CDC Guidance

CDC Guidance for Nursing Homes

May 9, 2023
CDC Guidance for Nursing Homes Federal Infection Prevention and Nursing Home Visitation Guidance Updated as End of PHE Nears: Updated CDC and CMS guidance documents contain a few key changes, but continue many of the same infection prevention measures set forth in prior versions.; Read More

May 8, 2023
CDC Guidance for Nursing Homes Interim Infection Prevention and Control Recommendations for Healthcare Personnel During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Read More; Tags: COVID-19

May 2, 2023
CDC Guidance for Nursing Homes CDC Announces Termination of Community Transmission and Community Level Metrics: Metrics to sunset with end of federal COVID-19 PHE on May 11^th.; Read More; Tags: COVID-19

January 31, 2023
CDC Guidance for Nursing Homes CDC Issues Reports on Effectiveness of Bivalent Booster in Nursing Home Residents: Nursing home members encouraged to review reports.; Read More; Tags: COVID-19

September 26, 2022
CDC Guidance for Nursing Homes CDC Updates COVID-19 Recommendations for Health Care Settings: The CDC has issued updates to its COVID-19 infection prevention guidance for health care personnel and guidance for managing exposed and infected health care personnel. It has also retired its nursing home-specific infection prevention guidance and incorporated guidance for nursing homes into the more general guidance. In addition, CMS has updated its nursing home visitation guidance and testing guidance to align with the CDC guidance.; Read More; Tags: COVID-19

September 23, 2022
CDC Guidance for Nursing Homes Strategies to Mitigate Healthcare Personnel Staffing Shortages: This guidance is to assist health care facilities in mitigating health care personnel staffing shortages that might occur because of COVID-19.; Read More

September 23, 2022
CDC Guidance for Nursing Homes Interim Guidance for Managing Healthcare Personnel with SARS-CoV-2 Infection or Exposure to SARS-CoV-2: Read More

June 14, 2022
CDC Guidance for Nursing Homes New Admission Quarantine and Testing Reminder: Members are reminded that the CDC issued guidance on Feb. 2, 2022 recommending quarantine and testing of all new nursing home admissions and those who have left the facility for over 24 hours.; Read More; Tags: COVID-19

June 13, 2022
CDC Guidance for Nursing Homes CDC Holds Training on Event-Level Vaccination Data Form: Training slides, notes now available.; Read More; Tags: COVID-19

May 31, 2022
CDC Guidance for Nursing Homes NHSN Implements Reporting Changes: The CDC streamlines nursing home COVID-19 reporting modules, although several new questions have been added.; Read More; Tags: COVID-19