CDC Clarifies When Healthcare Facilities Should Make Changes to IPC Interventions Based on Community Transmission Levels

6/8/22 — In response to the question, “When should healthcare facilities make changes to interventions based on changes in community transmission levels?,” CDC provided this answer:  “Some CDC infection prevention and control recommendations for healthcare settings are based on Community Transmission levels. In general, healthcare facilities should consider checking their local Community Transmission level weekly. When a healthcare facility’s Community Transmission level increases and the increase results in a change in the recommended interventions, the new interventions should be implemented as soon as possible. When a healthcare facility’s Community Transmission levels decrease into a category that corresponds with relaxation of an intervention, facilities should consider confirming the reduction is sustained, by monitoring for at least two weeks, before relaxing the intervention.” Read CDC’s updated Clinical Questions about COVID-19: Quesstions and Answers