California Department of Public Health AFL - Long Term Care
CMS has provided revised guidance to assist facilities to improve their infection control and prevention practices which includes guidance on visitation. Specifically, a facility may need to restrict or limit visitation for reasonable clinical and safety reasons. This includes, “restrictions placed to prevent community-associated infection or communicable disease transmission to the resident. A resident’s risk factors for infection (e.g., chronic medical conditions) or current health state (e.g., end-of-life care) should be considered when restricting visitors. The most recent CMS guidance can be found at QSO 20-14 (https://www.cms.gov/files/document/qso-20-14-nh-revised.pdf) (PDF). This guidance is subject to revision by CMS at any time.