This presentation provides guidance to long-term care facilities that are enrolling in the National Healthcare Safety Network on how to enter their targeted data elements to be used for COVID-19 emergency response activities.
This document presents information about the CDC’s Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (CDC/HICPAC) Guidelines for Isolation Precautions Preventing Transmission of Infectious Agents in Healthcare Settings.
This presentation helps long-term care staff to understand basic concepts within the National Healthcare Safety Network application and architecture; develop competency for updating facility level data within the application; and how to generate facility level reports within the National Healthcare Safety Network application.
This presentation provides information about the changing landscape in infection prevention in long-term care facilities, a description and interpretation of data for facility enrollment, participation, and hospital-acquired infection reporting.
This guide assists long-term care facilities in enrolling in the National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN).
This information is for nursing home staff use when receiving an admission or return from hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic.
This tool has been developed to assess staff competency in effectively using PPE as an integral part of infection control and prevention measures.
This flyer highlights strategies long-term care staff and leadership to consider when interacting with residents to support positive outcomes for both staff and residents.
This infographic shows common symptoms of and prevention strategies for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).
Clinicians can use this guide to proactively help individuals at risk for complications associated with COVID-19 express their wishes.
This fact sheet provides foundational knowledge of infection control protocols and procedures to prevent the spread of infectious disease threats—including COVID-19.
This guide explains the principles of quality assurance and performance improvement (QAPI)and provides step-by-step guidance to help staff implement QAPI in nursing homes.
Leadership can use this tool to evaluate quality assurance and performance improvement (QAPI) progress.
The resource provides an overview on the importance of respirator fit testing from a health safety and regulatory aspect and how often you should be fit tested.
This poster demonstrates the step to properly put on and take off a respirator to protect yourself from COVID-19.
This guidance is specificallly focused on how to use respirators to protect long-term care facility workers from occupational exposure to SARS-CoV-2.
These documents provide guidance for surveyors of long-term care facilities.
This fact sheet provides information on the possible symptoms of COVID-19.
In the event of an infectious disease outbreak, local officials may require the public to take measures to limit and control the spread of the disease. This tip sheet provides information about social distancing, quarantine, and isolation.
A personal essay by a Black physician about her decision to participate in a vaccine trial and how that decision was complicated by histories of medical abuse and neglect of Black patients.
This resource provides tips for healthcare professionals on stress and compassion fatigue, as well as signs of distress.
This resource provides tips for nursing home staff to keep residents socially engaged and stimulated during COVID-19.
The wallet card provides stress reduction tips and techniques as well as lists sources for additional assistance.
This form is to be completed by nursing home staff prior to transferring a resident to the hospital.
This one-pager provides tips for working with the press during COVID-19 vaccine distribution.