1. Updated LTCF Visitation & Quarantine Guidance
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Quarantine is not required for off-campus visits of short duration (e.g, less than 24 hours). However, facilities should consider quarantine for unvaccinated residents. Facilities should conduct a risk assessment taking into consideration the activity of the resident while visiting off-campus.
Elements to consider in this risk assessment include:
- COVID transmission (e.g., county positivity rate) in the community that the resident will be visiting.
- Individual and community (known or perceived) adherence to infection control recommendations (3 W’s).
- There is generally less risk in visiting a single household than a medium or large event that involves more than one household (including but not limited to a group dinner, wedding, or graduation) .
- Vaccination status of residents in the facility as well as close contacts to the resident outside of the facility.
2. Long Term Care Facility On-Going COVID-19 Vaccination
Third dose clinics are currently underway, and CVS and Walgreens have agreed to providing first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine to any facility residents and staff members that have not yet had the opportunity to be vaccinated during the third clinics. The CVS/Walgreens partnership is limited to only three clinics so, facilities will have to find an alternate source for second doses for all facility residents and staff members vaccinated during the third clinics. Many long-term care pharmacies throughout the state have been enrolled as COVID-19 vaccine providers to ensure the availability of vaccination services to long-term care facilities once the federal program has ended.
If your facility currently works with a long-term care pharmacy, please contact them to coordinate any needed vaccination services your facility may require. If you do not have a pharmacy partner that can provide ongoing vaccinations, the contact information for long-term care pharmacies that are willing to assist with your facilities vaccination needs has been provided.
(LTC Pharmacy Contact List Below)