. Which are the travel related countermeasures to mitigate the impact of COVID-19?
  • Emerging respiratory viruses, including COVID-19: methods for detection, prevention, response and control
    This World Health Organization course provides a general introduction to COVID-19 and emerging respiratory viruses and is intended for public health professionals, incident managers and personnel working for the United Nations, international organizations and NGOs.
  • FEMA Center for Domestic Preparedness training materials
    Dr. Richard Schwartz, MD, FACEP, gives a brief overview of the precautions and infection control considerations for Coronaviruses to include Corona Virus Disease 19 (COVID-19). This brief, three-part series provides an overview of coronaviruses, barrier precautions and controls for the viruses, and transportation and movement of patients who have or are suspected of having the virus.
  • Irish Global Health Network
    Resources for health professionals and global health workers, this page brings together relevant published data from a global health perspective on the coronavirus outbreak.
  • Science Matters: Let’s talk about COVID19
    Imperial College London has launched a free online course explaining the science behind the response to the novel coronavirus (COVID19) outbreak. It is free to participate, and takes approximately 19 hours to complete.

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