Preparing for COVID-19: Long-Term Care Facilities, Nursing Homes

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Office of Infectious Diseases (CDC OID). Published: 3/21/2020. This web page, updated on March 21, 2020, provides strategies that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends to prevent the spread of COVID-19 (coronavirus disease) in long-term care facilities and nursing homes. Nursing homes should assume it could already be in their community and move to restrict all visitors and unnecessary healthcare personnel from the facility; cancel group activities and communal dining; and implement active screening of residents and healthcare personnel for fever and respiratory symptoms. (Text)
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