Connect with your patient or patient’s family in advance by telephone, text monitoring system, or video conference prior to home visits for temperature and symptom monitoring.
If you must visit the home and the patient is suspected or confirmed to have COVID-19, wear the following PPE: Gown, gloves, eye protection (goggles or face shield), N95 filtering facepiece or respirator (or medical facemask if not available). Always perform hand hygiene before donning PPE and after doffing PPE.
Don and doff PPE outside of the home, dispose of PPE outside the home in a lined trash receptacle, do not travel with used PPE.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services provides guidelines for home healthcare personnel along with detailed guidelines for home hospice care personnel.