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Long-Term Care
The Infection Control Today® chronic and long-term care facilities page provides news, updates, and guidance on tackling infection prevention in these unique environments, including nursing homes, skilled nursing centers, and assisted-living facilities. This page includes news on cleaning, disinfection, antibiotic stewardship, hand hygiene, isolation precautions, outbreak protocol, and more as administrators and infection prevention teams seek to curb outbreaks of pneumonia, influenza, Clostridioides difficile, urinary tract infections, and skin and soft tissue infections, among others.
Hot Topics in Infection Prevention: Unstoppable Delta, Lockdown v. Reopen, Antibiotic Overprescribing in Nursing Homes
July 21, 2021
As the Delta variant is estimated to be around 50% more transmissible than the original strain, the CDC has been emphasizing the need to improve stagnated vaccine rates.
COVID-19 Isn’t Done with Us Yet, Medical Experts Warn
July 20, 2021
The pandemic could leave in its wake a “tsunami” of chronic health conditions in younger people, including serious heart problems.
Weekly Rounds with Infection Control Today: Recruiting Infection Preventionists
July 02, 2021
Take 5 minutes to catch up on Infection Control Today®’s highlights for the week ending July 2.
One Quarter of U.S. Nursing Homes Might Not be Here by Next Year
June 29, 2021
Almost half of nursing homes and assisted living facilities are operating at a loss, while 84% of nursing homes are losing revenue this year because fewer post-acute patients are coming to them from hospitals.
Even As COVID-19 Ebbs, Nursing Homes Struggle
June 28, 2021
Karen Jones MPH, RN, CIC: “It’s really key to have a good written infection prevention and control plan at the hospital level but then also at the nursing home level. And what keeps that up to date? It’s an infection preventionist who’s knowledgeable, who’s been educated, who’s been trained, who’s certified.”
Stronger Ties With Hospitals Might Help Nursing Homes Fight Infections
June 28, 2021
A five-year survey in Michigan seeks to determine if enhanced relationships between nursing homes and hospitals might facilitate better infection prevention in nursing homes.
Weekly Rounds with Infection Control Today: Delta Variant, COVID-19’s Origin
June 25, 2021
Take 5 minutes to catch up on Infection Control Today®’s highlights for the week ending June 25.
One Method to Contain COVID-19 at Nursing Homes
June 21, 2021
Here's one method of containing COVID-19 at nursing homes: Pair long-term care facilities (LTCF) staff and residents who've recovered with susceptible residents to help reduce transmission. It seems to work, says a study.
Health Care Disparities Uncovered in Nursing Homes
June 08, 2021
Investigators with Columbia University School of Nursing found that COVID-19 infections were 13.6 percentage points higher in nursing homes with 50% or more Black residents, and deaths were 3.5 percentage points higher, compared with nursing homes with no Black residents.
Despite Billions in Aid, Nursing Homes Losing Employees in Droves
May 10, 2021
Nursing homes, already strapped for employees, lost about 19,500 workers last month, according to government figures. Question: What’s happened to all the funding nursing homes have gotten because of COVID-19?