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.
May 19, 2022
Patients with home infusion therapy have improved outcomes when home health care agencies and acute care facilities communicate relevant information on their shared patients.
May 10, 2022
Certification Board of Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc (CBIC) is debuting a new certification for infection preventionists (IPs) who work in long-term care (LTC) settings.
May 04, 2022
Candida auris environmental contamination is unlikely to be adequately controlled because re-contamination occurs within hours after disinfection.
April 18, 2022
However, a large-scale randomized controlled trial in health care is needed.
April 04, 2022
A recent study's results also could indicate how other vaccinations, including COVID-19 and pneumonia, affect patients.
March 18, 2022
Summary: Take 5 minutes to catch up on Infection Control Today’s highlights for the week ending March 18.
March 16, 2022
Ratings, ownership, and prior infection control citations of facilities were not consistent outcome indicators.
March 09, 2022
Key recommendations in the report include normalizing mask wearing and avoiding the supply chain failures.
February 23, 2022
Investigators used 3 behavior models to study how to increase health care workers’ compliance with infection prevention and control practices.
February 21, 2022
In a study of 11 LTC facilities, these surfaces were 4 times more likely to register high levels of crAssphage and adenosine triphosphate (ATP).