Greetings!

This message includes VDH FAQs on Health Care Isolation and Quarantine Guidance the agency shared with us earlier this afternoon to relay to you.

Sincerely,

April Payne, MBA, LNHA
Chief Quality & Regulatory Affairs Officer
Executive Director of VCAL
Virginia Health Care Association | Virginia Center for Assisted Living 
COVID-19 Isolation and Quarantine Guidance

VDH shared the following with the Virginia Long-Term Care Task Force and VDH Health Districts and asked that it be shared directly with long term care facilities.  


  • The CDC isolation and quarantine guidance for the general public does not apply to the following groups:
  • healthcare workers;
  • healthcare patients/residents;
  • visitors to healthcare settings:  
  • Persons with COVID-19 should stay away from nursing homes and other high-risk settings until at least 10 days after symptom onset (or date of positive test, if asymptomatic). 
  • Those under quarantine should avoid nursing homes and other high-risk settings for at least 10 days after exposure.
  • those severely ill with COVID-19 or with a weakened immune system; these individuals must isolate for at least 10 and up to 20 days (consult treating provider); and
  • higher-risk congregate settings, such as:
  • correctional and detention facilities
  • homeless shelters


Please see these healthcare FAQs for up-to-date information from VDH on testing resources for LTCFs, visitation in LTCFs, training opportunities for fit-testing, and more. VDH does not have surge staffing resources for healthcare facilities; VDH has provided staffing agency resource contacts to the healthcare community and can re-send those as desired. 

VDH is working on updating guidance documents and the LTC Task Force website. Additional CDC changes are anticipated and guidance will be updated accordingly. Please send questions to hai@vdh.virginia.gov.
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