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CDPH Adopts CDC Guidance on Quarantine of Vaccinated Persons; CDC Releases Recommendations on Vaccinated Persons in Non-Health Care Settings

For CNOs, human resources executives, quality & patient safety executives, infection prevention staff, employee health staff

On March 5, at CHA’s request, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) revised All Facilities Letter 21-08 to adopt the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) guidance that — as a strategy to alleviate staffing shortages — hospitals can forgo quarantining vaccinated health care personnel following a high-risk exposure if they are fully vaccinated, were vaccinated in the last three months, and are asymptomatic.  

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