Practitioners who work in a nursing home, assisted living facility or related healthcare setting will want to view an easy-to-use, engaging e-learning tool designed for staff across all levels and disciplines, offered by the Joint Commission. Participants will learn how to apply high reliability principles to preventing and controlling infections in long-term care, and how each person's role contributes to high reliability from scenarios that illustrate the application of these principles. To view the module, CLICK HERE.
To access an index of resources related to long-term care high reliability infection prevention and control, CLICK HERE.
Source: Joint Commission
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