The purpose of this resource is to provide guidance to long-term care facilities when making decisions about accepting hospital discharges.
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 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 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 toolkit contains ready-made materials you can use to inform your healthcare teams and other staff about the COVID-19 vaccine.
This webinar recording provides tools that nurses can use to help maintain mental well-being while caring for COVID-19 patients.
This course provides a general introduction to Acute Respiratory Infections and basic hygiene measures to protect against infection.
This webpage provides a situational update on the National Institute for Occupational Safety & Health's (NIOSH) recommendations regarding use of non-NIOSH approved respirators.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) developed toolkits to aid nursing home teams with improving staff competency and employee satisfaction. There are three toolkits in this series.
This guidance for infection prevention and control for healthcare personnel during COVID-19 applies to all U.S. settings where healthcare is delivered, including home health. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has updated select healthcare infection prevention and control (IPC) recommendations in response to COVID-19 vaccination, which are now summarized in this guidance.
This video provides a brief overview of Quality Assurance Performance Improvement for nursing homes.
This Pandemic Playbook covers hundreds of topics and issues that have affected nursing homes during the COVID-19 pandemic.
This quick reference summarizes CDC’s strategies to optimize personal protective equipment (PPE) supplies in healthcare settings.
This webpage provides an overview of the causes and frequency of post-COVID conditions for healthcare providers.
This series of two learning modules features strategies to help nursing home teams minimize infection risk in their facility.
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.
The latest COVID-19 testing guidelines for nursing homes can be found on this webpage.
The certified equipment list is a tool to help respirator users, safety managers, industrial hygienists, and others to determine if the respirator they are currently using or considering using is NIOSH-certified and select the appropriate respirator to protect against the hazard(s) they are exposed to.
During this webinar, presenters discuss the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) role in issuing Emergency Use Authorizations (EUAs) for certain monoclonal antibodies, options for compassionate use, the process for ordering and distributing monoclonal antibodies, and current data on using monoclonal antibodies for both non-hospitalized and immunocompromised patients. Presenters also cover preventing, diagnosing, and treating COVID-19 in immunocompromised patients, including the role of monoclonal antibodies, serologic testing, and potential third dose of COVID-19 vaccinations.
The Long-Term Care Toolkit explains the Four Moments of Antibiotic Decision Making, and has tools to support their implementation and improve prescribing.
This webpage hosts the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) updated visitation guidance, including recommendations for acute care facilities.
This comprehensive guide reflects best practices for vaccine storage and handling from the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases recommendations, product information from vaccine manufacturers, and scientific studies.