ANNAPOLIS, Md. – On Friday, Governor Larry Hogan announced a plan to begin allowing limited outdoor visits to Maryland’s nursing home facilities.
The plan also allows for limited communal dining and small group activities to resume with precautions in place. This is the first step in allowing nursing homes to begin a safe and phased reopening.
Nursing home facilities must meet several prerequisites to begin relaxing any restrictions:
- The facility must not be experiencing an ongoing outbreak of COVID-19, defined as one or more confirmed cases of COVID-19 in a resident or staff member
- Absence of any facility-onset COVID-19 cases within the last 14 days. If a new case is detected, the facility will return to pre-Phase 1 and begin again
- No staffing shortages and the facility must not be under a contingency or crisis staffing plan
- Universal source control is in place, requiring all residents, staff, and anyone else entering the facility to wear a facemask or cloth face covering at all times while in the facility
- Staff must have access to adequate personal protective equipment (PPE)
- Nursing homes must be able to conduct COVID-19 testing among residents and staff at sufficient frequencies to fulfill the CDC’s Testing Guidance for Nursing Homes
Once a facility has met the above prerequisites, limited outdoor visitation will be allowed provided that:
- Visitors and residents wear a face covering at all times
- Visitors and residents maintain proper social distancing at all times
- There is not an ongoing outbreak at the facility
In addition, it is strongly recommended that there are no more than two visitors at a time per resident per visit.
Facilities must continue to screen all people who enter the facility, as well as all staff at the beginning of each shift. All residents must also be screened at least once per day. Staff must wear appropriate PPE, including use of procedure or surgical face masks while interacting with residents.
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