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The resources on this page are specifically designed to assist clinicians, administrators, and health department personnel with preventing infections in nursing homes, assisted living facilities and other long-term care facilities.

Core Elements of Antibiotic Stewardship for Nursing Homes
The Core Elements of Antibiotic Stewardship for Nursing Homes

Core Elements

Checklist of Core Elements pdf icon[PDF – 3 pages]

Leading Antibiotic Stewardship in Nursing Homes pdf icon[PDF – 1 page]

Creating A Culture to Improve Antibiotic Use in Nursing Homes pdf icon[PDF – 1 page]

National Nursing Home Quality Improvement C. difficile Infection Prevention Assessment Checklists

National Nursing Home Quality Improvement Campaign

Early Identification and Containment pdf icon[PDF – 2 pages]external icon

Appropriate Cleaning/Disinfection of Equipment and the Environment pdf icon[PDF – 2 pages]external icon

Hand Hygiene pdf icon[PDF – 1 page]external icon

Antibiotic Stewardship pdf icon[PDF – 1 page]external icon

More information about the National Nursing Home Quality Improvement Campaign Infections Goalexternal icon

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Implementation Resources

Infection Prevention in Aging: Resourcesexternal icon
These infection prevention and control resources were created for a patient-centered research study in nursing homes.

A Targeted Infection Prevention (TIP) Intervention in nursing home residents with indwelling devices: a randomized clinical trialexternal icon.

AHRQ’s Nursing Home Antibiotic Stewardship Tools and Guide Projectexternal icon

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Infection Prevention Guidelines and Resources

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Page last reviewed: July 10, 2019
Content source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID), Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion (DHQP)