CDC Guidance

CDC Guidance for Adult Care Facilities/Assisted Living

CDC Guidance for Adult Care Facilities/Assisted Living 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.
May 9, 2023: Read More

CDC Guidance for Adult Care Facilities/Assisted Living Interim Infection Prevention and Control Recommendations for Healthcare Personnel During the COVID-19 Pandemic
May 8, 2023: Read More

CDC Guidance for Adult Care Facilities/Assisted Living CDC Announces Termination of Community Transmission and Community Level Metrics: Metrics to sunset with end of federal COVID-19 PHE on May 11^th.
May 2, 2023: Read More

CDC Guidance for Adult Care Facilities/Assisted Living 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.
September 26, 2022: Read More

CDC Guidance for Adult Care Facilities/Assisted Living 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.
September 23, 2022: Read More

CDC Guidance for Adult Care Facilities/Assisted Living Interim Guidance for Managing Healthcare Personnel with SARS-CoV-2 Infection or Exposure to SARS-CoV-2: Guidance to assist with assessment of risk, monitoring, and work restriction decisions for health care providers with potential exposure to COVID-19.
September 23, 2022: Read More

CDC Guidance for Adult Care Facilities/Assisted Living Clinical Questions about COVID-19: Questions and Answers: Patients with Persistent or Recurrent Positive Tests
June 4, 2020: Read More

CDC Guidance for Adult Care Facilities/Assisted Living Considerations for Preventing Spread of COVID-19 in Assisted Living Facilities
May 29, 2020: Read More

CDC Guidance for Adult Care Facilities/Assisted Living Discontinuation of Transmission-Based Precautions and Disposition of Patients with COVID-19 in Healthcare Settings (Interim Guidance): Guidance for health care staff and public health officials regarding discontinuing transmission-based precautions and discharging hospitalized patients with COVID-19.
May 2, 2020: Read More

CDC Guidance for Adult Care Facilities/Assisted Living Strategies to Optimize the Supply of PPE and Equipment: CDC’s optimization strategies for PPE offer options for use when PPE supplies are stressed, running low, or absent.
April 22, 2020: Read More