UPDATE to Interim Health Advisory: Revised Protocols for Personnel in Healthcare
This document updates the January 7, 2021 “Health Advisory: Revised Protocols for Personnel in Healthcare and Other Direct Care Settings to Return to Work Following COVID-19 Exposure.” The information contained herein supersedes such guidance and any other previous guidance related to healthcare personnel (HCP) returning to work after exposure to COVID-19 or travel out of New York to a non-contiguous state. In this guidance, contiguous states to New York include Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Vermont.
Please read though the guidance and take note of the several changes including the following items listed in this document:
Do not furlough asymptomatic HCP who have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 during the first 3 months after full vaccination if the criteria and conditions listed in the next section are met.
- Such HCP is fully vaccinated (i.e., ≥2 weeks following receipt of the second dose in a 2dose series, or ≥2 weeks following receipt of one dose of a single-dose vaccine);
- Such HCP is within 3 months following receipt of the last dose in the series;
- Such HCP has remained asymptomatic since the last COVID-19 exposure.
In all exposure situations, HCP are expected to comply with symptom monitoring and nonpharmaceutical interventions as described in the attached guidance through day 14.
See full guidance here.
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Lisa Volk, RN, B.P.S., LNHA
Director, Clinical & Quality Services
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