Intramural COVID-19 Guidance and Resources

NIH-Wide Guidance and Resources

• NIH Health Information on COVID-19
• NIH Guidance for Staff on Coronavirus [NIH only]
• NIH Occupational Medical Service (OMS)

NIH Coronavirus Safety Guide

• NIH Safety Guidance
• NIH Safety Guidance Video [NIH only]
• NIH Safety Guidance Video Technical Tips [NIH only]

Intramural Guidance and Resources

Laboratory Operations

• Process for Requesting Exceptions to Maintenance Phase (April 30, 2020)
• An Intramural Plan to Minimize COVID-19 Risks for NIH Staff and the Community, by Shifting to Minimal Maintenance of Non-Mission-Critical Laboratory Operations (March 20, 2020)

Clinical Operations

• IRP Repository for COVID-19 Samples (May 7, 2020)
• Rapid Review of Human Subjects Research Related to the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic (March 27, 2020)
• Donating Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and COVID-19 Testing Supplies (March 25, 2020)
• Guideline for Special Requests for Investigational Drug Shipment Related to the Study Participants’ Inability to Travel to the NIH During COVID-19 Outbreak (March 13, 2020)
• Instructions for Treating a Patient with an Investigational Agent at a Non-Study Location (March 12, 2020)
• NIH IRB Guidelines for Protocol Deviations During COVID-19 Outbreak (March 11, 2020)
• Office of Human Subjects Research Protections (OHSRP) COVID-19 Response Hub
• Institutional Review Board (IRB) Information Regarding COVID-19

Trainees and Fellows

• Extension Exceptions for Non-FTE Trainees for COVID-19 (Updated September 24, 2020)
• For Postbaccs Approved to Return to Workspace Beginning August 17 - Only After OHR Approval of the IC Plan to Include Them (August 5, 2020)
  • Sample Trainee Return Form
• Exceptional Use of IC Funds for Per Diem Quarantine for Non-FTE Trainees (VF/IRTA/CRTA) (July 13, 2020)
• Student IRTA/CRTA and Student Special Volunteers (July 10, 2020)
• 2020 Virtual Postbac Poster Day (March 25, 2020)
• Coronavirus Response Information from the Office of Intramural Training and Education (OITE)

Intramural COVID-19 Research Communications

• COVID-19 Scientific Interest Group and Listserv