Part-time option means more juggling for infection control staff
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jul 04, 2022
While nursing homes have had six years to prepare for new infection preventionist guidance, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services revealed last week they will not necessarily need to appoint someone...
Almost perfect: Mandated full-time infection preventionist soars hand hygiene and PPE compliance to 99...
By
Danielle Brown
Jun 15, 2022
A California skilled nursing facility launched its compliance with hand hygiene and other infection prevention practices to near perfect levels thanks to continuous audits and training from its full-time...
Forget the add-on role: Here’s who really wants that infection preventionist job
By
Danielle Brown
May 19, 2022
SCHAUMBURG, IL. — Skilled nursing facilities should shift away from handing infection preventionist roles to floor nurses and instead recruit professionals with a background in the field to ensure their...
APIC urges LTC industry to boost infection control capabilities with full-time, certified staff
By
Alicia Lasek
Mar 09, 2022
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...
Lining up for the great hand-hygiene escape
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jun 30, 2021
When’s the last time your employees lined up during lunch breaks for voluntary training? Proving again that healthcare workers are among the world’s most resourceful, a team from the Central Texas...
Long-term care remains in the dark about infection preventionist requirements
By
Kimberly Marselas
Apr 13, 2021
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...
CDC: Full-time, trained staff needed to oversee COVID-19 prevention
By
Alicia Lasek
Jun 30, 2020
Nursing facilities with 100 or more residents and operators who provide dialysis or ventilator care should have at least one trained infection preventionist on-site, according to new federal guidance.
60 Seconds With … James Marx, APIC Infection prevention specialist
May 08, 2018
James Marx, Ph.D., RN, CIC, FAPIC APIC Infection prevention specialist Q: What do you advise for providers needing an infection control specialist for the 2019 deadline? A: Consider sharing a trained infection...