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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, Long-Term Care Facilities.
For Hospitals
HHS Teletracking Program Training for Hospitals - August 2020
Reporting Guidance
How to report novel coronavirus (COVID-19 disease, SARS-CoV-2 virus) testing, infections, and deaths in Kansas.
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 at KansasVaccine.gov
Additional Resources
Find resources to print and share in the Publications section.
Hospital Toolkit
- Healthcare_Facilities_Cleaning_Guide 05-19-20
- Healthcare Professional Preparedness Checklist For Transport and Arrival of Patients Potentially Infected with COVID-19 (PDF)
- Palliative Care During COVID-19 Guidance (PDF) - 4-30-20
- Small and Critical Access Hospitals Alternative COVID-19 IPaC Guidance (PDF) - 10-29-20
- COVID-19 PPE Purchasing Considerations Guidance (PDF) - 4-30-20
- Taking Care of Yourself During COVID-19 (PDF) - 4-21-20
- PUI Criteria (PDF) - 10-29-20
- 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) - 5-15-21
- 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 Moms to Be (PDF) - 5-6-21
- Preguntas frecuentes (FAQ) para futuras mamas (PDF) - 5-13-21
- Guidance for Water Recreation Facilities (PDF) - 5-11-20
- Healthcare_Facilities_Cleaning_Guide 05-14-20
- Interim Guidance for MCH Services Perinatal Infant (PDF) - 5-6-21
- 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
- Healthcare Professional Preparedness Checklist For Transport and Arrival of Patients Potentially Infected with COVID-19 - 4-30-20
- Current COVID-19 Disease Info (PDF) - 5-5-20
- PUI Criteria (PDF) - 10-29-20
- KDHE Home Visiting Services Guidance (PDF) - 5-7-21
- Directrices provisorias para los servicios de visitas en el domicilio del Departamento de Salud y Medio Ambiente de Kansas (KDHE)
- CMS NH Reopening Recommendations Memo (PDF) - 5-18-20
- COVID-19 Disease Investigation Guideline (PDF) - 8-2021
- Public Health Management of Exposed Persons - 3-15-21
- 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
- Public Health Management (PDF) - 10-29-20
- Palliative Care During COVID-19 Guidance - 4-30-20
- COVID-19 Personal Protective Equipment Purchasing Guidance - 4-30-20
- Community Resilience Toolkit
- Awaiting COVID-19 Test Results FAQs - 6-21
- Vaccinated Kansans Guidance (PDF) - 5-15-21
- COVID-19 Vaccine Breakthrough Cases
Isolation & Quarantine
- Daily Medical Monitoring Log (PDF) - 4-24-20
- Guidance for beef, pork and poultry processing and packing (PDF) - Updated 5-28-21
- Home Isolation (PDF) - 5-18-20
- Isolation & Quarantine Guidance and FAQs (PDF) - 7-29-21
- Aislamiento y cuarentena Preguntas frecuentes Índice (PDF) 7-28-20
- Isolation Quarantine Release Graphic KS (PDF) - 12-14-20
- ES_Isolation and Quarantine Release Graphic_KS_12.14.20
- Grafico de liberacion de cuarentena de aislamiento KS (PDF) 7-6-2020
- Travel Related Quarantine Table (PDF) - Updated 7-29-21
- INSTRUCCIONES Mientras espera los resultados de la prueba o si da positivo en la prueba de COVID-19
- Guidance for COVID-19 Non-Congregate Settings (PDF) - 5-28-21
- Shortened Quarantine Guidance (PDF) - 3-10-21
- CDC Reducción de los Períodos de Cuarentena por el COVID-19 (PDF) - 3-19-21
- 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
- COVID-19 PPE Purchasing Considerations Guidance (PDF) - 4-30-20
Outpatient Clinic Toolkit
- COVID-19 Clinic Preparedness Flyer (PDF) - 3-8-21
- COVID-19 Personal Protective Equipment Purchasing Guidance - 4-30-20
- Current COVID-19 Disease Info (PDF) - 5-5-20
- Guidance for Healthcare Facilities Preparing for Community Transmission of COVID-19 in Kansas - 4-30
- Guidance for Optometrists (PDF) - 3-15-21
- Healthcare_Facilities_Cleaning_Guide 05-14-20
- Healthcare Professional Preparedness Checklist For Transport and Arrival of Patients - 4-30-20
- COVID-19 Infection Prevention and Control Guidance for Outpatient Clinics (PDF) - 10-29-20
- Palliative Care During COVID-19 Guidance - 4-30-20
- PUI Criteria (PDF) - 10-29-20
- Taking Care of Yourself During COVID-19 (PDF) - 4-21-20
- KDHE Home Visiting Services Guidance (PDF) - 5-7-21
- FAQs for Moms to Be (PDF) - 5-6-21
- Interim Guidance for MCH Services Perinatal Infant (PDF) - 5-6-21
- Telehealth (PDF) - 5-20-20
- 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) - 5-15-21
- 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
- Strategies for Optimizing Facemasks (PDF) - 5-14-20
- 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
- Strategies for Optimizing Supplies of Isolation Gowns 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
- Respiratory Protection Prioritization Cheat Sheet (PDF) - 5-12-20
- PPE Cheat Sheet (PDF) - 10-29-20
- Understanding Options to Protect Your Breathing Zone (PDF) - 7-30-20
- Understanding ASTM Levels for Facemasks (PDF) - 7-30-20