Infection Prevention and Control Guidance for Long-Term Care Facilities in the Context of Covid-19

Published 2020
Type Response guidance
Theme Age, Disaster management, Preparedness, Safety & Security
Language English
Pages: 5
Uploader Alexander Rosenfeld
Publisher(s) World Health Organization
Sector(s)
Location(s) All Countries
Author(s) Liat Ayalon, Mario Barbagallo, Jane Barratt, Piu Chan, Prasun Chatterjee, Rosaly Correa-de-Araujo, Leon Geffen, Muthoni Gichu, Hanadi Khamis Al Hamad, Alfonso J. Cruz Jentoft, Arvind Mathur, Finbarr Martin, Weerasak Muangpaisan, Alex Molasiotis, Luis Miguel F. Gutiérrez Robledo, John Rowe, Vinod Shah, Peter Lloyd-Sherlock, Ninie Wang, Chang Won, Jean Woo, and other international experts
Disaster(s) Pandemic
Rights World Health Organization
Source: Infection Prevention and Control Guidance for Long-Term Care Facilities in the Context of Covid-19
Find more on these topics Covid-19, elderly, Long Term Care Facilities, Infection Prevention & Control, Environment cleaning and control, Personal protective equipment
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This document can also be found on the Official website of the World Health Organisation at https://www.who.int
This interim guidance is for Long Term Care Facility (LTCF) managers and corresponding Infection Prevention Control (IPC) focal persons in LTCF. The objective of this document is to provide guidance on IPC in LTCFs in the context of COVID-19. It includes how to prevent the COVID-19-virus from entering the facility, spreading within the facility, and also from spreading outside the facility. WHO will update these recommendations as new information becomes available.
This resource is part of a Collection of similar guidelines entitled "COVID-19: The Elderly", and it is included in the series of Collections supporting response to the COVID-19 outbreak. Collections are monitored daily and new content is added.