Department of Health

Management of Acute Respiratory Infection outbreaks, including COVID-19 and influenza, in residential care facilities (RCFs)

Updated 1 March 2024

Management of Acute Respiratory Infection outbreaks, including COVID-19 and influenza, in residential care facilities (RCFs) 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
12 Oct 2022

Reviewed 01 March 2024

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