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Healthcare Providers & Local Health Departments
Find toolkits for Local Health Departments, Hospitals and Outpatient Clinics below and on the Laboratories & Testing page. Additional toolkits are available for Acute & Continuing Care Facilities, Mental Health Professionals, Dental Practices, Optometrists and Long-Term Care Facilities.
For Hospitals
HHS Teletracking Program Training for Hospitals - August 2020
Reporting Guidance
As of May 11, 2023, laboratory testing* and cases of COVID-19 are no longer reportable to KDHE or your local health department; however, clusters or outbreaks remain reportable. Report clusters or outbreaks by calling the Epidemiology Hotline 24/7 at 877-427-7317, option 5.
*Testing partners, including Community Testing Partners and reference laboratories contracted by the State of Kansas, should continue to send COVID-19 results. Contact your KDHE program manager with any questions on reporting.
Additional Resources
Find resources to print and share in the Publications section.
Therapeutics
Use the Outpatient Therapeutics Decision Aid (PDF) and Side-by-Side Overview of Outpatient Therapeutics guidance, and be sure to check that you are using the latest information. Find additional guidance from the CDC, ASPR, and FDA.
Community Testing Partners
Community testing allows trusted organizations to provide testing to their communities in partnership with a KDHE contracted lab. Organizations may choose the program that best matches their own testing approach to maximize impact. Learn more.
COVID-19 Vaccine Providers
Find the tools and resources you need.
Hospital Toolkit
- Healthcare_Facilities_Cleaning_Guide 05-19-20
- Palliative Care During COVID-19 Guidance (PDF) - 4-30-20
- Small and Critical Access Hospitals Alternative COVID-19 IPaC Guidance (PDF) - 10-29-20
- Taking Care of Yourself During COVID-19 (PDF) - 4-21-20
- Current COVID-19 Disease Info (PDF) - 5-5-20
- Definición de una persona investigación (PUI) (PDF) - 10-19-2020
- Cold vs. Flu vs. Allergies vs. Coronavirus Adult (PDF) - 9-22-20
- Cold vs. Flu vs. Allergies vs. Coronavirus Children (PDF) - 9-22-20
- Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Hospital Preparedness Assessment Tool (PDF) - 4-30-20
- COVID-19 IPaC Guidance for Acute Inpatient Settings (PDF) - 10-29-20
Kit de Herramientas del Hospital
- Guía de Cuidados Paliativos Durante COVID-19 (PDF) - 4-30-20
- Guía para el uso de mascarillas del KDHE (PDF) - 8-5-21
- Definición de una persona investigación (PUI) (PDF) - 10-19-2020
- Los CDC ahora recomiendan que las personas mayores de 2 años usen máscaras de tela cuando están fuera de sus hogares (PDF) - 4-22-2020
- Comparacion entre COVID-19 RESFRIADO GRIPE y ALERGIAS en Los Adultos (PDF) - 9-22-20
- Comparacion entre COVID-19 RESFRIADO GRIPE y ALERGIAS en Los Ninos (PDF) - 9-22-20
Local Health Department Toolkit
- Drive-through drive-up specimen collection clinic for COVID-19- LHDs (PDF) - 5-28-2120
- COVID-19 Clinic Preparedness Flyer (PDF) - 4-3-20
- FAQs for Perinatal and Infant Populations (PDF) - 02.28.22
- Preguntas frecuentes (FAQ) para futuras mamas (PDF) - 02.28.22
- Guidance for Water Recreation Facilities (PDF) - 5-11-20
- Healthcare_Facilities_Cleaning_Guide 05-14-20
- Interim Guidance for MCH Services Perinatal Infant (PDF) - 02.28.22
- Managing People With COVID-19 in Home Care and Isolation with Pets and Animals (PDF) - 4-30-20
- Medical Waste Memo (PDF)
- Taking Care of Yourself During COVID-19 (PDF) - 4-21-20
- Current COVID-19 Disease Info (PDF) - 5-5-20
- KDHE Home Visiting Services Guidance (PDF) - 9.16.21
- Directrices provisorias para los servicios de visitas en el domicilio del Departamento de Salud y Medio Ambiente de Kansas (KDHE)
- COVID-19 Disease Investigation Guideline (PDF) - 08.26.2022
- Cold vs. Flu vs. Allergies vs. Coronavirus Children (PDF) - 9-22-20
- Comparacion entre COVID-19 RESFRIADO GRIPE y ALERGIAS en Los Ninos (PDF) - 9-22-20
- Cold vs. Flu vs. Allergies vs. Coronavirus Adult (PDF) - 9-22-20
- Comparacion entre COVID-19 RESFRIADO GRIPE y ALERGIAS en Los Adultos (PDF) - 9-22-20
- COVID-19 Personal Protective Equipment Purchasing Guidance - 4-30-20
- Community Resilience Toolkit
- COVID-19 Vaccine Breakthrough Cases
Isolation & Quarantine
- Guidance for beef, pork and poultry processing and packing (PDF) - Updated 5-28-21
- Home Isolation (PDF) - 5-18-20
- Isolation Guidance and FAQs (PDF) - 12.08.22
- Isolation Quarantine Release Graphic KS (PDF) - 08.18.22
- ES_Isolation and Quarantine Release Graphic_KS_01.19.22
- INSTRUCCIONES Mientras espera los resultados de la prueba o si da positivo en la prueba de COVID-19
Labs & Testing Toolkits
- Lab Supply Guidance for Local Health Departments & Emergency Managers for COVID (PDF) - 4-16-20
- COVID-19 Submission Form General Submitters (PDF) - 12-15-20
- COVID-19 Testing Submission Instructions (PDF) - 11-12-2020
- COVID-19 Specimen Collection Kit - 4-30-20
- Update to COVID-19 test results reporting April 2022
- Specimen Kit and Supplies Request Form
- LabXChange
Outpatient Clinic Toolkit
- Current COVID-19 Disease Info (PDF) - 5-5-20
- Guidance for Optometrists (PDF) - 9-28-2021
- Healthcare_Facilities_Cleaning_Guide 05-14-20
- Taking Care of Yourself During COVID-19 (PDF) - 4-21-20
- KDHE Home Visiting Services Guidance (PDF) - 9.16.21
- FAQs for Perinatal and Infant Populations (PDF) - 02.28.22
- Interim Guidance for MCH Services Perinatal Infant (PDF) - 02.28.22
- Guidance For Providers Assisting Victims of Domestic and Sexual Violence (PDF) - 4-30-20
- Cold vs. Flu vs. Allergies vs. Coronavirus Children (PDF) - 9-22-20
- Cold vs. Flu vs. Allergies vs. Coronavirus Adult (PDF) - 9-22-20
Kit de Herramientas para Clinicas Ambulatorias
- Definición de una persona investigación (PUI) (PDF) - 10-19-2020
- Guía de Cuidados Paliativos Durante COVID-19 (PDF) - 4-30-20
- Los CDC ahora recomiendan que las personas mayores de 2 años usen máscaras de tela cuando están fuera de sus hogares (PDF) - 4-22-2020
- Guía para el uso de mascarillas del KDHE (PDF) - 8-5-21
- Comparacion entre COVID-19 RESFRIADO GRIPE y ALERGIAS en Los Ninos (PDF) - 9-22-20
- Comparacion entre COVID-19 RESFRIADO GRIPE y ALERGIAS en Los Adultos (PDF) - 9-22-20
PPE Toolkit
- N95 Extended Use Chart (PDF) - 3-30-20
- N95 Limited Reuse Chart (PDF) - 3-30-20
- Engineering & Admin Controls for Minimizing Exposures in Healthcare Facilities (PDF) - 4-9-20
- Strategies for Optimizing N95 Respirators (PDF) - 5-14-20
- Strategies for Optimizing Supplies of Eye Protection for Healthcare Facilities in Kansas - 4-30-20
- Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Burn Rate Calculator - 4-30-20
- COVID-19 Personal Protective Equipment Purchasing Guidance - 4-30-20
- Understanding Options to Protect Your Breathing Zone (PDF) - 7-30-20
- Understanding ASTM Levels for Facemasks (PDF) - 7-30-20