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Long-term care testing initiative underway; phased reopening and restricted visitation planned

PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE · June 22, 2020
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Summary

Arkansas Healthcare Association said it has completed baseline testing in many long-term care facilities and will use health-department clearance letters and regional bed capacity to phase limited visitation and communal activities starting July 1 for eligible facilities.

Rachel Bunch, executive director of the Arkansas Healthcare Association, described a statewide initiative to baseline-test long-term care (LTC) facilities and a phased approach to limited reopening.

Bunch said the LTC testing effort had completed 24,557 tests with 198 positives in the statewide initiative portion and that 91 facilities currently had active cases while 23…

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