CDC's new COVID-19 by County community level recommendations do not apply in health care settings, such as hospitals and nursing homes. Instead, health care settings should continue to use CDC's COVID Data Tracker community transmission rates and continue to follow CDC and MDH's infection prevention and control recommendations for health care settings.
Long-term Care: COVID-19
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On this page:
Testing
Infection prevention and control
Visitors and outside services
Staffing
Vaccination
Testing
- Long-term Care Testing: COVID-19
All guidance and materials related to LTC testing activities.
Infection prevention and control
- Visit Infection Prevention and Control: COVID-19 for the following guidance documents:
- COVID-19 PPE and Source Grids
- Aerosol-Generating Procedures and Patients with Suspected or Confirmed COVID-19
- COVID-19 Action Plan for Congregate Care Settings
- Employee Illness Tracking Tool (Excel) | Instructions (PDF)
5/26/20
- Resident Cohorts for Respiratory Outbreaks in Long-term Care (PDF)
Updated 2/17/22
- Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) and Fan Considerations for Long-term Care during COVID-19 (PDF)
5/19/21
- CDC: Interim Infection Prevention and Control Recommendations to Prevent SARS-CoV-2 Spread in Nursing Homes
- CDC: Interim guidance for Managing Healthcare Personnel with SARS-CoV-2 Infection or Exposure to SARS-CoV-2
Visitors and outside services
Long term care facilities in Minnesota should refer to CMS and CDC for updated visitation guidelines and recommendations:
- COVID-19 Guidance: Long-term Care Indoor Visitation for Nursing Facilities and Assisted Living Settings (PDF)
Updated 12/29/21
Staffing
- Health Care Worker Isolation and Quarantine Recommendations
Includes foundational CDC guidance links and supplemental MDH recommendations to establish isolation and quarantine protocols.
- Defining Crisis Staffing Shortage in Congregate Care Facilities: COVID-19
Review the criteria and definitions provided. A link to Clarification of Staffing Options provides more information.
Vaccination
- MIIC User Guidance and Training Resources
Learn to use population-based tools and reports in MIIC, such as client follow-up, to determine COVID-19 vaccination status of your long-term care residents.
COVID-19 information in other languages:
- Kab Mob Khaus Las Nas Vais Lav 2019 (COVID-19)
(Hmong) - Cudurka Koronafayras 2019 (COVID-19)
(Somali) - Enfermedad del Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19)
(Spanish) - American Sign Language (ASL) Videos
Contact us:
If you have questions or comments about this page, use our IDEPC Comment Form or call 651-201-5414 for the MDH Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Prevention and Control Division.