Teachable Moments
Teachable Moments are educational materials, intended to engage direct care staff in infection prevention and the improvement of quality of care for nursing home residents. These materials are meant to accompany the topics in the webinars of this toolkit, and provide an opportunity to promote evidence-based, good-quality care.
These Teachable Moments are built on principles of infection prevention and quality skin care, as well as the importance of facilitating effective communication in the healthcare team.
Below are the Teachable Moments of this toolkit, which are included in the Protect Skin, Prevent Infection and Keep Skin Clean and Safe key strategies.
Protect Skin, Prevent Infection
This section provides the Teachable Moments related to the Protect Skin, Prevent Infection key strategy from the Toolkit for Improving Skin Care and MDRO Prevention in Long-Term Care.
The Triangle of Transmission: Understanding Sources and Pathways of Germ Transmission (Word, 765 KB)
Provides an overview of the Triangle of Transmission graphic.
Escape Room Game (PDF, 3 MB)
Provides the materials (with answers) for an infection prevention–themed escape room game.
Escape Room Game (with answers) (PDF, 3 MB)
Provides the materials (with answers) for an infection prevention–themed escape room game.
Escape Room User’s Guide (Word, 612 KB)
Provides a guide for navigating an infection prevention–themed escape room game.
Communication, Collaboration, and Connection in Healthcare Teachable Moments (Word, 613 KB)
Offers Teachable Moments for communication, collaboration, and connection in healthcare.
The Case of the Inappropriate Communication Between Care Teams (PDF, 10 MB)
Provides a case study involving a missed room cleaning, communication, connection, and collaboration in healthcare.
Cutting Corners and Workarounds (Word, 1.4 MB)
Provides examples of common workarounds and ways to mitigate them to maintain proper infection control.
Why We Wear Gloves Teachable Moment (Word, 745 KB)
Provides information about why providers and frontline staff wear gloves.
Mistakes Happen! (Word, 1.3 MB)
Provides an informational document about how to address mistakes when they occur.
The Case of the Resident With a Foley Catheter Who Had a Bowel Movement (PDF, 10 MB)
Provides a case study of a resident who has a urinary catheter.
Keep Skin Clean and Safe
This section provides the Teachable Moments related to the Keep Skin Clean and Safe key strategy from the Toolkit for Improving Skincare and MDRO Prevention in Long-Term Care.
Skin Assessments (Word, 623 KB)
Provides Teachable Moments for assessing skin.
The Case of the Resident Who Refused a Bath (PDF, 836 KB)
Provides a case study involving resident bathing.
The Case of the Resident Who Needed To Be Repositioned (PDF, 10 MB)
Provides a case study of a resident who is at risk for pressure injury.
The Case of the Hoyer Lift That Was Not Disinfected (PDF, 9.8 MB)
Provides a case study to help prevent pressure injuries.
The Case of the Resident With a PEG Tube (PDF, 10 MB)
Provides a case study about a resident who is living with a feeding (PEG) tube
The Case of the Resident With an Incomplete Skin Assessment (PDF, 10 MB)
Provides a case study of a resident who has a shingles rash.
The Case of Insufficient Communication Between Care Teams (PDF, 10 MB)
Provides a case study about a resident who has a swollen wound.
The Case of the Wet Surgical Dressing (PDF, 10.9 MB)
Provides a case study of a resident who just had a hip replacement.
Enteral Tube Care and Management (Word, 607 KB)
Provides educational material for enteral tube care and management.
Rash of Words (Word, 3.5 MB)
Provides example pictures and words to assist in describing changes to skin.
Are Gloves Alone Enough (Word, 617 KB)
Use this activity to indicate whether germs can get onto gloves only, or on both hands and gloves.
How Dirty Are My Gloves (Word, 498 KB)
Use this activity to think about how dirty (with germs) or contaminated gloves will be after performing each activity, which order activities should be performed in, and which activities will require a glove change and hand hygiene before moving to the next task.
Pressure Injury Prevention: Fill in the Blank (Word, 606 KB)
Provides a fill-in-the-blank exercise about preventing pressure injury.
Name That Stage! (Word, 669 KB)
Provides a matching exercise for the staging of pressure injuries.
