Healthcare Professionals
Provider Alerts and Updates
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- Public Health Leaders End Weekly Testing Requirements for Workers (September 13, 2022)
- Use of Outpatient COVID-19 Therapeutics in California (March 30, 2022)
- Prioritizing COVID-19 Case Investigation, Contact Tracing and Outbreak Investigations (March 29, 2022)
- Paxlovid Guidance (January 20, 2022)
- Paxlovid and Molnupiravir for the treatment of mild-to-moderate COVID-19 (January 1, 2022)
- Using Therapeutics to Prevent and Treat COVID-19 (December 31, 2021)
- Guidance for Isolation & Quarantine of the General Public (December 30,2021)
- Quarantine and Return to Work Guidance for Healthcare Personnel (December 30, 2021)
- Health Care Worker Vaccine Requirement FAQ (December 24, 2021)
- State Public Health Officer Order Re: Health Care Worker Vaccine Requirements (December 22, 2021)
- CA Health Alert Network: Omicron Variant Alert (November 30, 2021)
- Informational Notice: Fall Planning for Pediatric Immunization (August 3, 2021)
- Getting Children Caught Up on Recommended Vaccines (July 23, 2021)
- Adolescent Healthcare Providers: Enroll For COVID-19 Vaccine (May 25, 2021)
- Pediatric COVID-19 Vaccination Provider Survey (5/12/21)
- Informational Notice: Enrollment in Pediatric Covid-19 Vaccination Program (May 7, 2021)
- COVID-19 Variants-Whole Genomic Sequencing Test Availability (5/5/2021)
- SARS CoV-2 Updated Reporting Guidelines (4/13/2021)
- Phase 1a COVID Vaccinations Available at Local Pharmacies (1/13/2021)
- COVID Vaccination Resources Available to Providers (12/24/2020)
- Updated COVID-19 Quarantine Guidelines (12/10/2020)
- Request for Assistance to Inform Patients about Isolation and Quarantine (7/6/2020)
- COVID-19 Provider Teleconference- June 30 3:00pm: Patient Information for Isolation and Quarantine
- COVID-19 Outbreak Testing Line List (updated 8/20/2020)
- Hospital Reporting- Confirmed cases, Discharges and Deaths (Updated 6/24/2020)
- Resuming California’s Deferred and Preventive Health Care (CDPH) (4/27/2020)
- COVID-19 Healthcare Provider Update (SBCPHD) (3/5/2020)
- COVID-19 Provider Checklist (SBCPHD) (3/5/2020)
Santa Barbara County Laboratory Testing
Additional Information
- CalREDIE Manual Laboratory Reporting Module (MLRM) Reporting Antigen Point of Care (POC) Test Results (10/6/2020)
- Home Isolation and Quarantine Instructions for Persons with COVID-19 Infection [ English ] [ Spanish ] (updated 10/27/2020)
- Guidance for Resuming Deferred and Preventive Dental Care (CDPH)
- Quarantine Fact Sheet for Contacts [ English ] [ Español ]
- What you need to know about coronavirus disease (COVID-19) (CDC)- downloadable document
- CDPH Coronavirus Website
- CDC Healthcare Professionals
CDC Interim Guidance
- Interim US Guidelines for Collecting, Handling, and Shipping of Clinical Specimens from Persons for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) (CDC) (Follow link for latest updates)
- Interim Infection Prevention and Control Recommendations for Patients with Suspected or Confirmed Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Healthcare Settings (CDC) (Follow link for latest updates)
- 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 (COVID-19) (CDC) (Follow link for latest updates)
- Interim US Guidance for Risk Assessment and Public Health Management of Persons with Potential Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Exposures: Geographic Risk and Contacts of Laboratory-confirmed Cases (CDC) (Follow link for latest updates)