Please visit NJDOH COVID-19:
Information for Healthcare Professionals to review significantly updated
infection prevention and control related documents based on recent updates made
to the CDC
Infection Control Guidance for Healthcare Professionals about Coronavirus
(COVID-19):
For Healthcare Facilities: COVID-19 Community Levels do not apply in healthcare settings, such as hospitals and nursing homes. Instead, healthcare settings should continue to use community transmission rates and/or NJDOH COVID-19 Weekly CALI and Variant Surveillance Reports (as appropriate).
NOTE: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) have recently updated the QSO-20-38-NH (3/10/2022) & QSO-20-39-NH (3/10/2022) that applies to CMS certified nursing homes. Notable updates are changes to align with current CDC recommendations. Please refer to the QSO for additional details.
As always, please continue to monitor the NJDOH COVID-19 and CDC
websites.
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