Attn: All Community-Based Residential Facilities, Licensed Adult Family Homes and Residential Care Apartment Complexes
Important: Assisted Living COVID-19 Testing Guidance – Updated February 2021
The Department of Health Services (DHS) has published updated Assisted Living COVID-19 Testing Guidance based on the State of Wisconsin Testing Framework, P-02709. This guidance is published at DHS COVID-19: Assisted Living.
This testing guidance is for Community-Based Residential Facilities (CBRFs), 3-4 bed Adult Family Homes (AFHs), and Residential Care Apartment Complexes (RCACs). COVID-19 remains highly contagious and continues to spread across Wisconsin. DHS has identified resources to support outbreak testing, routine testing, and symptomatic/exposure testing of individual residents/staff.
The most effective way to mitigate the harm of COVID-19 is prevention. Assisted Living facilities are encouraged to regularly review DHS and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidance at COVID-19: Guidance for Health Care Professionals and Residential Care Facilities, Coronavirus Disease: Assisted Living Facilities, and Coronavirus Disease: What To Do If You Are Sick.
Facilities are also encouraged to plan ahead for cases using the DHS LTCF Outbreaks Guide and to regularly review DHS guidance published at COVID-19 Assisted Living.
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