Epidemic Preparedness and Response Guidelines for Long-Term Care Facilities – PDF and Webinar Recording
The Department of Health (DOH) and the Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) developed these preparedness guidelines for certified and licensed long-term care (LTC) settings. Across the state, LTC settings are at different stages of epidemic preparedness and response. Each LTC setting has unique capacities and needs for preparedness and response.
You can use these guidelines to revise and create policies and procedures specific to your LTC setting. DOH and DSHS designed them as a framework to help you make intentional decisions about new, current, and future emergency plans.
It is important to note that these guidelines:
- Are not mandatory or regulatory.
- Don’t supersede existing state licensing regulations or Conditions of Participation
for federally funded programs.
If you missed the webinar on September 28th with Torre Wright, Epidemic Preparedness and Response Program Manager for Aging and Long-Term Support Administration, here is the recording.
These Guidelines were developed as part of HB 1218, passed in the legislature last year. Please remember, these are guidelines only, to assist you in looking at your epidemic preparedness plan.
Questions?
Contact:
Laura Hofmann, MSN, RN – Director of Clinical and Nursing Facility Regulatory Services
c: 425-231-4804