Last updated 3/25/2020
Edited and selected by Kristin LaLonde, AHIP
This list will be updated as frequently as possible and has been created from crowd-sourced suggestions from MLA members and other health information professionals on the front lines of providing information during the COVID-19 pandemic. These search strings are provided via the good will of health information professionals, not from MLA as an organization.
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3-25-20: COVID-19 and Sepsis by Clinical Librarian Team at the Health Sciences Library, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
3-25-20: Reusing PPE by Basia Delawska-Elliott and Andrew Hamilton from Oregon Health & Science University, copyedited by Tracy Shields at Naval Medical Center Portsmouth
Pubmed: (((((washable or rewash* OR reusable OR reprocessed OR reprocessing or reuse or reusing or reused or repurpose* or recycl* or multiple use* or multiple usage or used again or used repeat* or repeat use or repeat usag* or repeated use or repeated uses or repeated usage* or repeatedly use* or used repeatedly or extend use or extending use or extending use or extending usage or extended use or extended usage) AND (("Protective devices"[Mesh] OR "personal protective equipment" OR masks OR mask OR gown OR gowns OR "space suits" OR "protective clothing" OR "respiratory protective devices") OR (facemask* or mask* or n95 or glov* or gown* or visor* or ppe or (personal equipment* or protective devic* or protective gear)))))) AND (infection control[mh] or equipment contamination[mh] or infection control* or decontaminat* or resanitiz* or resanitis* or desaniti* or contaminat* or antisept* or biocid* or steriliz* or sanitize* or bleach* or hypochlor* or ozon* or ultraviolet or UV))) AND (infect or infected or infection or infections or epidemic* or pandemic* or outbreak* or bacteria or bacterial* or virus or viruses or viral* or influenz* or swine flu or h1n1 or ebola or sars or severe acute respiratory syndrome or mers or middle east respiratory syndrome* or ((COVID-19 or 2019-nCoV or severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 or SARS-CoV-2 or 2019 novel coronavir* )) or disease transmission, infectious[mh] or communicable or transmission* or decontamination[majr] or disinfection[majr] or transmit or transmitted or transmitting or vector* or nosocom*)
3-20-20: COVID-19 and Dentistry by (collaboration by Dean Giustini at UBC and pubmedsearches.blogspot.com and Natalie Clairoux at Université de Montréal, Bibliothèque de la santé)
PubMed: ((((((("Stomatognathic Diseases"[Mesh]) OR "Dentistry"[Mesh]) OR "Oral Health"[Mesh]) OR "Dental Facilities"[Mesh])) OR ((dentist* OR endodont* OR orthodonti* OR periodont* OR prosthodont*) OR (apicoectom* OR gingivectom* OR gingivoplast* OR glossectom* OR "mandibular advancement" OR alveolectom* OR alveoloplast* OR vestibuloplast* OR "root canal") OR (oral OR oropharyng* OR temporomandibular OR TMJ OR jaw OR jaws OR mandibular OR maxillofacial OR mandible* OR maxilla* OR "alveolar ridge" OR dental OR orthognathic OR tooth OR teeth OR occlusion OR malocclusion OR mal-occlusion OR odontolog* OR tongue* OR glossal OR buccal OR palatal OR palate OR palates OR labial OR lip OR lips OR gingiva* OR gingiviti*)))) AND ((((((("severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2"[Supplementary Concept] OR "severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2"[All Fields]) OR "2019 ncov"[All Fields]) OR "2019nCoV"[All Fields]) OR (((("covid 19"[All Fields] OR "severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2"[Supplementary Concept]) OR "severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2"[All Fields]) OR "2019 ncov"[All Fields]) OR "sars cov 2"[All Fields])) OR (("severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2"[Supplementary Concept] OR "severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2"[All Fields]) OR "sars cov 2"[All Fields])) OR (("wuhan"[All Fields] AND (("coronavirus"[MeSH Terms] OR "coronavirus"[All Fields]) OR "coronaviruses"[All Fields])) AND 2019/12/1 : 2030/12/31[Date - Publication])))
3-20-20: broad search for drug therapy for Covid-19 by Loren Hackett at Cleveland Clinic Floyd D. Loop Alumni Library
Ovid Medline: (nCoV or 2019-nCoV or ((new or novel or wuhan) adj3 coronavirus) or covid19 or covid-19 or SARS-CoV-2 or "Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2").mp. AND (therap* or treat* or dose or doses or dosag* or pharmacotherap* or drug or antiviral).mp.
3-18-20: Pediatrics (general) by Brian Baker at Valley Children's Hospital
PubMed: pediatric AND ((wuhan[tw] AND (coronavirus[tw] OR corona virus[tw])) OR nCov[tw] OR 2019 ncov[tw] OR novel coronavirus[tw] OR novel corona virus[tw] OR covid-19[tw] OR SARS-COV-2[tw] OR Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2[tw] OR coronavirus disease 2019[tw] OR corona virus disease 2019[tw] OR new coronavirus[tw] OR new corona virus[tw] OR new coronaviruses[all] OR novel coronaviruses[all] OR "Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2"[nm] OR 2019 ncov[tw] OR nCov 2019[tw] OR SARS Coronavirus 2[all]) AND (2019/12[dp]:2020[dp])
3-18-20: Recent articles on cancer patients and the coronavirus (COVID-19) by Yimin Geng; Kate J. Krause @ Research Medical Library, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
PubMed: (Immunocompromised Host[MH] OR Immunocompromised[TW] OR "Cancer"[SB]) AND ("Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2"[NM] OR "COVID-19"[TW] OR COVID19[TW] OR "novel coronavirus"[TW] OR coronavirus[TI] OR "corona virus"[TI] OR "SARS-CoV"[TW] OR "SARS-CoV-2"[TW] OR "SARS2"[TW] OR "2019-nCoV"[TW]) AND 2019/12/1:3000/12/31[PDAT]
3-18-20: Recent articles on coronavirus and cancer by Yimin Geng; Kate J. Krause @ Research Medical Library, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
PubMed: "Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2"[NM] OR "COVID-19"[TW] OR COVID19[TW] OR "novel coronavirus"[TW] OR coronavirus[TI] OR "corona virus"[TI] OR "SARS-CoV"[TW] OR "SARS-CoV-2"[TW] OR "SARS2"[TW] OR "2019-nCoV"[TW] AND 2019/12/1:3000/12/31[PDAT] AND cancer [sb]
3-18-20: Pediatrics by Kathy Zeblisky @ Phoenix Children’s Hospital
PubMed: ((nCoV[all] OR 2019-nCoV[all] OR new coronavirus[all] OR novel coronavirus[all] OR covid19[all] OR covid-19[all] OR SARS-CoV-2[all])) AND (((child* OR pediatric* OR paediatric* OR adolescen* OR infant* OR newborn* OR neonat* OR teenag* OR youth* OR juvenile* OR young*)))
3-18-20: pregnancy/vertical transmission by Maureen Dunn @ Concord Hospital
PubMed: ((2019 AND coronavirus) OR COVID-19 OR SARS-CoV-2 OR HCoV-19) AND (pregnancy OR neonate OR vertical transmission)
3-18-20: General COVID searches in New PubMed/ Old PubMed and MESH Supplementary Concepts by Dean Giustini
3-18-20: MESH Supplementary Concepts from NLM
