The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued a new Quality & Safety Memo, providing additional guidance to nursing homes for infection control and prevention of COVID-19. The memo advises nursing homes to restrict visitation of all visitors and non-essential healthcare personnel, except for compassionate care situations. Facilities should also cancel communal dining and group activities, implement active screening of residents and staff for fever and respiratory symptoms, and ensure proper hand hygiene and use of personal protective equipment. Nursing homes should admit individuals they would normally admit, including those from hospitals with COVID-19 cases, and consider creating dedicated units for residents coming from hospitals. The memo also addresses the transfer of residents with suspected or confirmed COVID-19 to hospitals and the acceptance of residents diagnosed with COVID-19 from hospitals.
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