Infection Prevention & Control Resources

Long-Term Care
Day 1 Schedule and Modules
Day 2 Schedule and Modules

Welcome and course overview

Rapid fire: Learn what regulations are impacting Infection Prevention in Long-Term Care Facilities

Rapid Fire: Understand all the areas of expertise that are involved in the functions of the Infection Preventionist; all of these areas will be covered in this course

Rapid Fire: Review of the roles and responsibilities of the Infection Preventionist

A review of basic microbiology essentials for the Infection Preventionist

Review of the most prevalent multi-drug resistant organisms (MDROs), including C. difficile, seen in long-term care

Description of Standard Precautions and Transmission-Based Precautions including what they are and for which infections they should be initiated

How to conduct surveillance in long-term care including tools needed

Rapid Fire: Basic tools to assist the Infection Preventionist in communicating with staff, physicians, administration, public health personnel, and surveyors

Review real surveillance case studies; learn how to use a surveillance log; participate in interactive surveillance exercises

Learn about the most common preventable healthcare-acquired infections (HAIs) in long-term care and interventions to prevent them

Rapid Fire: Why is hand hygiene important in infection prevention


Understand the role that the environment plays in the transmission of organisms and learn steps to prevent transmission

Interactive exercise on Environmental Rounds

A review the epidemiology, transmission and prevention of the most common infectious diseases seen in long-term care

How to describe and document lesions including an interactive exercise in identifying lesions

Prevention of transmission of organisms to and from employees and how to manage an employee exposure to infectious diseases

How to identify an outbreak and management of an outbreak

The role of the Infection Preventionist in an Antibiotic Stewardship Program and how to establish a program

Rapid Fire: Adult education methods and techniques that the Infection Preventionist can employ when educating staff

Rapid Fire: An exercise on using some of the basic quality assessment tools, e.g., RCA and Fishbone, for determining causes of problems

Rapid Fire: Tips of the trade to help navigate and participate in a CMS or Public Health facility survey

Putting together all the components of the Infection Prevention & Control Program and creating an action plan; what are the next steps to be taken by the participants Q&A and Post-Test and Evaluation