ATLANTA—In a Public Healthcare Reminder posted on its website, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) suggested health care facilities and clinicians should prioritize urgent and emergency visits and procedures now and for the coming several weeks. Among the suggestions listed are to "postpone routine dental and eyecare visits." In full, the CDC stated, "Health care facilities and clinicians should prioritize urgent and emergency visits and procedures now and for the coming several weeks. The following actions can preserve staff, personal protective equipment, and patient care supplies; ensure staff and patient safety; and expand available hospital capacity during the COVID-19 pandemic:

• Delay all elective ambulatory provider visits.

• Reschedule elective and non-urgent admissions.

• Delay inpatient and outpatient elective surgical and procedural cases.

• Postpone routine dental and eyecare visits.

The CDC suggested clinics and health care facilities consult their state or local health department about specific plans for their community.