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Long-term care facility residents are at increased risk of severe illness and death from respiratory viruses such as influenza, COVID-19, and RSV.
SFDPH Documents
Influenza
- Health Update on Influenza Vaccination for the 2023-2024 Flu Season
- Line List: Influenza-like Illness Patient List
- Health Officer Order: Mandatory Influenza Vaccination for Healthcare Workers
COVID-19
- Long-Term Care Facility Interim Guidance
- Line List: Facility-Based Case Investigation Template
- Health Officer Order: Masking of Personnel in Healthcare and Jail Settings
- Health Officer Order: COVID-19 Vaccination of Healthcare Personnel
RSV
- Line List: Influenza-like Illness Patient List
Preventing and Managing Respiratory Illness in LTCFs
Guidelines and Best Practices
Vaccination
- Influenza, COVID-19, and RSV Talking Points for Long-Term Care (CDPH)
- Respiratory Immunization Overview 2023-24 (CDC)
- COVID: Stay Up-to-Date with COVID-19 Vaccines (CDC)
- COVID: Updated 2023-2024 Vaccine FAQs (CDPH)
- COVID: LTCF COVID-19 Vaccine Access Toolkit (CDPH)
- Flu: Prevention and Control of Seasonal Influenza with Vaccines (CDC)
- RSV: RSV Vaccination FAQs for Providers (CDC)
- Talking to Patients about Vaccination (CDC)
- Establishing an Influenza Vaccination Program for Staff: Best Practices
Case Management
- Viral Respiratory Pathogens Toolkit for Nursing Homes (CDC, 9/2023)
- Testing and Management Considerations for Nursing Home Residents with Acute Respiratory Illness Symptoms when SARS-CoV-2 and Influenza Viruses are Co-circulating (CDC, 10/2023)
- COVID Treatment: Questions and Answers: COVID Treatment Information for Providers (CDPH)
- Influenza Treatment: Guidance on the Use of Influenza Antiviral Agents (CDC)
- RSV Management: RSV for Healthcare Providers (CDC)
- Ventilation Best Practices for SNFs (CDPH)
Materials: Flyers, Posters, Handouts
- Flyer: Don’t Let COVID, Flu, and RSV Happen to You (CDPH)
- Flyer: Help Prevent the Spread of Germs (CDC)
- Fact Sheet: Vaccinations for Fall-Winter 2023-24 (CDPH)
- Fact Sheet: RSV Fact Sheet for Older Adults (CDC)
- Fact Sheet: COVID Medications: Questions and Answers [Spanish Chinese Tagalog Vietnamese] (CDPH)
- Disease Information and VIS Forms in Multiple Languages (Medline)
- Masking Signage
- Masks Recommended (SFDPH)
- Masks Requested (CDC)
- Masks Welcome (CDC)
- Please Wear a Mask (Memory Care)
