PA-HAN-596, UPDATE: Work Restrictions for Healthcare Personnel with Exposure to COVID-19 (replaces PA-HAN-569)

The record

Jurisdiction

Pennsylvania

Level

Sector regulator

Authority

Department of Health directive; 28 Pa. Code §§ 27.60-27.68 (isolation and quarantine)

Issued

2021-09-16 Sept. 16, 2021

Effective

2021-09-16

End

Replaced by PA-HAN-616 (Dec. 2021) (read as 2021-09-30)

In force

Sept. 16, 2021 to Sept. 30, 2021

Quarters

2021 Q3

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

Limitation types

Health care ordersWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation

Addressees

• healthcare facilities and personnel

Functions reached

• WF exposed staff excluded 14 days
• HR staffing
• IC

Collection

Pennsylvania PA

Operative words

Following any of the higher-risk exposures outlined above, most asymptomatic HCP who are not considered fully vaccinated... nor have a history of COVID-19 in the prior 3 months, should follow guidance in PA-HAN-566 or its successor to quarantine at home AND be excluded from work for 14 days.... For exposed HCP who are neither considered fully vaccinated nor have a history of COVID-19 in the prior 3 months, exclude HCP with a higher-risk exposure for 14 days following the last date of exposure unless the facility is implementing strategies for mitigating staffing shortages.... Asymptomatic HCP with a higher-risk exposure, regardless of vaccination status, should have a series of two viral tests for SARS-CoV-2 infection.

Enforcement

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