Inform frequency, location, and timing of clinical surveillance testing Inform proportion of population to test clinically Confirm case-positive staff members are not at the facility or confirm case-positive student moved out of dormitory Allocate additional funding for contact tracing and clinical surveillance Adjust length of quarantines, (eg, shorten quarantine durations if no wastewater signal for several days) Support social distancing (eg, establish strict schedules for use of common spaces) Give higher-risk staff members tasks with less resident contact to reduce risk of transmission Plan and obtain needed supplies (ie, order personal protective equipment) Mandate more protective equipment for staff (ie, N95 masks instead of surgical masks) Resume social programming after a COVID-19 exposure
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Advise health staff with patient contact to be on the lookout for potential symptoms Inform residents' personal protective behaviors (ie, handwashing, masking, social distancing) Provide reassurance that clinical surveillance strategy is adequate for timely identification of cases Justify or explain public health actions (eg, social distancing, masking) Encourage voluntary clinical testing Provide reassurance to decision makers and clinical practitioners that there is not a hidden outbreak emerging
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Initiate discussions with health department to determine when to come out of “outbreak” status Raise surrounding community's confidence in the institution's pandemic response efforts Document due diligence in public health care of residents in case of a lawsuit Demonstrate institution's technical expertise and data-driven public health responsiveness Show that the resident population did not pose a public health risk to the surrounding community
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