Department of Health

Management of acute respiratory infection outbreaks, including COVID-19 and influenza, in residential care facilities

Management of acute respiratory infection outbreaks, including COVID-19 and influenza, in residential care facilities provides information for residential care facilities on:

  • Prevention and preparedness for respiratory outbreaks, including COVID-19, influenza and RSV
  • Clinical presentation of acute respiratory infections, and people at risk for severe disease
  • Case, contact, exposure and outbreak definitions
  • How to detect and notify cases and outbreaks
  • How to manage COVID-19 exposures and outbreaks
  • How to manage influenza and other respiratory outbreaks

Details

Date published
11 Apr 2024

Reviewed 12 April 2024

Was this page helpful?