EMResource question reminders, clarifications, and updates

 

To: Residential care facilities (Nursing Homes, Assisted Living Facilities, Group Homes, and Intermediate Care Facilities)   From: CDPHE   With the recent update to Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s definition of up-to-date with COVID-19 vaccine, and vaccine clinic-related questions in EMResource, the Residential Care Strike Team wants to provide clarification on reporting requirements for residential care facilities.   Per the Residential Care Facility Comprehensive Mitigation Guidance and Public Health Order 20-20, June 4, 2022 is the deadline to offer a vaccine clinic at your facility geared toward providing second booster doses to residents and staff. The vaccine clinic date(s) question (date: MM/DD/YY) should be answered in EMResource as soon as possible after the vaccine clinic. This vaccine clinic should be after April 1, 2022 to reflect offering second booster doses. CDC did not recommend second booster doses until March 29, 2022. Do not enter any date(s) prior to April 1, 2022.   CDC strengthened its recommendation that those aged 12 years and older who are immunocompromised, and all people aged 50 years and older, should receive a fourth dose/second booster dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at least four months after their third dose/first booster dose. Learn more about CDC’s updated recommendations.   CDC also updated their definition of up to date for COVID-19 vaccines to include fourth and fifth doses (second boosters). You are up to date with your COVID-19 vaccines when you have received all doses in the primary series and all follow-up doses recommended for you. Per the RCF Comprehensive Mitigation Guidance, staff and residents should be offered the vaccine as part of each facility’s plan for ongoing vaccination.   The Up-to-Date Resident and Up-to-Date Staff definitions have been revised in EMResource to reflect this change as follows: (to see the definitions, click on the questions in EMResource)   Definition: The total number of residents/staff who are up to date includes all residents/staff currently at your facility who have received all COVID-19 vaccine doses in the primary series and all booster doses recommended for them. You are also considered up to date if you have: ●    Completed your primary series, but are not yet eligible for a booster. ●    Received one booster, but are not recommended to get a second booster. ●    Received one booster, but are not yet eligible for a second booster. Stay up to date by getting all recommended doses of COVID-19 vaccine. Facilities should revise the number of Up-to-Date Residents and Up-to-Date Staff at your facility based on this revised CDC Up-to-Date definition as soon as possible.    Additionally, facilities must provide the number of residents who have received second booster doses by answering the Resident Second Boosters question. Residents who have received their second booster doses should be included in the number of Up-to-Date Residents question AND the number of Resident Second Boosters question.     Vaccine related questions are required to be updated in EMResource weekly.   Questions? Email residentialcarestriketeam@state.co.us.