Resources for Pathologists’ Assistants During the COVID-19 Pandemic

These links are provided as a resource for Pathologists’ Assistants and will be updated frequently. However, as the information is rapidly updated, there may be more recent information available. Please rely on your hospital’s preparedness team for the most up-to-date results. If you have corrections or requests for additional resources, please contact us.

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Surgical Pathology:

General Grossing
- Official CAP Guidance: https://www.cap.org/laboratory-improvement/news-and-updates/cap-responds-to-your-covid-19-questions (added 4/3/2020)

Lung Specimens
- Official CDC Guidance: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-nCoV/lab/lab-biosafety-guidelines.html
- Additional Studies:

ENT Specimens
- Official CDC Guidance: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-nCoV/lab/lab-biosafety-guidelines.html
- Additional Studies:
  - https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMc2001737
  - https://jcp.bmj.com/content/early/2020/05/27/jclinpath-2020-206635.long (added 6/22/2020)

Bowel Resections
- Official CDC Guidance: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/php/water.html
- Additional Studies:
  - https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2762997

Placenta
- Official CDC Guidance: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-nCoV/lab/lab-biosafety-guidelines.html
- Additional Studies:

Kidney
- Official CDC Guidance:
- Additional Studies:
  - https://jasn.asnjournals.org/content/early/2020/05/05/ASN.2020040432.long (added 6/22/2020)

Formalin Fixed Tissue
- Official CDC Guidance: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/lab/lab-biosafety-guidelines.html
- Additional Studies:
  - https://www.who.int/csr/sars/survival_2003_05_04/en/
  - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S016609340400179X

Frozen Section
- Official CDC Guidance:
- CDC Clinical Laboratories COVID-19 Response Weekly Calls:
  - https://www.cdc.gov/safelabs/resources-tools/covid-19-clinical-calls/2020-april.html (added 5/14/2020)
  - April 20 meeting slides (added 5/14/2020)
  - April 20 meeting transcript (added 5/14/2020)
- Official CAP Guidance: https://www.cap.org/laboratory-improvement/news-and-updates/cap-responds-to-your-covid-19-questions (added 4/3/2020)
- Additional Studies:
  - https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/01478885.2020.1734718
  - https://www.pathologica.it/article/view/147 (added 9/15/2020)

Diagnostic Delays
- Official CDC Guidance:
- Additional Studies:
  - https://jcp.bmj.com/content/jclinpath/early/2020/06/19/jclinpath-2020-206833.full.pdf (added 6/22/2020)

Autopsy Resources:

Official CDC Guidance: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/hcp/guidance-postmortem-specimens.html
CDC Clinical Laboratories COVID-19 Response Weekly Calls:
- https://www.cdc.gov/safelabs/resources-tools/covid-19-clinical-calls/2020-april.html (added 5/14/2020)
- April 20 meeting slides (added 5/14/2020)
- April 20 meeting transcript (added 5/14/2020)
Official CAP Guidance: https://documents.cap.org/documents/COVID-Autopsy-Statement-09april2020b.pdf (added 4/17/2020)
Additional Studies:

CAP Inspection:

https://www.cap.org/news/2020/latest-on-the-novel-coronavirus-covid-19#us-inspections (added 6/22/2020)

Cytology:

https://acsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/cncy.22280 (added 4/17/2020)

Safe Handling:

https://www.cdc.gov/labtraining/training-courses/biological-safety-cabinets.html
https://www.osha.gov/SLTC/covid-19/controlprevention.html
https://www.epa.gov/pesticide-registration/list-n-disinfectants-use-against-sars-cov-2 (added 4/3/2020)
https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26/7/20-0885_article (added 4/17/2020)
https://cnaclassesnearme.com/how-to-properly-wash-your-hands (added 7/28/2020)
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/hcp/guidance-risk-assesment-hcp.html (added 7/28/2020)
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/cod.13626 (added 9/15/2020)

Surgical Considerations:

Mental Health Resources:

(Meditation) Headspace (Free 3-Month Trial): https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/C6DDGNL
(Meditation) Insight Timer: https://insighttimer.com/
NAMI: https://nami.org/Find-Support
Panic Attack Information: https://www.therapistaid.com/therapy-worksheet/panic-info-sheet
ASCP Course on Burnout: https://store.ascp.org/productlisting/productdetail?productid=124494054 (added 6/22/2020)
The Art of Living Wellness Program: https://event.us.artofliving.org/us-en/hcp-online-wellness-program/ (added 6/22/2020)
UCSF Webinar: https://psych.ucsf.edu/coronavirus/webinars (added 6/22/2020)
Professional Quality of Life Scale: https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/education/graduate-medical-education/assets/pro-qol-english-self-score.pdf (added 6/22/2020)
Emotional PPE Project (Cost-Free Therapy for Health Care Workers): https://www.emotionalppe.org (added 9/15/2020)

Unemployment Resources:

Overview: https://www.dol.gov/coronavirus
State Specific Aid:
- https://www.careeronestop.org/LocalHelp/UnemploymentBenefits/find-unemployment-benefits.aspx

Coronavirus Background:

https://thepathologist.com/subspecialties/the-covid-19-pandemic-a-summary

https://www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-19346/v1

https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S2213-2600(20)30116-8

https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2001316

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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32172546/

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanres/article/PIIS2213-2600(20)30076-X/fulltext

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32196410/

https://www.jto.org/article/S1556-0864(20)30132-5/pdf

https://consultqd.clevelandclinic.org/a-pulmonary-pathologists-perspective-on-covid-19/

https://www.lecturio.com/covid-19-coronavirus-disease-2019

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/cases-updates/cases-in-us.html (added 4/3/2020)

https://curriculum.covidstudentresponse.org/ (added 4/3/2020)

https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/map.html (added 9/15/2020)

Remote Slide Review:

https://www.cms.gov/files/document/qso-20-21-clia.pdf-0 (added 4/3/2020)

ACS COVID-19 Registry:

https://www.facs.org/quality-programs/covid19-registry (added 4/23/2020)

Created: March 30, 2020