Vizient members:
View our latest COVID-19 updates
Our COVID-19 member resources provide the latest clinical, surgical and pharmacy supply updates, including information from the Vizient Disaster Response team, suppliers, regulatory agencies and industry organizations.
Insights and resources for
COVID-19 vaccine development
As COVID-19 vaccine candidates continue to be developed, Vizient® pharmacy and sourcing experts have the latest supplier, distribution and clinical information. The resources are based on industry knowledge, supplier relationships and government communication.
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INTEGRIS Health was able to effectively pivot to meet demands as the COVID-19 outbreak worsened thanks to the foundational work put in place by Micah Parker, vice president of supply chain, and Vizient experts.
COVID-19 resources
Member-provided resources
Supplier resources
Guidance
- Advancing Team Culture:Workforce Effectiveness During COVID-19 and Beyond
- Clinical workforce well-being playbook: Leading through the COVID-19 crisis and beyond
- Guidance to the OSHA COVID-19 Interim Enforcement Response Plan
- COVID-19 supply projections: Planning for reduction, reuse and reprocessing
- Strategic National Stockpile: State-by-state resource
- Pharmacy Field Hospital Toolkit
- Minimum required nursing documentation
- Hospital Alternative Care Sites for Inpatient Surge Capacity Algorithm
- Pharmacy Practice Considerations
- COVID-19 emergency coding information
- COVID-19 Guidance for Converting ASCs to Hospitals
- Guidance for Resumption and Management of Electively Scheduled Surgery and Procedures in the COVID-19 Era
Vizient has published clinical resources to provide information and increase public health awareness about COVID-19. Current information is disseminated from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the World Health Organization (WHO), and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
- Vizient Clinical Resource Guide: COVID-19
- Vizient Clinical Resource Guide: Face masks and filtering facepiece respirators
- Vizient Clinical Resource Guide: Personal Protective Equipment EUA Updates
- Vizient Clinical Resource Guide: Guide to isolation and surgical gown selection
- Vizient Clinical Resource Guide: Nonwoven Fabric PPE Guide
- Vizient Clinical Resource Guide: Hand sanitizers FDA recall
Emerging practices
Vizient is committed to ongoing research of Vizient members’ emerging practices and other related updates to federal and regulatory guidelines in support of efforts to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. As new information surfaces, updates will be provided.
The CDC has recommended strategies for hospitals to optimize their supply of N95 masks stratified by the severity of their shortage. Read more about it in the Emerging Practice Summary: Reprocessing of N95 masks during severe shortages.
The COVID-19 Pandemic Compendium includes a collection of emerging practices and guide for resiliency.
Read the compendiumLearn about the Novaplus Enhanced Supply Program to improve supply resiliency.