Comprehensive Resources

CDC Preparing for COVID-19 in Nursing Homes
- Core practices for staffing and supplies for IPC
- Education and communication with residents, staff, and families
- Source control measures
- Testing policies
- Cohorting
- Managing admissions and re-admissions
CMS:
- State Actions to Mitigate COVID-19 Prevalence in Nursing Homes (PDF)
  - Organizations available to assist
  - Infection control “strike teams”
  - Reporting
  - Cleaning/disinfection
  - Communications
  - Housing and sheltering
  - Staffing
  - Cohorting
  - PPE
  - Visitors
- LTC Nursing Homes Telehealth and Telemedicine Tool Kit (PDF)
  - General Policy Guidance
  - State Statutes
  - Technical Assistance
  - Selecting a Vendor
  - Patient and Community Resources
- Training:
  - Emergency Preparedness Testing Exercise Requirements (PDF)
  - Specialized Training in IPC for NH Staff (Mar. 11, 2019)
AMDA Q&A
- Preparedness checklist for nursing homes
- Screening residents and staff
- Clinical presentation
- Cohorting
- Managing residents’ external appointments, including dialysis
- PPE optimization
- Telehealth
- Visitors
UCI Health Orange County Nursing Home IPC Toolkit
- Key IPC Strategies
- Staff Self-Monitoring
- PPE
- Visitor Policies
- Temperature and Symptom Screening for Staff and Residents
- Cohorting
- Environmental Cleaning
Minnesota Department of Health Information for LTCFs (PDF)
- Administration
- Staff risk assessments
- Cohorting
- Reimbursement for emergency expenses
- Line lists to track residents
- Discontinuation of contact precautions
- Post-mortem testing
- Family engagement
- Resources: staff health screening log, PPE posters, line list template, response check list, others
OSHA COVID-19 Guidance for Nursing Home and LTCF Workers (PDF)
LA County Department of Health Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNFs):
- Testing strategies
- Active surveillance
- Managing COVID-19
- Evaluating patients
- Info for HCP

COVID-19