CDC Guidance for Nursing Homes
- January 31, 2023
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CDC Guidance for Nursing Homes
CDC Issues Reports on Effectiveness of Bivalent Booster in Nursing Home Residents Nursing home members encouraged to review reports.
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- September 26, 2022
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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.
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- September 23, 2022
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CDC Guidance for Nursing Homes
Interim Infection Prevention and Control Recommendations for Healthcare Personnel During the COVID-19 Pandemic - Read More
- September 23, 2022
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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.
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- September 23, 2022
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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
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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.
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- June 13, 2022
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CDC Guidance for Nursing Homes
CDC Holds Training on Event-Level Vaccination Data Form Training slides, notes now available.
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- May 31, 2022
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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.
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- May 31, 2022
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CDC Guidance for Nursing Homes
CDC Updates Key COVID-19 Vaccination Web Page Confirming Nursing Home Routine Testing Requirement for Unboosted 50+ Staff The CDC revised the definition of "up to date" with COVID-19 vaccinations on its web page for the general public, which is referenced as the source of the "up to date" definition in the CMS nursing home testing guidance. Nursing homes are now required to conduct routine testing of staff over age 50 who are eligible for the second booster shot, but have not received it.
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- May 23, 2022
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CDC Guidance for Nursing Homes
CDC Strengthens 2d COVID Booster Recommendation for Adults 50 and Over The CDC now recommends a second booster for adults age 50 and over, when 4 months has elapsed after the first booster. The stronger recommendation was accompanied by a new definition of "up to date" with vaccinations. Under the new definition, adults age 50 and over are "up to date" when they have received a second booster if eligible.
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