CONTINUITY of CARE Continued Cdc Form

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>> Hi. My name is Cara Jacobs Luka [phonetic]. I'm a Medical Officer and part of the CDC COVID-19 response in long-term care facilities. Today, we're going to talk about closely monitoring residents for COVID-19, and the importance of recognizing new or worsening infection quickly and taking action. This is the part of the key COVID-19 prevention messages, for front line, long-term care staff. You know your residents best. Noticing even small changes in their appearance or their behavior that may indicate a new COVID-19 infection, or an infection that is quickly getting worse, alerting your charge nurse, medical director or supervisor could prevent many people from getting sick or a resident from dying. The main way that the virus causing COVID-19 spreads is person-to-person. What this means is that the virus can spread between people who are in close contact with one another. Usually, that means less than about six feet apart. Through respiratory droplets, when a person infected with