CAHAN All Facilities Letter – AFL 21-08.6 Guidance on Quarantine for Health Care Personnel (HCP) Exposed to SARS-CoV-2 and Return to Work for HCP with COVID-19 (This AFL supersedes AFL 21-08.5)

This All Facilities Letter (AFL) revision incorporates updated Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidance on Interim Guidance for Managing Healthcare Personnel with SARS-CoV-2 Infection or Exposure to SARS-CoV-2 and Strategies to Mitigate Healthcare Personnel Staffing Shortages. Pursuant to Welfare and Institutions Code section 14126.033 a skilled nursing facility’s receipt of the annual increase in the weighted average Medi-Cal reimbursement rate may be conditioned on the facility's good faith compliance with CDPH AFLs related to the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency, as a result the recommendations included in this AFL are requirements for skilled nursing facilities.

If you have any questions regarding this AFL, quarantine guidance, or work restrictions, please contact CDPH Healthcare-Associated Infections Program via email at CovHAI@cdph.ca.gov.

You can see the full text of the AFL here:  https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CHCQ/LCP/Pages/AFL-21-08.aspx