CDC updates COVID-19 Healthcare IPC recommendations

 

To:  All healthcare facilities From:  CDPHE COVID-19 Infection Prevention CDC updated recommendations in the Interim Infection Prevention and Control Recommendations for Healthcare Personnel During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic. The updates include:  Admission testing in nursing homes will be at the discretion of the facility, as it already is for other healthcare settings.      Facilities will be encouraged to look beyond SARS-CoV-2 and make broader masking decisions based on facility-and-patient-level characteristics and local metrics that could reflect increasing respiratory virus transmission in the community.      CDC remains dedicated to preventing transmission of SARS-CoV-2 and other pathogens in healthcare settings and will continue working to reduce the negative impact of COVID-19 after the PHE has ended.   CDC’s Project Firstline is hosting a town hall event in collaboration with the American Medical Association to review the updates and hear perspectives from the field on May 16, 2023 at 10:30 AM MDT.  To learn more about the town hall and register, please visit the event page   Email questions:  cdphe_covid_infection_prevention@state.co.us.