Preparing for COVID-19: Long-Term Care Facilities, Nursing Homes: March 13, 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.
  
  Preparedness Checklist -- Interim Guidance for Nursing Homes -- Things Facilities Should Do Now -- When There Are Cases in the Community -- When There Are Cases in the Facility
  
  
• Subjects:
  Coronavirus Infections COVID-19 Disaster Planning Health Facilities Infection Control Long-Term Care Pandemics Post-Acute COVID-19 Syndrome
• Series:
  Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
• Document Type:
  Text
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/85959/cdc_85959_DS1.pdf
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