Coronavirus (COVID-19)
For Congregate Living Facilities
Outbreak Reporting
The Contra Costa County Residential Care Facilities Outbreak Team monitors outbreaks in congregate living facilities including Skilled Nursing Facilities, Assisted Living/Memory Care Facilities, Elderly Group Home/Board and Care, Intermediate Care/Developmentally Disabled Facilities, Sober Living Environment, and Youth Group Home/Board and Care. COVID-19 positive case(s) of residents and staff must be reported to the RCF Outbreak Team via the online SPOT Intake Form. Once the SPOT Intake Form is submitted, a confirmation email will be sent to facility point of contact with COVID-19 Outbreak information. A Public Health investigator will contact the facility the following business day.
Testing and Lab Resources
- Scheduling a Test
- Testing Frequently Asked Questions
- How to Get COVID-19 Testing flier | Spanish | Tagalog
- Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services COVID-19 Testing Updates
- CDPH AFL 20-53: Updates Testing Guidelines
- CDPH guidance for antigen testing
- CDC antigen nursing home testing Algorithm
- CDC Nursing Home Antigen Testing Guidance
- CalREDIE Manual Lab Reporting Module - this one-page document describes the reporting requirements for antigen test results. It can be shared with any entity performing these tests.
- Manual Lab Reporting Quick Start Guide - this document walks the CalREDIE user through how to use the Manual Lab Reporting Module.
- Manual Lab Reporting Account Request Form - this is the form that must be completed by CalREDIE Manual Lab Reporting users.
- State Testing Task Force resources and labs
Infection Control
- Guidance for Home Health Agencies and other Nursing Agencies, Visiting Physicians, and Vendors entering or working in a Congregate Settings
- CDPH All Facilities letter 20-74 regarding resident cohorting/zones
- CDC Infection Control Guidance for Health Care Personal
- PPE Recommendations Based on Cohort/Resident Exposure - 7/22/2020
- FIT Testing Resource for Facilities
- CMS Guidance for Infection Control in Nursing Homes
- PPE Burn Rate Calculator
- Use Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) When Caring for Patients with Confirmed or Suspected COVID-19 (poster)
- Frequently Asked Questions about Respiratory Protection & User Seal Check
- CDC COVID-19 Guidance for Shared or Congregate Housing
- CDC Interim Infection Prevention and Control Recommendations for Healthcare Personnel During the COVID-19 Pandemic
- List N: Disinfectants for Use Against SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19)
Outbreak Guidance & Communications when a Positive Case is Identified
- COVID-19 Facility Action Flow for Urgent Tasks to Address Immediately when staff or resident tests positive
- COVID-19 Facility Outbreak Prioritized Checklist (Comprehensive)
- COVID-19 Facility Outbreak Prioritized Checklist (Comprehensive) with Influenza and Gastroenteritis Appendices
- COVID-19 Facility Outbreak Prioritized Checklist For Behavioral Health Treatment Programs and Other Similar Congregate Living Facilities
- Contacting Public Health for Notification of COVID-19 Positive Case in Facility (Phone tree shortcuts)
Quarantine and Isolation Guidance
- Long-Term Care Facilities Guidance for Quarantine of Fully Vaccinated Staff and Residents After an Exposure
- Quarantine and Isolation instructions for confirmed cases and close contacts
- Isolation Guidance for COVID positive cases
- Instructions for Healthcare Workers with Close Contacts to a COVID-19 Case
Long Term Care Facilities Discharges
Resources for Workers
- Healthcare Worker Support Line for Workers Responding to COVID-19
- Paid Sick Leave and Expanded Family and Medical Leave
- Employee Rights: Paid Sick Leave and Expanded Family and Medical Leave
- Information for HICAP for Medicare Beneficiaries
- Resources for Undocumented Immigrants
- Hotel for Healthcare Workers with COVID-19 or Exposure
- Low-cost Internet Service | Spanish
Resource Requests and Procurement Sources
- List of Healthcare Staffing Agencies
- Procurement Sources – Available Commodity List
- Contra Costa Health Services Resource Request Form
- Supplemental Staffing Request Form
Current & Cumulative Cases/Outbreaks in LTCFs
- Long Term Care Facilities Dashboard
- Skilled nursing facilities (nursing homes) that are licensed by the California Department of Public Health
- Adult and senior care facilities (assisted livings, board and care homes) that are licensed by the California Department of Social Services -- Click on the link, "NEW: COVID-19 Positive Cases in Adult and Senior Care Facilities."
Resources for Families & Caregivers
- Lay Caregivers Letter as Essential Workers Needing Frequent Testing
- California Advance Directive Template "Prepare for your Care"
- Bilingual Resources Help Older Hispanics Age Well
- Spanish COVID-19 Support Group
- Low-cost Internet Service | Spanish
- Resources for Undocumented Immigrants
- Contra Costa County Resources
Resources and Guidance for Visitations, Gatherings, and Activities
- Visitor Guidance for Facilities During an Outbreak
- Outbreak Closure to New Admissions and Communal Dinning or Group Activities Guidance
- Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Updated Memo on Visitations
- CDPH AFL 20-22.2: Visitation Guidance in Accordance with Revised Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Guidance
- Community Care Licensing Provider Information Notice on Visitation and Mitigation Strategies in Residential Care Facilities
COVID-19 Vaccination
- Contra Costa Health Services COVID-19 vaccine information
- Contra Costa Health Services COVID-19 information for Providers
- Post Vaccine Considerations in Healthcare personal
- Post Vaccine Considerations for Residents in Long Term Care facilities
Other Resources
- CDC Recommendations for Fully Vaccinated People
- Letter: Lifting the single-room quarantine requirements for new admits
- Memory Care Units Reference Sheet
- CDPH Hospital Acquired Infection program: Detecting and Controlling Outbreaks
- Health Advisory: COVID and Flu in Long-Term Care Facilities and Residential Care Facilities
- Letter: Importance of Prompt Treatment and Chemoprophylaxis for Influenza within LTCFs and RCFs during this respiratory season and COVID pandemic
- Infection Control & COVID-19 Resource Binder
- CDPH Guidance on POLST and COVID-19
- California Department of Social Services Provider Information Notices
- Current Health Orders in Contra Costa County
- Interfacility Transfer Forms: Comprehensive Form and Abbreviated Form
- Confidential Morbidity Report (COVID-19 CMR Form)
- CDPH All Facilities Letters Library