COVID-19 Updates For Members

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DHSS My Healthy Community COVID-19 Dashboard
LTC Visitation Update 071221
LTC Reopening Plans and DPH Order: 5-4-21-Reopening-Plan
LTC Testing Guidance Updated: DPH LTC COVID-19 Testing Guidance 05.24.21
CDC Interim Infection Prevention Guidance for LTC Updated 3.29.21CMS Updated Nursing Home Visitation Guidance 4.27.21 QSO 20-39-NH Visitation REVISED
Update to Emergency Regulatory Waivers Issued in Response to COVID-19 QSO-21-17-NH
- Summary of Blanket Waivers UPDATED 4.8.21 Summary-covid-19-emergency-declaration-waivers

CDC Updated Healthcare Infection Prevention and Control Recommendations in Response to COVID-19 Vaccination
NHSN COVID Vaccination Module update was also released on May 6. Summary from AHCA: CDC Updating and Simplifying NHSN Module

NEW UPDATES to REGULATORY and AGENCY GUIDANCE

With the Delta variant spreading rampantly throughout the U.S., AHCA/NCAL wants to keep members informed of the recent COVID-19 regulatory and Agency updates:

AHCA/NCAL is also offering an online course, Infection Prevention and Control in the Post-COVID-19 World. It reviews how COVID-19 spreads, how to track and report the illness, and describes the regulatory requirements for infection prevention and control. In addition to the basics of infection prevention and control practices, the future of infection prevention and control are discussed. Read more information about this course.

INFORMATION FOR DELAWARE PROVIDERS

Delaware Coronavirus Main Page https://coronavirus.delaware.gov/

Governor John Carney’s Main Page: https://governor.delaware.gov/

Governor Carney — Newsroom: https://governor.delaware.gov/newsroom

Governor’s Executive Orders
- Executive Order 27, updated 2.12.21
  - See Section K for Long-Term Care and Older Adults
  - See Section L for Public Health
    - All hospitals, nursing and residential facilities, ambulatory health care services, home health agencies, and personal assistance service agencies in Delaware, as categorized by the Division of Small Business, shall comply with the Public Health Authority’s guidance for the optimal use of Personal Protective Equipment.
    - The requirement that long term care facilities provide documentation to the Division of Health Care Quality as to the of the amount of direct care time that was provided in an emergency by a Director of Nursing, Assistant Director of Nursing, or registered nurse assessment coordinator as required in 16 Del. C. § 1161(e) is hereby suspended.
    - Long term care facilities must continue to provide 3.28 hours of direct care per resident per day. However, the staffing ratios required in 16 Del. C. § 1162 are hereby suspended.
- ExecOrder29_Pandemic Resurgence Advisory Committee
  - Delaware-PRAC-Interim-Report_vS-compressed
- Exec Order 43 – Rapid Workforce Training and Redeployment Initiative

Delaware Division of Public Health

Call Center for Questions about COVID-19 in Delaware: 1-866-408-1899, TTY at 1-800-232-5460 or email dphcall@delaware.gov

LTC Reopening Plans and DPH Order: 4-15-21-LTC-Reopening-Plan

LTC Visitation Guidance Updated 032621

COVID-19 Mandatory Testing

DPH LTC COVID-19 Testing Guidance 10.12.20
Mandatory Recurring Staff Testing for LTC Facilities
SHOC Resource Request Form LTC mandatory testing
Designation of Primary Testing Facility for Mandatory Recurring Staff Testing at Long
Mandatory Staff Testing Tracking Log
Mandatory Testing by Curative presentation
Staff members must watch a 2-minute training video before self-administering the test. The Curative training video is available in English, Spanish and Creole and can be found at the following links:
- English: de.gov/testing
- Spanish: de.gov/pruebas
- Haitian Creole: de.gov/tes
LTC Surveillance FAQ_6.3.20
Resident Testing Plan Fact Sheet

Dedicated COVID-19 webpage for long-term care providers: https://coronavirus.delaware.gov/long-term-care-facilities/

Delaware Health Alerts Network
- Delaware Health Advisory_Guidance fo Suspected COVID-19 Exposure, Isolation, and Working
- DPH Isolation Discontinue and Return to Work

Delaware Division of Professional Regulations
- Procedure to Hire Out-of-State and License-lapsed Nurses, Nursing Students
  - Medical Personnel Request Form (1) (2) (2) (3)
  - DE Nursing Schools_Refreshers
- LLAM Training Renewals Extended

Essential Childcare Information
Information about registration for childcare at the YMCA’s throughout our state for children (5-12). Bear/Glasgow, Brandywine and Sussex locations at this time, but that may expand. The Central and Walnut Streets YMCA’s in Wilmington will provide childcare for all ready enrolled families of essential personnel.
CARES Act Summary for Nonprofits from Spur Impact: 2020-04-03+A+Summary+of+the+CARES+Act+for+Delaware+Nonprofits
COVID-19-EmergencyTips_LongTermCommunityBasedDementiaCare_AlzheimersAssociation
Emergency Regulations for Skilled and Immediate Care Nursing Facilities
Emergency Regulartions for Assisted Living Facilities
Emergency Regulations for Rest (Residential) Home Regulations

VACCINE RESOURCES

Post-Federal Pharmacy Program: LTC providers MUST have a plan to vaccinate residents and staff. Options:

DelVAX
LTC pharmacy provider
Retail pharmacy partners
Walgreens or Rite Aid for staff

Vaccine Cultural Hesitancy Resources:

These newly available vaccine PSAs from the Divine 9 – Alumnae members of historically black sororities and fraternities in Delaware — feel free to download and share on your social channels https://www.dropbox.com/sh/l2lrmkxm9n2c2o2/AAD-c9JB4ib8QxN13dRIO0Kha?dl=0
COVID 19 Vaccine Real Talk with Two Delaware African American Doctors United Way Delaware and West End Neighborhood House Featuring Dr. Velma Scantlebury (America’s first African-American female transplant surgeon) and Dr. Joan Coker an Ear, Nose and Throat specialist with 28 years’ experience
Black America’s Vaccine Hesitancy | BlackDoctor.org – Where Wellness & Culture Connect
Vaccine Hesitancy in Communities of Color.

DELVAX

Vaccinating providers must be enrolled as COVID-19 providers in DelVAX and VaccineFinder