COVID-19, influenza, and RSV resources for residential and long-term care facilities
Last updated: Feb. 11, 2026
Residential and long-term care facilities are key in preventing and controlling the transmission of COVID-19, influenza, and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) among their residents and staff. This page includes guidance and resources for facilities to prevent and respond to COVID-19, influenza, and RSV.
Quick links
- CDPHE infectious disease guidelines for health care settings
- CDPHE disease and outbreak reporting requirements
- Viral respiratory disease outbreak information form
- Seasonal respiratory vaccines
- COVID-19 vaccine toolkit for long-term care facilities
- Contact the CDPHE Viral Respiratory Disease Program
Report to public health
- Facilities must report confirmed or suspected outbreaks immediately (within four hours of detection): 303-692-2700 (daytime) | 303-370-9395 (after hours) | or your local public health agency.
- After reporting by phone, facilities should complete the online outbreak information form to provide additional details. If online reporting is not possible, facilities may download and complete a PDF version of the outbreak information form and send it to the local public health agency or the CDPHE Viral Respiratory team (cdphe_flu_rsv@state.co.us) via secure email.
- Visit CDPHE’s disease reporting requirements webpage for complete information about reporting cases and outbreaks of illness.
- Respiratory line list template
CDPHE infection prevention guidance
- COVID-19, influenza, and RSV mitigation and outbreak guidelines for nursing facilities and intermediate care facilities
- COVID-19, influenza, and RSV mitigation and outbreak guidelines for assisted living residences and group homes for persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities
- CDPHE infectious disease guidelines for health care settings
CDC infection prevention guidance and resources
- Infection Control Guidance: SARS-CoV-2
- Interim guidance for managing healthcare personnel with SARS-CoV-2 infection or exposure to SARS-CoV-2
- Interim guidance for influenza outbreak management in long-term care and post-acute care facilities
- RSV in adults
- Viral respiratory pathogens toolkit for nursing homes.
- PPE sequence for donning and doffing
Additional resources
- Seasonal respiratory vaccines
- CDPHE COVID-19 vaccine toolkit for long-term care facilities
- Health care worker influenza vaccine requirements
- Accessing antiviral medications for COVID-19
- Infectious Disease Society of America: Clinical practice guidelines for the diagnosis, treatment, chemoprophylaxis, and institutional outbreak management of seasonal influenza
- Infection risk assessment and infection prevention annual plan
- Respiratory protection program
- Multisociety guidance for infection prevention and control in nursing homes
- CO-CARES: The Colorado Alliance for Resilient and Equitable Systems
Stay informed
- CDPHE viral respiratory diseases report/dashboard
- Register for CDPHE’s 2026 residential and long-term care facility calls, held quarterly (January, April, July, and October) on the second Wednesday of the month at noon.
- Sign up to receive occasional infection prevention updates, including CDPHE’s quarterly newsletter and slides from the residential and long-term care facility calls.
- Recent residential and long-term care newsletters:
Need assistance?
- Find your local public health agency
- CDPHE Viral Respiratory Disease Program:
cdphe_flu_rsv@state.co.us. - CDPHE is available to answer calls Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m.: 303-692-2700 (daytime) | 303-370-9395 (after hours).
- CDPHE Project Firstline: cdphe_project_firstline@state.co.us
- Access to free infection prevention training resources
- Infection prevention training support at your facility
- Support for a CO.TRAIN account setup to complete the RCF Infection Prevention Training
- CDPHE Health Facilities and Emergency Medical Services Division
- CDPHE Emergency Preparedness and Response
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