Course Overview
The Virginia Infection Prevention Training Center’s course on Infection Prevention and Control Strategies in Long-Term Care Settings is designed to provide an overview of infection prevention strategies for congregate care facilities. Topics in Part 2 include assessing risk, potential barriers to infection prevention efforts, screening and vaccinating staff, hand hygiene monitoring, antimicrobial stewardship, standard and transmission-based precautions, environmental cleaning and disinfection, and water management.
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 have minimal to moderate practice or fieldwork experience with infection prevention and control concepts.
Audience examples: Advanced Beginner to Proficient Infection Preventionist, Advanced Beginner to Proficient HAI/AR/IPC staff, Novice to Proficient Healthcare/Public Health Epidemiologist, Infectious Disease /Antimicrobial Stewardship Program Pharmacist.
Overall Learning Objectives
- Discuss assessing risk in long-term care facilities
- List strategies to reduce the risk of infection
- Define standard and transmission-based precautions
- Identify proper use of PPE
- Discuss environmental cleaning and disinfection
- Discuss the environment of care including laundry, water management, and access to PPE
Continuing Education Credit
Continuing Education (CE) credit is available for this course until May 1, 2026. Once viewed, please visit the
activity page to obtain your credit.
