Public Health England guidance | Our recommended guidance | |
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Guidance | PCR test 48 hours prior to discharge to LTCF; results relayed to receiving organisation | Patients with clinically recovering COVID-19 can be discharged to LTCF 10 days after their first positive swab or 10 days after clear symptom onset |
Consequences | Patients with a positive test may require:
| Exceptions to guidance would be those who are heavily immunosuppressed (organ transplant or genetic immunodeficiencies) |
LTCF = long-term care facilities.