Residential Care Setting Surveillance Testing Strategy and Guidance

To: Residential Care Facilities (Skilled nursing facilities, assisted living residences, group homes, and intermediate care facilities) The State of Colorado is committed to mitigating the spread of COVID-19 in residential care settings, including nursing homes, assisted living residences and other residential care settings. A key strategy to achieving this goal is the implementation of facility wide surveillance testing to identify potential asymptomatic residents or staff with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. Identifying previously unknown individuals allows for the timely implementation of appropriate infection prevention interventions such as isolation and cohorting to prevent the spread of the virus within the facility. To provide further explanation and information regarding the residential care settings surveillance testing strategy, please review the new guidance document which can be found here:  Residential Care Setting Surveillance Testing Strategy and Guidance