{"id":544,"date":"2020-04-06T14:22:15","date_gmt":"2020-04-06T18:22:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gmvemsc.org\/covid19\/?p=544"},"modified":"2020-04-06T14:22:15","modified_gmt":"2020-04-06T18:22:15","slug":"criteria-for-discontinuation-of-isolation-precautions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gmvemsc.org\/covid19\/exposure-screening-isolation-and-quarantine\/criteria-for-discontinuation-of-isolation-precautions\/","title":{"rendered":"Criteria for Discontinuation of Isolation Precautions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>CDC has released non-test-based criteria for <a href=\"https:\/\/nam01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cdc.gov%2Fcoronavirus%2F2019-ncov%2Fhcp%2Fdisposition-in-home-patients.html&amp;data=02%7C01%7CSteve.Weigold%40ketteringhealth.org%7Cbdd8e9e1ebd745475c0e08d7d9a4d41e%7Cacc46e2d4c114f59badaef0bd0ead2cb%7C0%7C0%7C637217174277665365&amp;sdata=zsaPI5RmxGjOqiwl2ZSHtgve6JcJd7Hmv53G5nonw78%3D&amp;reserved=0\">discontinuation of home isolation<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/nam01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cdc.gov%2Fcoronavirus%2F2019-ncov%2Fhealthcare-facilities%2Fhcp-return-work.html&amp;data=02%7C01%7CSteve.Weigold%40ketteringhealth.org%7Cbdd8e9e1ebd745475c0e08d7d9a4d41e%7Cacc46e2d4c114f59badaef0bd0ead2cb%7C0%7C0%7C637217174277675351&amp;sdata=OqpPwX8tHGVHHR9w3BtKB6j0MVmlfJzBTPLQVJX9rBw%3D&amp;reserved=0\">criteria for return to work for healthcare personnel<\/a> with confirmed or suspected COVID-19. The non-test-based strategies include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>At least 3 days (72 hours) have passed <em>since recovery<\/em> defined as resolution of fever without the use of fever-reducing medications <strong>and<\/strong> improvement in respiratory symptoms (e.g., cough, shortness of breath); <strong>AND,<\/strong><\/li><li>At least 7 days have passed <em>since symptoms first appeared<\/em>.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>For hospitalized patients with COVID-19, test-based criteria for discontinuation of transmission-based precautions is available on the CDC website <a href=\"https:\/\/nam01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cdc.gov%2Fcoronavirus%2F2019-ncov%2Fhcp%2Fdisposition-hospitalized-patients.html&amp;data=02%7C01%7CSteve.Weigold%40ketteringhealth.org%7Cbdd8e9e1ebd745475c0e08d7d9a4d41e%7Cacc46e2d4c114f59badaef0bd0ead2cb%7C0%7C0%7C637217174277675351&amp;sdata=CYk345uB3614N%2BpUQtqM3dgPMx%2BEQe4CYurgbdRFlX8%3D&amp;reserved=0\">here<\/a>. Guidance is also available for <a href=\"https:\/\/nam01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cdc.gov%2Fcoronavirus%2F2019-ncov%2Fhcp%2Fending-isolation.html&amp;data=02%7C01%7CSteve.Weigold%40ketteringhealth.org%7Cbdd8e9e1ebd745475c0e08d7d9a4d41e%7Cacc46e2d4c114f59badaef0bd0ead2cb%7C0%7C0%7C637217174277685346&amp;sdata=owurfyPxOSGa3tw%2Bp%2FXmLVBueOTwqo62eiTiRd8y%2F1g%3D&amp;reserved=0\">\u201cDiscontinuation of In-Home Isolation for Immunocompromised Persons with COVID-19\u201d<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CDC has released non-test-based criteria for discontinuation of home isolation and criteria for return to work for healthcare personnel with confirmed or suspected COVID-19. The non-test-based strategies include: At least 3 days (72 hours) have passed since recovery defined as resolution of fever without the use of fever-reducing medications and improvement in respiratory symptoms (e.g., [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"author_meta":{"display_name":"Steve Weigold","author_link":"https:\/\/gmvemsc.org\/covid19\/author\/sweigold\/"},"featured_img":null,"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false,"post-thumbnail":false,"twentytwenty-fullscreen":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Steve Weigold","author_link":"https:\/\/gmvemsc.org\/covid19\/author\/sweigold\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"CDC has released non-test-based criteria for discontinuation of home isolation and criteria for return to work for healthcare personnel with confirmed or suspected COVID-19. The non-test-based strategies include: At least 3 days (72 hours) have passed since recovery defined as resolution of fever without the use of fever-reducing medications and improvement in respiratory symptoms (e.g.,&hellip;","coauthors":[],"tax_additional":{"categories":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/gmvemsc.org\/covid19\/category\/exposure-screening-isolation-and-quarantine\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Exposure, Screening, Isolation and Quarantine<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Exposure, Screening, Isolation and Quarantine<\/span>"]}},"comment_count":"0","relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 6 years ago","modified":"Updated 6 years ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on April 6, 2020","modified":"Updated on April 6, 2020"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on April 6, 2020 2:22 pm","modified":"Updated on April 6, 2020 2:22 pm"},"featured_img_caption":"","series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gmvemsc.org\/covid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/544"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gmvemsc.org\/covid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gmvemsc.org\/covid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmvemsc.org\/covid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmvemsc.org\/covid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=544"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gmvemsc.org\/covid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/544\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":545,"href":"https:\/\/gmvemsc.org\/covid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/544\/revisions\/545"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gmvemsc.org\/covid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=544"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmvemsc.org\/covid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=544"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmvemsc.org\/covid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=544"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}