{"id":"PA-048","kind":"order","level":"sector-regulator","jurisdiction":"Pennsylvania","state":"PA","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Pennsylvania Department of Health (Acting Secretary Alison Beam), Health Alert Network","authority":"Department of Health directive; 35 P.S. § 521.5","instrument":"PA-HAN-597, UPDATE: Interim Infection Prevention and Control Recommendations for Healthcare Settings during the COVID-19 Pandemic (replaces PA-HAN-563, 554, 544 and 521)","title":"2021-PAHAN-597-09-21-UPD","dateIssued":"2021-09-21","effective":"2021-09-21","end":"Replaced by PA-HAN-624 (2022)","startDate":"2021-09-21","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2021Q3"],"types":["HC","MASK","EMP"],"addressees":["all healthcare settings including nursing homes, home healthcare, mobile clinics and outpatient facilities"],"clause":"This HAN Update provides comprehensive information regarding infection prevention and control for COVID-19 in healthcare settings based on changes made by CDC on September 10, 2021.... Healthcare personnel (HCP), even if fully vaccinated, should report any of the 3 above criteria to occupational health... Recommendations for evaluation and work restriction of these HCP are in PA-HAN-596.... Source control options for HCP include: o A NIOSH-approved N95 or equivalent or higher-level respirator...","enforcement":"As PA-046","functions":["IC","CL","CH","VS","HR"],"notes":"With PA-046 covers the whole of Q3 2021 for health-care infection control. Known correction (i) applied: dated Sept. 21, 2021.","sourceUrl":"https://www.pa.gov/content/dam/copapwp-pagov/en/health/documents/topics/documents/han/2021-597-9-21-UPD-IPC%20for%20Healthcare.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":487156,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"PA","url":"/library/PA-048","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/PA-048","citation":"Pennsylvania Department of Health (Acting Secretary Alison Beam), Health Alert Network, PA-HAN-597, UPDATE: Interim Infection Prevention and Control Recommendations for Healthcare Settings during the COVID-19 Pandemic (replaces PA-HAN-563, 554, 544 and 521) (Sept. 21, 2021) (Ex. PA-048)","stateName":"Pennsylvania","related":["PA-046","PA-047"]}