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COVID-19 Tools for LTCF

 

General Resources:
NETEC COVID-19 Webinar Series: Innovative Engineering Controls to Contain COVID. Recording can be accessed here.

Contact Tracing Tools

ICAP Guidance to Facilities on Contact Tracing

Staff Contact Tracing Document

Resident Contact Tracing Document

 

Resources for Screening: Residents, Staff and Visitors

STOP Sign for Visitors : “Help Protect Our Residents”

Visitor Screening for LTCF 3.16.2020

Visitor screening Log for COVID-19 LTCF 3.16.2020

AMDA Resident Screening Form

Guidance from DHHS and Other Regulatory Bodies

CDC’s Additional COVID-19 Guidance for Caregivers of People Living with Dementia in Community Settings

CMS Prioritization of Survey Activities Ref: QSO-20-20-All

Nebraska DHHS Long-Term Care COVID-19 Response Planning Tool

CMS COVID-19 Long-Term Care Facility Guidance 4.2.20

Nebraska DHHS Guidance for Novel Coronavirus: Long-Term Care Facilities (Including Assisted Living, Nursing Homes, Independent Living, etc.)

Long Term Care

COVID-19 in Post Acute and Long Term Care (PALTC) settings – from AMDA

Preparing for COVID-19: Long-term Care Facilities, Nursing Homes

04.17.20 Cohorting Plan for LTCF

04.16.20 PPE use when a LTCF has a COVID 19 infection – ICAP guidance

04.15.20 Key Strategies to Prepare for COVID-19 in Long-term Care Facilities (LTCFs)

03.20.20 Preventing the Spread of COVID-19 in Retirement Communities and Independent Living Facilities (Interim Guidance)

03.20.20 Guidance for Retirement Communities and Independent Living: Plan, prepare, and respond to coronavirus disease 2019

03.13.20 Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Preparedness Checklist for Nursing Homes and other Long-Term Care Settings

 

Tools for Isolation

07.23.20 Discontinuation of isolation for LTC residents

Actions needed to be taken upon identification of a COVID-19 Case

Testing

10.15.20 ICAP Adapted CDC POC Testing Algorithm

08.21.20 CDC Nursing Home Testing Algorithm

What to expect during COVID testing, in many languages

7.9.20 DHHS Packaging and Shipping Instructions for LTC COVID-19 Tests

7.9.20 Testing Instructions Long-term Care Facilities Abbreviated Registration – Test Nebraska

CDC Interim Guidance for Rapid Antigen Testing for SARS-CoV-2

08.26.20 Interim Final Rule (IFC), CMS-3401-IFC, Additional Policy and Regulatory Revisions in Response to the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency related to COVID-19 Focused Survey Tool

BD Veritor Plus:

Quidel Sophia FIA:

Abbott Binax NOW:

 

Plans for Reopening

05.18.20 CMS Nursing Home Reopening Recommendations for State and Local Officials

CMS Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) on Nursing Home Visitation

Page last reviewed: October 20, 2020