Guidance: Health Care Personnel with Potential Exposure to Patients with COVID-19

From DPH:

Dear Colleagues,

The purpose of this communication is to share the attached new guidance from the Department of Public Health (DPH) on health care personnel with potential exposure to patients with COVID-19, issued in accordance with guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Interim U.S. Guidance for Risk Assessment and Public Health Management of Healthcare Personnel with Potential Exposure in a Healthcare Setting to Patients with Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19).

DPH strongly encourages all health care facilities and providers in Massachusetts to monitor the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) website and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) website for up-to-date information and resources:

CMS website: https://www.cms.gov/About-CMS/Agency-Information/Emergency/EPRO/Current-Emergencies/Current-Emergencies-page

CDC website: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/healthcare-facilities/index.html

Additionally, please visit DPH’s website that provides up-to-date information on COVID-19 in Massachusetts:  https://www.mass.gov/2019coronavirus.