Infection Prevention and Control Strategies in Long-Term Care Part 2

Course Overview

The Virginia Infection Prevention Training Center’s module, Infection Prevention and Control Strategies in Long-Term Care Settings Part 2, provides the essential strategies for reducing infection risks in long-term care facilities. Participants will learn the importance of conducting facility-wide risk assessments and implementing core infection prevention interventions to minimize the spread of infection and protect residents and staff.

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

• Discuss the importance of risk assessments for long-term care facilities
• List the essential prevention strategies to reduce the risk of infection in long-term care settings

Resources

• CDC HAI Prevention, Control and Outbreak Response for Public Health and Healthcare
• SHEA (The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America)
• APIC (Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology)
• PALTmed (Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medical Association) – previously known as PALTC or AMDA
• CDC – Vaccines & Immunizations
• CDC – Tuberculosis
• CDC – Interim Guidance for a Public Health Response to Contain Novel or Targeted MDROs
• CMS – State Operations Manual, Guidance to Surveyors for Long Term Care Facilities
• FDA – Medical Gowns
• FoodSafety.gov
• OSHA Standards – Personal Protective Equipment, Respiratory Protection
• OSHA – Personal Protective Equipment
• OSHA – Bloodborne Pathogens and Hazard Communications Standards
• Quality Improvement Organizations – Facility Assessment Tool
• SPICE Infection Control Risk Assessment

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