These two states — which have tended to take a more precautious approach to pandemic policies — are the first to break from federal guidance from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which recommends at least five days of isolation for anyone with Covid-19. Oregon change...
Cohen stressed that guidance for health care facilities, like long-term care nursing homes, would not be changing at this time. It is unclear how benchmarks will be updated for these settings. This past season, some hospitals and other more vulnerable settings had relied on theweeklymap to ...
President Trump claimed Thursday night he's feeling great and ready to get back on the campaign trail, but questions remain about his health status as CDC guidelines recommend getting two negative coronavirus tests before ending isolation. Ben Tracy reports. ...
People who test positive for Covid-19 no longer need to routinely stay away from others for at least five days, according to new guidelines from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued Friday. The change ends a strategy from earlier in t
Going to the Sources for Operational Questions: Both the CDC Isolation Guidelines and the CMS Surveyor Checklist Speak to Changing Gloves When Moving between PatientsA colleague whose responsibilities cover long-term care facilities in 28 states recently...Scherberger, John...
Why Are the Guidelines Changing? COVID-19 is not causing as many hospitalizations and deaths as it did in the first years of the pandemic. The change is an effort to streamline recommendations so they are similar to longstanding recommendations for flu and other respiratory viruses. Many people...
“Of course, if people have symptoms or exposure while traveling, they need to get tested, and if they test positive, to followCDC’s isolation guidelines,” Wen told CNN Travel. If you’re concerned about a travel-specific health situation not related to Covid-19,check here....
Strategies for colleges to promote behaviors that reduce spread of the virus, including encouraging self-isolation of students, faculty or staff who are sick or have had exposure to the virus, promoting good hand hygiene and "respiratory etiquette," and recommending the wearing of cloth face coveri...
Find out how long you need to spend in quarantine or isolation based on the CDC's latest guidelines./ Updated By Sarah Jacoby With so many changing guidelines recently, it's tough to keep track of when to isolate or quarantine— and for how long you should stay away from others. But ...
to measure the adoption of and potential impact of HICPAC guidelines on changing behavior. The Committee decided that all HICPAC guidelines would contain an evaluation plan. Specifically, key performance indicators (e.g., Category I recommendations) would be developed for each guideline to allow inst...