COVID-19

Attention Nursing Homes and Assisted Living Facilities: Responses Needed By October 30, 2020. CDC is partnering with CVS and Walgreens to provide on-site COVID-19 vaccination to residents of [...]

“Resources to Support Skilled Nursing Facilities in Determining Admission Policies during a COVID-19 Outbreak” has been posted on the Division of Public Health (DPH) Communicable [...]

Friday, October 16, 7:00-8:00 a.m. Join us this Friday, October 16 at 7 a.m. for a webinar for health care providers on the current COVID-19 situation. Click here to join the webinar. Or [...]

Attn: Nursing Home Providers Nursing Home providers and stakeholders are invited to attend a weekly webinar hosted by the Division of Quality Assurance (DQA). During this time, the DQA will [...]

Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAI) Prevention Program Topic 5 : Donning and Doffing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) In early April 2020, the DPH Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAI) [...]

Attn: Nursing Home Providers The Division of Quality Assurance is hosting the quarterly Resident Assessment Instrument (RAI)/Minimum Data Set (MDS) Educational Forum on Wednesday, October 28, [...]

Friday, October 2, 7:00-8:00 a.m. Join us this Friday, October 2 at 7 a.m. for a webinar for health care providers on the current COVID-19 situation. Click here to join the webinar. Or dial:  312 [...]

Attn: Nursing Home Providers CMS Testing Requirements On August 26, 2020, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued memo QSO-20-38-NH which mandates federal testing requirements [...]

COVID-19 Health Alert # 17: Bureau of Communicable Diseases, September 24, 2020 Summary A number of assays for rapid SARS-CoV-2 antigen detection have received emergency use authorization (EUA) [...]

Updated: BCD Memo 2020-26 is now BCD Memo 2020-27 The Department of Health Services, Division of Public Health, Bureau of Communicable Diseases is sending an updated version of the BCD 2020-26 [...]