Infection Prevention Specialists

With the lessons of the pandemic fresh in mind, now is the time for LTC administrators to commit to recruiting and training dedicated, on-site infection preventionists, experts say. Sources of federal...

Final, long-awaited guidance related to nursing home Requirements of Participation may soon be here. The rules were fundamentally rewritten and implemented in three phases starting in 2016 but still have...

Real-time reports from the height of the pandemic offer a glimpse into the highs and lows infection preventionists faced as they tackled unprecedented challenges.

In the five years leading up to the COVID-19 pandemic, skilled nursing and rehabilitation facilities did little to improve the number or quality of in-house infection preventionists, according to member...

The need for infection preventionists has never been greater, but 13 months into the COVID-19 pandemic, long-term care providers still remain in the dark as to who will fit the federal government’s final...

The Care For Our Seniors Act, put forth by the AHCA and LeadingAge, seeks to address systemic issues in the nursing home sector that have been laid bare during the pandemic, including infection control...

A large majority of healthcare facilities are reusing or extending the life of personal protective equipment typically meant for single use, according to a national survey by the Association for Professionals...

Fully three quarters of survey respondents say that their healthcare facilities have implemented crisis standards of care for personal protective equipment. The reuse rate is “disheartening,”...

On March 11, I wrote about the COVID-19 storm rapidly approaching our nursing homes, and particularly the risk of nursing home staff transmitting the virus to residents. On March 15, I pointed out the...

A well-known operator has created an interdisciplinary group of red-vested volunteers to round on care areas, providing mentoring and feedback. COVID-19 infections have dropped since, it says.