The New York Department of Health has circulated a revised advisory on return-to-work protocols for healthcare personnel after infection or exposure to COVID-19. The new protocols, dated Nov. 30, will supersede the department's earlier protocols, dated Feb. 4, and align New York with the current recommendations issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

The department's advisory, which has been circulated to providers, but not yet posted to the department's COVID-19 Guidance Repository, includes protocols for returning to work, largely dependent on whether the healthcare facility is operating under conventional, contingency or crisis strategies to mitigate staffing shortages.

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