Health Care Professionals
- DPH Guidance, updated August 27, 2025: Guidance for Health Care Personnel with a Respiratory Viral Pathogen Infection or Exposure
Health Care Organizations
- Strategies to Address Healthcare Capacity, January 9, 2024
- DPH Guidance, May 5, 2023: Organizational Policies and Procedures for Mitigating Respiratory Illness
- DPH Guidance, May 5, 2023: Updated Comprehensive Personal Protective Equipment
Hospitals
DPH asks hospitals to carefully review guidance from the CDC and DPH with all healthcare personnel to care for patients with suspected or confirmed COVID-19. DPH has also issued guidance to acute and non-acute care hospitals, including:
- DPH Memorandum, October 31, 2022: Management of Pediatric Respiratory Illness Patients during times of Capacity Constraints
Signs for Facilities:
- Precaution Signs for Isolated Individuals in Long-Term care Facilities (updated January 22, 2026)
- Precaution Signs for Isolated Individuals in Long-Term care Facilities (Haitian Creole)
- Precaution Signs for Isolated Individuals in Long-Term care Facilities (Portuguese)
- Precaution Signs for Isolated Individuals in Long-Term care Facilities (Spanish)
- Hand Hygiene and PPE Observations
DPH has issued guidance to long term care facilities and has shared important guidance from the CDC, including:
- DPH Guidance, May 10, 2023: Update to Infection Prevention and Control Considerations When Caring for Long-Term Care Residents
- DPH Memorandum, November 18, 2022: DPH Limits on Admissions for Outbreaks or Clusters in Long-Term Care Facilities
- DPH Guidance, November 2, 2022: COVID-19 and Influenza Vaccination Guidance
- DPH fact sheet: Alcohol-Based Hand Rub in Long Term Care Facilities
| Last updated: | April 18, 2023 |
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