Long-term Care: COVID-19

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On this page:
Testing
Infection prevention and control
Visitors and outside services
Staffing
Vaccination

Testing

• Long-term Care Testing: COVID-19
  All guidance and materials related to LTC testing activities.

Infection prevention and control

• Infection Prevention and Control: COVID-19
  Guidance and resources for infection prevention and control in health care settings.
• Employee Illness Tracking Tool (Excel) | Instructions (PDF)
  5/26/20
• CDC: Infection Control Guidance: SARS-CoV-2
• CDC: Interim guidance for Managing Healthcare Personnel with SARS-CoV-2 Infection or Exposure to SARS-CoV-2

Visitors and outside services

Staffing

• Health Care Worker Isolation and Exposure Recommendations
  Includes foundational CDC guidance links and supplemental MDH recommendations to establish isolation and exposure management protocols.

Vaccination

• MIIC User Guidance and Training Resources
  Learn to use population-based tools and reports in MIIC to determine COVID-19 vaccination coverage of your long-term care residents.
• COVID-19 Vaccine
  Information, data, and guidance for COVID-19 vaccine in Minnesota.
• Immunizations in Long-term Care Facilities
  Access to the webinar recordings from the four-part webinar series on vaccine recommendations for adults, storage and handling of vaccine, best practices for administration and more.