COVID-19 Healthcare Guidance
The Connecticut Department of Public Health (DPH) is committed to supporting healthcare providers during the COVID-19 pandemic. DPH has issued these guidance documents for clinicians and healthcare facilities. As we learn more about COVID-19, guidance is subject to changes and updates. Note that aspects of older guidance may not be up-to-date.
2021
2020
- December 16 Interim Guidance on the Length of Quarantine for Contacts of Persons with SARS-CoV-2 Infection
- October 14 Addendum: Interim Guidance for Abbott BinaxNOW™ COVID-19 Antigen Card
Recipients in Connecticut - September 29 Guidance for SARS-CoV-2 Antigen Testing and Reporting in Connecticut
(rev. 10/20/2020) - September 25 Guidelines for Reporting COVID-19 Test Results and Cases
- September 11 Updated SARS-CoV-2 PCR Testing Recommendations
Provider Memos
- November 24 Updated Return-to-Work Guidance for Healthcare Workers and First
Responders During the COVID-19 Pandemic - August 5 Updated COVID-19 Guidance for Healthcare Providers
- June 11 Updated COVID-19 Guidance for Healthcare Providers
- May 20 Updated COVID-19 Guidance for Healthcare Providers
- May 5 Online Provider Reporting of 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)
- April 24 Return-to-Work Guidance for Healthcare Workers and First Responders During
the COVID-19 Pandemic - April 21 Updated COVID-19 Guidance for Healthcare Professionals
- April 4 Updated Guidance for COVID-19
- March 30 Return-to-Work Guidance for Healthcare Workers and First Responders During
the COVID-19 Pandemic (archived) - March 24 Guidance for COVID-19 PPE Conservation and Testing Strategies
PPE Guidance
- May 27 Respiratory Protection and Filtering Facepiece Respirator (FFR) Fit Testing
- May 1 Use of KN95 Respirators During the COVID-19 Pandemic
- May 1 Use of Coveralls During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Long-term Care Guidance
- November 16 Updated Step by Step Directions for Using the CT Long-Term Care Facility COVID-19 Portal
- November 16 Instructions for Completing the CT Long Term Care Facility COVID-19 Portal Individual Data Elements
- November 13 Hospital Discharges to Post-Acute Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic
- August 12 Updated COVID-19 Guidance for Nursing Homes
- July 7 Nursing Home Testing Algorithm
- June 22 Updated COVID-19 Infection Control Guidelines for Nursing Homes
- June 22 Frequently Asked Questions – NHSN LTCF COVID-19 Module
- June 5 COVID-19 Infection Control Guidance for Nursing Homes
- May 11 COVID-19 Point Prevalence Survey Testing and Cohorting in Nursing Homes
- May 11 Example COVID-19 Cleaning Protocol for Long-term Care
- April 24 Hospital Discharges to Nursing Homes During COVID-19 Pandemic (archived)
- April 22 COVID-19 Testing for Long-term Care Facilities and Congregate Settings
- March 26 COVID-19 Guidance for Long-term Care Facilities
This page last updated 1/13/2021.