Table 1.

Important dates of protocols for home health care and hospice clinicians

Date	Protocol
March 9	In person and Zoom COVID-19 training for all field clinicians
March 21	Training for COVID-19 team and access to company COVID-19 testing.
March 21	Fit testing and education on how to don N-95 masks. Patient facing workers were fit-tested for PPE in small groups.
March 23	Clinicians required to wear N95 masks for high risk visits.
March 25	COVID-19 education on online learning platform for all clinical (and non-clinical) staff.
March 26	Implemented surgical masks for all visits for field clinicians
April 15	Implemented protocol for clinicians to ask patients and their close caregivers to wear a face covering.
April 23	Implemented masks and goggles for all field visits.