{"id":19635,"date":"2021-05-25T09:55:22","date_gmt":"2021-05-25T13:55:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/emergency-medical-services\/?page_id=19635"},"modified":"2021-05-25T10:00:06","modified_gmt":"2021-05-25T14:00:06","slug":"guidance-for-fully-vaccinated-persons","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/emergency-medical-services\/guidance-for-fully-vaccinated-persons\/","title":{"rendered":"Guidance for Fully Vaccinated Persons – May 24, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"

The information provided below directs all offices and districts to implement the CDC Guidance for Fully Vaccinated Persons.\u00a0 (Please direct questions to\u00a0healthcommissioner@vdh.virginia.gov<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

Executive Order 72-7th Amended<\/a>\u00a0requires that \u201cAll individuals in the Commonwealth aged five and older should cover their mouth and nose with a mask in accordance with CDC guidance linked\u00a0here<\/a>.\u201d\u00a0 This links to CDC\u2019s Interim Public Health Recommendations for Fully Vaccinated People.<\/p>\n

CDC\u2019s Interim Public Health Recommendations for Fully Vaccinated People<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0indicates that that \u201cfully vaccinated people no longer need to wear a mask or physically distance in any setting, except where required by federal, state, local, tribal, or territorial laws, rules, and regulations, including local business and workplace guidance.\u201d \u00a0 Further, the recommendations within this CDC guidance apply to\u00a0non-healthcare<\/strong>\u00a0settings. For related information for healthcare settings, visit\u00a0Updated Healthcare Infection Prevention and Control Recommendations in Response to COVID-19 Vaccination<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0In all healthcare facilities, staff, patients, residents, and visitors should continue to wear masks.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

CDC defines\u00a0healthcare settings<\/strong>\u00a0as \u201c… places where healthcare is delivered and includes, but is not limited to, acute care facilities, long-term acute care facilities, inpatient rehabilitation facilities, nursing homes and assisted living facilities, home healthcare, vehicles where healthcare is delivered (e.g., mobile clinics), and outpatient facilities, such as dialysis centers, physician offices, and others.\u201d<\/p>\n

Within such settings, CDC currently continues to recommend universal source control, including a recommendation that visitors, regardless of their vaccination status, should wear a\u00a0well-fitting cloth mask, facemask, or respirator<\/a>\u00a0(N95 or a respirator approved under standards used in other countries that are similar to NIOSH-approved N95 filtering facepiece respirators)\u00a0for source control<\/a>. As noted in the CDC guidance for healthcare settings, healthcare personnel should continue to follow all\u00a0current infection prevention and control recommendations<\/a>, including those addressing work restrictions, quarantine, testing, and use of personal protective equipment to protect themselves and others from SARS-CoV-2 infection.<\/p>\n

Mask policy for clients:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Because it may be difficult to distinguish between the physical spaces in which clients seeking clinical services and the physical spaces in which clients are seeking non-clinical services (e.g., requesting vital records, environmental health services, or other similar non-clinical paperwork),\u00a0we<\/strong>\u00a0direct<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong>LHDs to require clients to continue to wear masks, regardless of vaccination status, when they are visiting the premises.<\/strong>\u00a0(Appropriate exceptions to this still apply as per EO72.)<\/p>\n

An exception to this recommendation may be reasonable if the LHD\u2019s physical layout has clear distinction between such settings, such as non-clinical services being offered in a distinct building or separate office space that does not share a common waiting area with a clinical services waiting area.<\/p>\n

Mask policy for VDH staff in clinical settings:<\/strong><\/p>\n

VDH LHD staff providing direct clinical services, as well as\u00a0LHD, Central Office, and field-based\u00a0<\/u>staff conducting inspections, investigations, and surveys at clinical settings including\u00a0provider offices,<\/u>\u00a0hospitals and long-term care facilities,\u00a0\u00a0should continue to adhere to the\u00a0Updated Healthcare Infection Prevention and Control Recommendations in Response to COVID-19 Vaccination<\/a>. This includes clinical services being provided at the LHD and vaccine services that may be provided off-site at mass vaccination sites, mobile clinics, etc.<\/p>\n

All other VDH offices including the Madison Building:<\/strong><\/p>\n

For offices and work units that do not provide clinical services, it is recommended to follow the\u00a0CDC Guidance<\/a>\u00a0accordingly, which\u00a0allows fully vaccinated persons to choose not to wear a mask in most indoor and outdoor settings.\u00a0 Unvaccinated persons should continue to follow all public health precautions, including wearing masks when in public spaces shared by others.<\/p>\n

Note:\u00a0 CDC is considering how or if the updates for the community should be applied in healthcare settings; VDH Central Office will amend the guidance above for LHDs if CDC updates the healthcare guidance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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