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:
  • COVID-19
  • Coronavirus Infections
  • 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
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/85498/cdc_85498_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 57.04 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:cc993376be4d98fcedf73930952a073ee587900ffc403ea2b28ff49e1bd28917f2709fc9efe8be866863ca5623d7ebbf0f73f96898d8500ec631215ffee4178b