Last updated March 25, 2024.
Below is a list of communicable disease guidance and resources geared towards correctional and detention facilities and/or sites serving people experiencing homelessness. They include links to CDPHE’s list of reportable conditions and how to report a disease to CDPHE, as well as disease-specific information.
Report a disease
Antimicrobial resistance
- CDPHE and County Sheriffs of Colorado: The rise of antimicrobial resistance: Candida auris and other drug-resistant germs (webinar)
- CDC: Health Equity and Antimicrobial Resistance
- CDC: Health Advisory - Increase in Extensively Drug-Resistant Shigellosis in the United States
- CDC: Be Antibiotics Aware - Smart Use, Best Care
- CDC: Antimicrobial Resistance Biggest Threats Report
- Federal Bureau of Prisons: Antimicrobial Stewardship Clinical Guidance
COVID-19
- CDC: Respiratory Virus Guidance
- CDC: Respiratory Guidance Update FAQs
- CDC: Interim Guidance for Managing Healthcare Personnel with SARS-CoV-2 Infection or Exposure to SARS-CoV-2
- COVID-19 Infection Prevention Strategies in Confinement Facilities playlist on CDPHE’s YouTube channel
- CDPHE: COVID-19 homepage
- CDPHE: COVID-19 reporting requirements
- CDC: Use of COVID-19 Vaccines in the United States
- CDC: Building Confidence in COVID-19 Vaccines
- CDC: Bridge Access Program - CDC’s Bridge Access Program provides free COVID-19 vaccines to adults without health insurance and adults whose insurance does not cover all COVID-19 vaccine costs.
- Pharmacy Bridge Access Program Enrollment
- CDPHE: Vaccine Equity Clinic Request Form (for sites serving people experiencing homelessness)
- CDPHE: COVID-19 Treatments
- CDPHE: Information about outpatient therapeutics for health care providers
- NIH Home Test to Treat Program
- PAXCESS Paxlovid Patient Support Program
Enteric diseases
- CDPHE: Foodborne illness homepage
- CDPHE: Hepatitis A homepage
- CDC: People Experiencing Homelessness and Viral Hepatitis
- CDC: Shigellosis among people experiencing homelessness
- CDC Health Advisory: Increase in Extensively Drug-Resistant Shigellosis in the United States
Influenza and other non-COVID respiratory diseases
- CDPHE influenza outbreak guidelines: Prevention and control in correctional and detention facilities, 2023-2024 season
- CDPHE and County Sheriffs of Colorado: What you need to know for the 2023-2024 influenza and RSV season (webinar)
Meningococcal disease
- CDPHE: Meningococcal disease
- CDPHE: Meningococcal disease quick sheet for sites serving people experiencing homelessness or housing instability
- CDPHE: Immunization guidance for public health and health care professionals
- CDC: About meningococcal disease
Mpox
- CDPHE: Mpox guidance and frequently asked questions for correctional and detention facilities
- CDPHE: Mpox guidance and frequently asked questions for shelters
- CDPHE: Mpox homepage
- CDC: Considerations for Reducing Mpox Transmission in Congregate Living Settings
- CDC: Guidance for Tecovirimat Use
Other vaccine-preventable diseases
- CDC: What Health Departments Need to Know When Responding to Mumps Outbreaks in Correctional and Detention Facilities
- Influenza, Varicella, and Mumps Outbreaks in U.S. Migrant Detention Centers
- CDC: Varicella (chickenpox) Outbreak Identification, Investigation, and Control
Sexually transmitted infections, HIV, & Viral Hepatitis
- CDPHE: Sexually transmitted infections and HIV homepage
- CDPHE: Syphilis in Colorado - Provider Information
- CDPHE: Viral hepatitis homepage
- CDPHE and County Sheriffs of Colorado: Blood Borne Pathogens in Correctional Care Settings
- CDC: Detection of STIs in Special Populations: Persons in Correctional Facilities
- CDC: People Experiencing Homelessness and Viral Hepatitis
- CDC: Recommendations for Correctional and Detention Settings: Testing, Vaccination, and Treatment for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, TB, and STIs
- National Clinician Consultation Center: Post-exposure prophylaxis quick guide for occupational exposures to HIV and hepatitis B and C
Skin infections
- CDC: Scabies in institutional settings
- CDC: MRSA
- CDPHE and County Sheriffs of Colorado: Common skin infections in correctional settings (webinar)
- NIOSH: What is MRSA? (Correctional Officers)
Tuberculosis
- CDPHE and County Sheriffs of Colorado: Tuberculosis in corrections: Breaking down the wall (webinar)
- CDPHE: Tuberculosis homepage and contacts
- CDC: Prevention and Control of TB in Correctional and Detention Facilities
- CDC: Recommendations for Correctional and Detention Settings: Testing, Vaccination, and Treatment for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, TB, and STIs
- CDC: TB and People Experiencing Homelessness
Vectorborne diseases
- CDC: Bartonella quintana infection
- CDC: Typhus Fevers Information for Healthcare Providers
- CDPHE: Tick removal information
- CDPHE: Tick submissions for identification
Animal bites
- CDPHE: Rabies page
- ACIP: Rabies vaccine guidance
- National Association of State Public Health Veterinarians: rabies compendia
Overdose prevention
- SAFEProject: Opioid Overdose Response Training
- CDPHE: Reducing harms associated with drug use including injection-related health risks and overdose
- CCJRC: Take Care Health Matters
- Vera Institute: Overdose Deaths & Jail Incarceration
- Journal of Substance Use & Addiction Treatment: Fatal & nonfatal overdose risk following release from prison
- CDPHE: Overdose prevention
- Vital Strategies: Medication Assisted Treatment for Opioid Use Disorders in Jails & Prisons (PDF)
Other
- CDC: Correctional health
- CDC: Homelessness and health
- CDC: Disaster Planning, Response, and Recovery for Organizations Serving People Experiencing Homelessness
- CDC: Healthcare Specific Infection Prevention Guidance
- Colorado Department of Local Affairs
- HUD Exchange: Disease Risks and Homelessness
- National Health Care for the Homeless Council: Communicable diseases
- Office of Justice Programs: Infectious diseases in correctional facilities
- NIOSH: Reducing Work-Related Needlestick and Other Sharps Injuries Among Law Enforcement Officers
- NIOSH: Safe and Proper Use of Disinfectants to Reduce Viral Surface Contamination in Correctional Facilities
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