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Infectious Respiratory Disease Guidance

Health Care Settings and Health Care Personnel

Including:

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Guidance

This guidance is not intended to apply to other settings whose primary purpose is not health care, such as schools or worksites, because many of the aspects of the populations and feasible countermeasures will differ substantially across settings. However, this guidance's elements may apply to specific sites within non-health care settings where care is routinely delivered (e.g., a medical clinic embedded in a workplace or school).

Skilled Nursing Facilities

Skilled Nursing Facility Guidance

Community Congregate Settings

Including:

  • Assisted living facilities
  • Independent living facilities
  • SMHRF
  • SLF
  • Group homes
  • Homeless shelters
Community Congregate Settings Guidance

Correctional Facilities

Refer to the March 15, 2024 memo IDPH Adopts New CDC Respiratory Virus Guidelines for COVID-19, Flu and RSV In Correctional and Detention Facilities

Note: CDC webpages have been updated since this was first published, and some referenced pages are no longer available. See Respiratory Virus Guidance Update Frequently Asked Questions for additional information.

Schools

Communicable Disease School Nurse Guidance

Workplace (Non-Health Care)

See setting specific guidance for select workplaces: Respiratory Infections in the Workplace | Respiratory Infections | CDC

For all others, refer to the general community guidance: Respiratory Virus Guidance | Respiratory Illnesses | CDC