Strategies to Prevent the Spread of COVID-19 in Long-Term Care Facilities (LTCF): March 1, 2020

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (U.S.). Division of Viral Diseases.
• Description:
  A new respiratory disease – coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) – is spreading globally and there have been instances of COVID-19 community spread in the United States. The general strategies CDC recommends to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in LTCF are the same strategies these facilities use every day to detect and prevent the spread of other respiratory viruses like influenza.
  
  Prevent the introduction of respiratory germs INTO your facility -- Prevent the spread of respiratory germs WITHIN your facility -- Prevent the spread of respiratory germs BETWEEN facilities.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Coronavirus Infections COVID-19 Disaster Planning Disease Outbreaks Health Facilities Infection Control Long-Term Care
• Series:
  Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Guideline
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:cc993376be4d98fcedf73930952a073ee587900ffc403ea2b28ff49e1bd28917f2709fc9efe8be866863ca5623d7ebbf0f73f96898d8500ec631215ffee4178b
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/85498/cdc_85498_DS1.pdf
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