Search all AHRQ sites
Menu
National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report
Latest available findings on quality of and access to health care
Data & Analytics
- Data Infographics
- Data Visualizations
- Data Tools
- Data Innovations
- All-Payer Claims Database
- Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS®) Program
- Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP)
- Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS)
- National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report Data Tools
- Network of Patient Safety Databases
- AHRQ Quality Indicator Tools for Data Analytics
- Surveys on Patient Safety Culture
- United States Health Information Knowledgebase (USHIK)
- Data Sources Available from AHRQ
SHARE:
Search Resources Catalog
Topic
- (-) Environmental Safety (11)
- (-) PPE (21)
- Cleaning & Disinfection (12)
- Cohorting (8)
- Infection Control & Prevention (91)
- Leadership & Management (67)
- Other (3)
- Patient-Centered Care (18)
- Safe Operations (40)
- Staff and Resident Well-being (51)
- Telehealth (5)
- Testing (24)
- Vaccination (67)
- Visitation (2)
Source
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.
Results
1 to 25 of 29 Resources DisplayedThis resource has information and recommendations for health care providers on how to determine the rate of use for PPE and the PPE inventory needed for the Nursing Home.
This webpage includes information and recommendations on PPE use in health care settings for COVID-19.
These self-paced, scenario based modules are intended to provide administrative staff members with best practices for containing and preventing the spread of COVID-19 in nursing homes.
This document provides guidance on cohorting in order to reduce the exposure of residents without 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 fact sheet summarizes best practices for national implementation to sustain personalprotective equipment while ensuring the protection of healthcare personnel and first responders during the COVID-19 pandemic response.
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.
This tool can be used to assess and monitor the structural capacities of facilities to (i) allow safe COVID‑19 case management; (ii) continue to deliver essential services; and (iii) enable surge planning.
This webinar training is intended to prepare healthcare workers to develop, manage and maintain a surge plan.
This webpage provides a situational update on the National Institute for Occupational Safety & Health's (NIOSH) recommendations regarding use of non-NIOSH approved respirators.
This Pandemic Playbook covers hundreds of topics and issues that have affected nursing homes during the COVID-19 pandemic.
This module describes the role that environmental surfaces play in pathogen transmission and recommended practices for cleaning and disinfecting environmental surfaces.
This module discusses the importance of a water management program in the prevention of the transmission of waterborne pathogens.
This module discusses recommended practices for linen management. At the conclusion of the module, participants will understand how linens may transmit pathogens, and will be able to describe recommended practices for linen management.
This module discusses strategies to diagnose, prevent, and control serious lower respiratory tract infections in nursing homes.
This module discusses occupational health considerations for the infection prevention and control program. At the conclusion of this module, participants will be able to describe occupational health considerations for the infection prevention and control program, including prevention and management of infectious occupational exposures and staff illness.
This module discusses the principles of Transmission-Based Precautions and strategies to prevent the spread of multidrug-resistant organisms.
This course provides infection prevention and control training for individuals responsible for infection prevention and control programs in nursing homes so they can effectively implement their programs and ensure adherence to recommended practices by front-line staff.
This webpage provides additional information about Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) COVID-19 exposure standards and requirements, including requirements in states that operate their own OSHA-approved State plans; recordkeeping requirements and injury/illness recording criteria; and applications of standards related to sanitation and communication of risks related to hazardous chemicals that may be in common sanitizers and sterilizers.
The Personal Protective Equipment COVID-19 Observational Audit Data Tracking Tool and User Guide help nursing homes identify performance patterns and target improvement more readily with an analytic tool to compile personal protective equipment (PPE) audit data.
This tool has been developed to assess staff competency in effectively using PPE as an integral part of infection control and prevention measures.
This webpage provides an overview of the causes and frequency of post-COVID conditions for healthcare providers.
This webpage provides nursing homes with general guidance on COVID-19 preparedness.
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 guidance is specificallly focused on how to use respirators to protect long-term care facility workers from occupational exposure to SARS-CoV-2.
