Infection Prevention and Control Strategies for Home Health and Hospice Settings Module 2: Best Practices & Infection Control

This module contains best practice in infection prevention and control in home health and hospice settings.

Objectives:
- Identify limitations of infection prevention best practices in the home health environment (Examples – preparing meds in the home, IV access care, catheters)
- Discuss foundational infection control strategies and their applications in the home health/hospice setting (e.g. hand hygiene, standard precautions, isolation, safe storage of sharps, antimicrobial stewardship )
- Explore different aspects of care offered in the home care setting (peds, hospice, infusion therapy, specimen collection) and
- Recall strategies for providing patient and family infection prevention education in the home environment
- List the components of a comprehensive infection control program plan for home care