Antimicrobial Stewardship for Long-Term Care Settings

Course Overview

The Virginia Infection Prevention Training Center’s module, Antimicrobial Stewardship for Long-Term Care Settings, provides healthcare professionals with essential strategies to optimize antibiotic use in LTCFs. Participants will examine common infections that prompt antibiotic prescriptions, explore challenges to stewardship program implementation, and identify key measures for program success.

Target Audience

Target audience for this course are healthcare professionals who are or will be directly involved in infection prevention activities in their facilities. These are infection prevention professionals who have participated in and gained considerable knowledge through specialized infection and control training and who have minimal to moderate practice or fieldwork experience with infection prevention and control concepts.

Audience examples include advanced beginner to proficient infection preventionists and HAI/AR/IPC staff, novice to proficient healthcare or public health epidemiologists, and antimicrobial stewardship program pharmacists.

Overall Learning Objectives

• Identify the risks associated with antibiotics for patients in long-term care facilities (LTCF)
• Define unique aspects of antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) in LTCF
• Discuss common infections in LTCF for which antibiotics are prescribed
• Discuss barriers to AMS programs in LTCF
• Discuss measures used to determine the success of an AMS program for LTCF
• Discuss the importance of educating and engaging residents and family members

Continuing Education Credit

Continuing education (CE) credit is available for this course from 5/1/2024 to 5/1/2026. To claim credit, please watch this video in its entirety, then visit the VCU Continuing Medical Education activity page to obtain your credit.

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VIPTC’s Courses in Infection Prevention and Control in Long-Term Care

The Infection Prevention & Control for Long-Term Care Settings playlist covers critical infection prevention and control topics tailored to the unique setting of long-term care. Participants will explore essential strategies for reducing infections, improving isolation protocols, and implementing antimicrobial stewardship. Ideal for infection preventionists, administrators, and frontline staff, this playlist includes four key courses:

• Infection Prevention Strategies in Long-Term Care Part 1
• Infection Prevention Strategies in Long-Term Care Part 2
• Isolation and Enhanced Barrier Precautions in Long-Term Care
• Antimicrobial Stewardship for Long-Term Care Settings

Visit viptc.vcu.edu to access our full library of on-demand courses, training videos, and infection prevention resources.