For Nursing Homes
- All staff
Description:
To prepare for and respond to COVID-19, apply infection prevention and control guidance for nursing homes and other long-term care facilities.
Continuing Education:
None
- All staff
- Vendors
- Consultants
Description:
Protect residents and keep COVID-19 out of your building. Use facemasks correctly, check for symptoms daily, and stay out of the building if you are sick.
Continuing Education:
None
- All staff
Description:
Recognize new or worsening infections quickly in long-term care facilities and nursing homes. The earlier you identify sick residents, the faster COVID-19 can be prevented from spreading. Monitor sick residents to catch serious illness early.
Training: Closely Monitor Residents for COVID-19 [Video – 7:16]
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Continuing Education:
None
- All staff
Description:
Learn what PPE to use in long-term care facilities and nursing homes and when and how to use PPE correctly to help protect yourself and residents from COVID-19.
Training: Use Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Correctly for COVID-19 [Video – 12:01]
Continuing Education:
None
- All staff
- Cleaning Personnel
Description:
Know how and when to clean and disinfect environmental and equipment surfaces to keep residents healthy. Proper cleaning and disinfection are important to keep surface pathogen levels low and prevent infections from spreading.
Training: Sparkling Surfaces: Stop COVID-19’s Spread [Video – 7:09]
Related Materials:
None
Continuing Education:
None
- All staff
Description:
Know how and when to perform hand hygiene as part of preventing the spread of COVID-19.
Continuing Education:
None
- Infection Preventionists
Description:
This course provides infection prevention and control (IPC) training for individuals responsible for IPC programs in nursing homes so they can effectively implement their programs and ensure adherence to recommended practices by frontline staff.
Training: Nursing Home Infection Preventionist Training Courseexternal icon
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Continuing Education:
- Available. See training for additional information.