COVID-19 Resource Center

Providing free and shareable resources* to the healthcare community in response to the COVID-19 pandemic

These are unprecedented times, and ECRI realizes you are facing numerous challenges. First and foremost, we hope you, your family, and those you hold dear stay safe and healthy. Visit this COVID-19 Resource Center often for the latest information and life-saving resources. ECRI stands ready to assist your organization in the battle against COVID-19, whether or not you are a current member. If you need assistance, please contact us today at clientservices@ecri.org.

Total cases worldwide

Last updated March 3, 2021 at 8:04 a.m. ET from the Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center.

Recently added resources

• ECRI Position Paper | When “Normal” Might Happen: Post-COVID-19 Transition Forecasting and Its Implications for Healthcare Organizations: This paper examines the rationale behind current post-COVID transition forecasts, their limitations, and their implications for healthcare provider planning.
• ECRI Position Paper | Tracking Genetic Variants of SARS-CoV-2: Ensuring Diagnostic Testing Retains Accuracy: From a public health perspective, new mutations can also be worrisome for another reason: their effect on COVID-19 diagnostic test accuracy.
• ECRI’s COVID-19 Outreach to Biden Administration: ECRI sent a letter to President Biden and Vice President Harris offering unbiased, evidence-based assistance to battle the coronavirus pandemic.
• Learning from Errors with the New COVID-19 Vaccines: ISMP has received numerous voluntary reports of COVID-19 vaccine errors or hazards happening across the nation and internationally, from vaccine dilution errors to look-alike product mix-ups.
• COVID-19 Journey: ECRI’s journey through the global pandemic delivered trusted, independent guidance to the broad healthcare community, assuring safe, high-quality care for patients and support for healthcare workers.
• COVID-19 Lab Webcast Recording | COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution & Administration—Is Your Health System Prepared?: As health systems prepare to deliver the COVID-19 vaccine, there are many questions about distribution and administration.
• ECRI is collaborating with The Association for Health Care Resource & Materials Management (AHRMM) to provide lists of non-traditional suppliers offering PPE supplies. In this collaboration, AHRMM is tracking non-traditional domestic suppliers and ECRI is tracking non-traditional international suppliers. The combined effort and solution will help providers vet non-traditional suppliers and provide assurance that they have been assessed by each organization.

COVID-19 resource collections

Visit these COVID-19 resource pages often for the latest information and life-saving resources.

Resources for healthcare professionals

Our free resources include emergency preparedness and infection control guidelines, checklists, and tools; supply chain resources, and guidance for aging care facilities. Additional resources and services are available through ECRI’s membership programs. Contact us today to learn more.

* All material in this COVID-19 Resource Center, https://www.ecri.org/coronavirus-covid-19-outbreak-preparedness-center/, is protected by copyright, and all rights are reserved under international and Pan-American copyright conventions. However, in light of current circumstances, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, ECRI will permit the ECRI content accessible from this COVID-19 Resource Center to be reproduced and shared, in whole or in part, for non-commercial purposes only. If you desire to reproduce or share content from third-party sources cited within this Center, you must first seek approval from that third-party source.