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May 15, 2020
  • Responding to COVID-19 in Nursing Homes – This guidance is intended to assist nursing homes and public health authorities with response and cohorting decisions in nursing homes. This guidance supplements but does not replace recommendations included in the Interim Additional Guidance for Infection Prevention and Control for Patients with Suspected or Confirmed COVID-19 in Nursing Homes.

     
  • Testing for COVID-19 in Nursing Homes – Reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) testing for SARS-CoV-2 infection among residents and healthcare personnel in nursing homes has become a priority to help inform prevention and control in the facility. This page includes considerations for use of test-based strategies for preventing SARS-CoV-2 transmission in nursing homes

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