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