Attn: Hospital and Nursing Home Providers
Division of Public Health Guidance for Hospitals and Long Term Care Facilities
The Department of Health Services, Division of Public Health (DPH) has issued the following memos regarding hospital and nursing home transfers:
The Guidance on the role of COVID-19 testing in decisions around transfers from acute care hospitals to post-acute and long-term care facilities provides recommendations for the role and performance of COVID-19 testing on hospitalized patients being considered for transfer to a post-acute and long-term care facility (PALTCF).
The Guidance on the transfer of hospitalized patients infected with COVID-19 to post-acute and long-term care facilities (PALTCFs) provides recommendations for the discharge disposition of hospitalized patients infected with COVID-19 who no longer require acute care and are ready for transfer to a post-acute and/or long-term care facility (PALTCF).
The Guidance on the disposition of medically stable post-acute and long-term care residents (PALTCF) with confirmed or clinically suspected COVID-19 infection provides recommendations for the management of the medically stable post-acute and long-term care facility (PALTCF) resident with confirmed or clinically suspected COVID-19 infection.
If you have questions regarding these memos, please email the Division of Public Health.
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