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National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) Weekly Healthcare Personnel & Resident COVID-19 Vaccination | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

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August 01, 2022 - National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) Weekly Healthcare Personnel & Resident COVID-19 Vaccination Resource: National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) Weekly Healthcare Personnel & Resident COVID-19 Vaccination This website provides training, data collection forms and instructions, and materials to suppo…

National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) Long-Term Care Facility (LTCF) COVID-19 Module Enrollment Refresher | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

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April 01, 2022 - National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) Long-Term Care Facility (LTCF) COVID-19 Module Enrollment Refresher Resource: National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) Long-Term Care Facility (LTCF) COVID-19 Module Enrollment Refresher This module contains enrollment refresher information about the National Healt…

National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) Prevention Process Measures Surveillance Protocol for Long-Term Care Facilities | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

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April 01, 2022 - National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) Prevention Process Measures Surveillance Protocol for Long-Term Care Facilities Resource: National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) Prevention Process Measures Surveillance Protocol for Long-term Care Facilities This document presents information about the CDC’s Heal…

Vaccine Recommendations and Guidelines of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

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August 01, 2022 - Vaccine Recommendations and Guidelines of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) Resource: Vaccine Recommendations and Guidelines of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) The guidance provides best practices related to timing and spacing of immunobiologics; contraindicatio…

Use Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Correctly for COVID-19 | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

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June 01, 2022 - Use Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Correctly for COVID-19 Resource: Use Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Correctly for COVID-19 This video demonstrates what personal protective equipment should be used in long-term care facilities and nursing homes, and when and how to use it correctly to help prote…

A Unit Guide To Infection Prevention for Long-Term Care Staff | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

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June 01, 2021 - A Unit Guide To Infection Prevention for Long-Term Care Staff Resource: A Unit Guide To Infection Prevention for Long-Term Care Staff (PDF, 3 MB) This guide is designed to provide long-term care staff with basic knowledge about facility infection prevention guidelines. The guide is meant to provide infectio…

Applying COVID-19 Infection Prevention and Control Strategies in Nursing Homes | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

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April 01, 2022 - Applying COVID-19 Infection Prevention and Control Strategies in Nursing Homes Resource: Applying COVID-19 Infection Prevention and Control Strategies in Nursing Homes This overview video webinar helps all long-term care staff prepare for and respond to COVID-19 by applying infection prevention and control g…

Nursing Home COVID-19 Vaccination Data Dashboard | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

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August 01, 2022 - Nursing Home COVID-19 Vaccination Data Dashboard Resource: Nursing Home COVID-19 Vaccination Data Dashboard This page displays data at the national and state level on COVID-19 vaccination coverage among residents and staff of Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services-certified nursing homes. These summaries …

Module 4—Infection Surveillance—Nursing Home Infection Preventionist Training Course | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

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April 01, 2022 - Module 4—Infection Surveillance—Nursing Home Infection Preventionist Training Course Resource: Module 4—Infection Surveillance—Nursing Home Infection Preventionist Training Course This guide provides ideas and lessons learned to improve the well-being of the healthcare workforce, including actions that indi…

Ensuring a Safe Environment for Patients and Staff in COVID-19 Health-Care Facilities | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

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April 01, 2022 - Ensuring a Safe Environment for Patients and Staff in COVID-19 Health-Care Facilities Resource: Ensuring a safe environment for patients and staff in COVID-19 health-care facilities This tool can be used to assess and monitor the structural capacities of facilities to (i) allow safe COVID‑19 case management…

ePROTECT Respiratory Infections (EN) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

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May 01, 2022 - ePROTECT Respiratory Infections (EN) Resource: ePROTECT Respiratory Infections (EN) This course provides a general introduction to Acute Respiratory Infections and basic hygiene measures to protect against infection. By the end of the course, participants should be able to describe basic information about A…

Implementing Filtering Facepiece Respirator (FFR) Reuse, Including Reuse after Decontamination, When There Are Known Shortages of N95 Respirators | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

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May 01, 2022 - Implementing Filtering Facepiece Respirator (FFR) Reuse, Including Reuse after Decontamination, When There Are Known Shortages of N95 Respirators Resource: Implementing Filtering Facepiece Respirator (FFR) Reuse, Including Reuse after Decontamination, When There Are Known Shortages of N95 Respirators This w…

Managing Anxiety and Grief in the time of COVID-19 for Direct Care Staff | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

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May 01, 2021 - Managing Anxiety and Grief in the time of COVID-19 for Direct Care Staff Resource: Managing Anxiety and Grief in the time of COVID-19 for Direct Care Staff This session is for direct care staff and provides tips to effectively manage stress and anxiety and suggestions for coping with grief. This session al…

Module 11D—Linen Management—Nursing Home Infection Preventionist Training Course | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

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May 01, 2022 - Module 11D—Linen Management—Nursing Home Infection Preventionist Training Course Resource: Module 11D—Linen Management—Nursing Home Infection Preventionist Training Course This module discusses recommended practices for linen management. At the conclusion of the module, participants will understand how lin…

Healthcare Professional Preparedness Checklist For Transport and Arrival of Patients With Confirmed or Possible COVID-19 | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

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February 01, 2021 - Healthcare Professional Preparedness Checklist For Transport and Arrival of Patients With Confirmed or Possible COVID-19 Resource: Healthcare Professional Preparedness Checklist For Transport and Arrival of Patients With Confirmed or Possible COVID-19 (PDF, 98 KB) Frontline healthcare personnel can use …

Basics of Infection Prevention & Control in the Post-COVID-19 World | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

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April 01, 2022 - Basics of Infection Prevention & Control in the Post-COVID-19 World Resource: Basics of Infection Prevention & Control in the Post-COVID-19 World This course will review how COVID-19 spreads, signs and symptoms of COVID-19, and how to report illness. It will review the role of a healthcare worker in reporti…

COVID-19 After Action Review Toolkit | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

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November 01, 2019 - COVID-19 After Action Review Toolkit Resource: COVID-19 After Action Review Toolkit An After Action Review is a powerful tool that can help organizations reflect, assess, learn, and improve. Organizations can use the review retrospectively to assess previous work or activities, or it can serve as a useful to…

Core Competencies for Infection Prevention and Control Professionals | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

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April 01, 2022 - Core Competencies for Infection Prevention and Control Professionals Resource: Core Competencies for Infection Prevention and Control Professionals This document contains recommendations and specifications related to core components for effective infection prevention and control programs. This document can…

Best Practices for Promoting Mental Health and Emotional Well-Being Among Nursing Home Staff | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

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June 01, 2022 - Best Practices for Promoting Mental Health and Emotional Well-Being Among Nursing Home Staff Resource: Best Practices for Promoting Mental Health and Emotional Well-Being Among Nursing Home Staff This resource focuses on emotional well-being of nursing home staff, including information about the effects of t…

Caring for Yourself & Others During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Managing Healthcare Workers’ Stress | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

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July 01, 2021 - Caring for Yourself & Others During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Managing Healthcare Workers’ Stress Resource: Caring for Yourself & Others During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Managing Healthcare Workers’ Stress In this video, Patricia Watson, PhD, of the National Center for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder discusses …

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