COVID-19 Resource Center

ACOEM in Action: COVID-19 Response
Calls to action, recommendations, and public statements from the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine.

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• CALL TO ACTION FEMA How to Help: Donations, Volunteering, and Private Sector 

• ​RECOMMENDATION Occupational Spirometry and Fit Testing in the COVID-19 Era: Updated Recommendations from the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (August 31, 2021)
• ​RECOMMENDATION Occupational Spirometry and Fit Testing in the COVID-19 Era: Updated Recommendations from the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (July 10, 2020)
• RECOMMENDATION ACOEM Calls for National Mandate Requiring Use of Masks to Contain the Spread of COVID-19 (July 8, 2020)
• RECOMMENDATION ACOEM and MDGuidelines® Evidence-Based COVID-19 Guideline for Occupational Health - UPDATED  (March 6, 2023)
• RECOMMENDATION ACOEM Recommendations for Use of Cloth or Disposable Face Coverings in the Workplace During COVID-19 (April 10, 2020)

•  STATEMENT ACOEM Supports COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates for Health Care Workers (July 31, 2021)
• STATEMENT College Urges DOL to Issue Emergency Temporary Standard for COVID-19 (April 16, 2021)
• STATEMENT ACOEM Comments on Preliminary Framework for Equitable Allocation of COVID-19 Vaccine (September 4, 2020)
• STATEMENT ACOEM Letter to CDC Urging Inclusion of Occupational Data Fields in COVID-19 Case Reporting (May 20, 2020)
• STATEMENT ACOEM Letter of Support for H.R. 6559: COVID–19 Every Worker Protection Act of 2020 (May 6, 2020)
• STATEMENT ACOEM Letter Urging Congressional Committees to Protect Health and Safety of Meat Processing Industry (April 30, 2020) 
• STATEMENT ACOEM Urges White House to Reconsider Decision to Defund World Health Organization (April 27, 2020)
• STATEMENT GETTING AMERICA SAFELY BACK TO WORK: How OEM Physicians Can Help Employers Safely Return Employees to Work (April 27, 2020)
• STATEMENT ACOEM Signs Multi-Organization Letter Urging Federal Government to Provide COVID-19 Testing Resources to Essential Business Employers (April 14, 2020) 
• STATEMENT ACOEM Letter Regarding OSHA Infectious Disease Standard for Health Care Workers (April 13, 2020)
• STATEMENT ACOEM Letter Recommending the Suspension of Audiometry Testing and Request for Interim Guidance to OSHA / MSHA / FRA (March 31, 2020)
• STATEMENT AIHA / ACOEM Joint Letter on Donation of Surplus Masks and Respirators for Healthcare Workers COVID-19 (March 24, 2020)
• STATEMENT ACOEM Letter to Vice President Pence: COVID-19 - Supply and Distribution of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) (March 24, 2020)
• STATEMENT ACOEM Letter to Membership from President Stephen A. Frangos, MD, MPH, FACOEM on OEM Efforts and Response (March 18, 2020)
• STATEMENT ACOEM Letter to Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA)  Urging the Department of Transportation (DOT) to Relax Commercial Driver Exam License Requirements in Wake of Federal Emergency Declaration (March 18, 2020)
• STATEMENT ACOEM Letter to OSHA to Urge the Issue of Additional Temporary Guidance Regarding Required Medical Surveillance Exams (March 18, 2020)
• STATEMENT ACOEM Advises Suspension of Routine Occupational Spirometry Testing During COVID-19 Pandemic​ (March 16, 2020)
• STATEMENT ACOEM Letter to Support H.R. 139, COVID-19 Health Care Worker Protection Act of 2020 (March 12, 2020)
• STATEMENT ACOEM Urges Congressional Action to Extend Sick-leave Benefits to All American Workers During Current Coronavirus Epidemic (March 11, 2020)
• STATEMENT ACOEM Letter to Leadership of the House Education and Labor Committee (March 11, 2020)