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Associate safety and wellbeing.
PPE Guidance
For a summary of up-to-date information regarding PPE requirements for Associates and Patients, visit the PPE Essentials page.
Instructional Videos
For videos on general principles, conservation and reuse, and donning and doffing, visit the PPE Instructional Videos page.
How to Perform a Seal Check: Key Steps
PPE Extended Use and Reuse Job Aids
Quick Links
Occupational Health Resources
New! Preventing the Spread of COVID-19 Guidebook
Guidelines for PAPR Use with Facial Hair
Instructions for Downloading the Associate Screening App for iPhone and Android
COVID-19 Exemptions for Physicians and Associates
COVID-19 Screening and Testing Locations for MedStar Physicians and Associates
Updated! Work Travel Restrictions and Personal Travel Guidance
HR Resources
Wellbeing
Associate Wellbeing
Physician Wellbeing
Patient care.
Clinical Guidelines
For a summary of up-to-date information regarding primary care, specialty care, and urgent care, visit the Ambulatory Resource Page.
For a summary of up-to-date information regarding emergent, urgent, and elective surgery, visit the Surgical Resource Page.
Appropriate Blood Transfusion is Essential for Patient Safety
EM / Critical Care
Imaging / Radiology
Respiratory Therapy
Pharmacy / Medication Management
Obstetrics and Neonatology
Pediatrics
Hospital Medicine
Surgical Guidelines
Ambulatory Care
Isolation Guidelines
Behavioral Health
Perioperative Guidelines During the COVID-19 Era
For a summary of essential up-to-date information regarding emergent, urgent, and elective surgery, visit the Surgical Resource Page.
Non Operative Ordering, Testing, Reporting Results, and Return to Work
For a summary of up-to-date information regarding primary care, specialty care, and urgent care, visit the Ambulatory Resource Page.
Ordering, Testing, and Referral Guidance
Reporting Results and Return to Work Guidance for Patients
Ambulatory Guidance: Primary Care, Specialty Care, Urgent Care
For a summary of up-to-date information regarding primary care, specialty care, and urgent care, visit the Ambulatory Resource Page.
Urgent Care/ Primary Care
Ambulatory Specialty Care
Discharge and Transfer Instructions (English and Spanish)
INPATIENT Discharge Instructions for Patients (English and Spanish)
OUTPATIENT Discharge Instructions for Patients (English and Spanish)
New! Instructions for Pediatric Patients with POSITIVE COVID-19 test or PUI
SNF Discharge and Transfer instructions
ICU, Non-ICU and ED Transfer Instructions
Nursing.
Patient Care
PPE: For a summary of essential up-to-date information regarding PPE requirements for Associates and Patients, visit the PPE Essentials page.
For videos on general principles, conservation and reuse, and donning and doffing, visit the PPE Instructional Videos page.
Job Aids and Tools
ICU
Nursing Guidelines and Documentation
Operations.
Infection Prevention and Isolation Practices
Infection Preventionist and Isolation Guidance
Infection Prevention Contact Information
| Entity | Infection Prevention Phone Number |
|---|---|
| MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center | Primary: 443-777-7011 Secondary/Off Hours: 410-932-0065 (pager) |
| MedStar Georgetown University Hospital | Primary: 202-444-3686 Secondary/Off Hours: Page the Infection Preventionist on call |
| MedStar Good Samaritan Hospital | Primary: 443-444-4393 Secondary/Off Hours: 402-641-0207 |
| MedStar Harbor Hospital | Primary: 410-350-3591 Secondary/Off Hours: 443-510-3506 (mobile) |
| MedStar Montgomery Medical Center | Primary: 301-774-8812 Secondary/Off Hours: 443-545-9791 (mobile) |
| MedStar National Rehabilitation Network | Primary: 202-877-1502 Secondary/Off Hours: 240-413-9451 (mobile) |
| MedStar RadAmerica | Primary: 443-777-6813/410-682-6800 Secondary/Off Hours: 443-622-1178 (mobile) |
| MedStar Southern Maryland Hospital Center | Primary: 301-877-4739 Secondary/Off Hours: Operator |
| MedStar St. Mary’s Hospital | Primary: 240-434-4082 Secondary/Off Hours: 301-475-6226 (nursing office) |
| MedStar Union Memorial Hospital | Primary: 410-554-2988 Secondary/Off Hours: 402-641-0207 |
| MedStar Visiting Nurse Association | Primary: 410-236-8454 Secondary/Off Hours: 410-236-8454 |
| MedStar Washington Hospital Center | Primary: 202-877-7636 Secondary/Off Hours: 202-801-3916 (pager) |
| MedStar Ambulatory Services- non-hospital sites | Primary: 443-834-8138; secondary: 443-682-2904 |
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Research.
Clinical Research
MedStar Health is conducting a wide spectrum of COVID-19 research studies to improve our understanding and ability to treat this deadly pandemic. To learn more about these studies, visit the MedStar COVID-19 Research page.
Data Science
MedStar Health maintains a data warehouse derived from the electronic health record and other MedStar Health sources. This MedStar Analytic Platform (MAP), using Health Catalyst, is accessible to MedStar Health investigators to conduct data science research.
You can find more information about the process to begin a data science research project by reading this flier. For a high-level description of data elements in MAP see this document. For a list of active data science research studies, visit the MedStar COVID-19 Research page.
Healthcare Delivery
MedStar Health is conducting studies focused on the impact of COVID-19 on care delivery, how care can be improved during the pandemic including through the use of new technologies, and how certain patient populations may be adversely impacted. If you are interested in healthcare delivery research, please review the studies listed on the MedStar COVID-19 Research page and contact the principal investigator. For all other inquires, email research@medstar.net.
Resources and Collaborators
Through our work as an academic healthcare system, MedStar Health investigators have access to collaborators and resources. To learn more about current research, visit the MedStar COVID-19 Research page and contact the principal investigator. For all other inquires, email research@medstar.net.
Georgetown-Howard Universities Center for Clinical and Translational Science
The Georgetown-Howard Universities Center for Clinical and Translational Science (GHUCCTS) is a multi-institutional consortium of medical research institutions forged from a desire to promote clinical research and translational science. Through multiple partnerships and collaborations among the member institutions, GHUCCTS is transforming clinical research and translational science in order to bring new scientific advances to health care.
Georgetown University Medical Center Biomedical Research
Additional Resources.
Please contact MSHSafetyTeam@medstar.net with questions or comments.
