Information for Healthcare Providers
Masking Guidance Update
On April 3, 2023 the California Department of Public Health released new masking guidance. Kern County has adopted this guidance and plans no modifications to it. The guidance can be found here: Guidance for Face Coverings (ca.gov)
Do not send patients to Public Health to be tested for COVID-19. You may use our testing site map to help patients find a place to get tested.
COVID-19 Confidential Morbidity Report (CMR)
Guidance for EMS: COVID-19 Precautions, Exposures and Illness
Medical Health Resource Request
EMS System Surge Plan
We are currently in Level 1 - Low Triage
To see the whole surge plan, click here.
Bulletins
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- COVID-19 Updates, Immunization Recommendations, and Other Communicable Diseases (7/21/2020)
- Health Officer Order, Discontinuation of Isolation, Laboratory Testing, Skilled Nursing Facilities (5/6/2020)
- Kern County Cases, Additional Guidance for Laboratory Testing, Medical Health Resources Requests (3/24/2020)
- Additional Updates for Healthcare Provider Regarding COVID-19 (3/18/2020)
- Healthcare Exposure Assessment and Management (3/12/2020)
- COVID-19 Update (3/1/2020)
- Additional Guidance (2/11/2020)
- 2019 Novel Coronavirus (1/27/2020)
Testing Prioritization Recommendations
Information for Healthcare Providers
- CDPH COVID-19 Guidance for Skilled Nursing Facilities
- CDC Healthcare Personnel with Potential Exposure Guidance