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COVID-19 Resources Catalog for Nursing Homes
AHRQ provided free training and mentorship to nursing homes across the country through the National Nursing Home COVID-19 Action Network. The Network supported the implementation of evidence-based prevention and safety practices within nursing homes to protect residents and staff from infection. AHRQ is curating resources from the Network’s curriculum and continuing to develop new resources.
The following resources catalog is a searchable database of COVID-19 nursing home safety and quality improvement resources. Use the filters on the left to view resources by topic, source, resource type, date, and audience. The Catalog is continually refined and updated as new resources become available.
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1 to 25 of 124 Resources DisplayedThis guide is designed to provide long-term care staff with basic knowledge about facility infection prevention guidelines.
The purpose of this resource is to provide guidance to long-term care facilities when making decisions about accepting hospital discharges.
This document is a section of the All Cause Harm Prevention in Nursing Homes Change Package. It provides a description and list of successful practices of high-performing nursing homes and includes strategies and links to resources to prevent all types of infections.
This resource site provides information, recommendations, best practice strategies templates, national guidance and research for Nursing Home Medical Directors and clinicians on COVID-19.
This overview video webinar helps all long-term care staff prepare for and respond to COVID-19 by applying infection prevention and control guidance.
This flyer highlights key Psychological First Aid concepts and resources disaster responders and outreach workers may use when assisting individuals affected by the pandemic. It also provides resources for further assistance.
This infographic for nurses provides instructions for disinfecting and entering the home after work.
This course will review how COVID-19 spreads, signs and symptoms of COVID-19, and how to report illness.
This resource addresses infection control and prevention in nursing homes, highlighting screening and monitoring, testing and responding, and quarantine and isolation. It also provides a sample decision tree for monitoring residents during daily encounters for signs and symptoms of COVID-19.
This website provides resources, including COVID-19 public health emergency response information, for nursing home staff and leadership.
This brief document describes steps to clean and disinfect a nursing home or other healthcare facility, what to do when someone is sick, and additional considerations for employers.
This webpage provides updated information from the CDC on a range of COVID-19 clinical care topics.
This infographic includes tips for clinicians to encourage taking care of themselves one small way each day.
This presentation discusses the importance of recognizing new or worsening infections quickly in long-term care facilities and nursing homes.
This resource provides guidance on compassionate care during COVID-19.
This webpage provides information on how to properly wear a mask, and contains images showing how masks are a simple barrier to help prevent respiratory droplets from reaching others.
This infographic demonstrates how to safely put on (don) and take off (doff) COVID-19 personal protective equipment for contact and droplet precautions.
This document contains recommendations and specifications related to core components for effective infection prevention and control programs.
This document adapts the CDC Core Elements of Hospital Antibiotic Stewardship into practical ways to initiate or expand antibiotic stewardship activities in nursing homes.
This page contains key resources for health professionals during the COVID-19 pandemic. Topic areas include latest COVID-19 News from FDA; Personal Protective Equipment; Emergency Use Authorizations and Guidances; Frequently Asked Questions; and FDA Response to COVID-19.
This document provides ideas for keeping in touch with loved ones living in long-term care facilities when you are unable to visit them in-person.
This toolkit is a compilation of considerations for long-term care facilities based on lessons learned during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic accompanied by resources to inform planning and response efforts.
The COVID-19 County Check Tool provides a snapshot of county levels of community transmission over the past 7 days. The tool also displays guidance on masking based on how the virus is spreading.
This is a guide for health care workers involved in patient care activities in a health care setting. It aims to show the type of personal protective equipment needed to correctly protect oneself from COVID-19.
