Environmental Cleaning and Disinfection in the Long-Term Care Facility
Proper and rigorous environmental cleaning in the long-term care facility (LTCF) can reap multiple benefits – it can help prevent infections, but it also can help ensure fewer environmental deficiencies during state and federal inspections and improve CMS ratings which helps make the facility a provider of choice. This Pulse summarizes cleaning and disinfection best practices in long-term care facilities.
Issue Summary
Proper and rigorous environmental cleaning in the long-term care facility (LTCF) can reap multiple benefits -- it can help prevent infections, but it also can help ensure fewer environmental deficiencies during state and federal inspections and improve CMS ratings which helps make the facility a provider of choice. This Pulse summarizes cleaning and disinfection best practices in long-term care facilities.
Table of Contents
- The Environmental Hygiene Imperative
- Cleaning and Disinfection Recommendations
- MDROs in the LTCF
Takeaways for Your Business
- Learn why proper cleaning and disinfection is an imperative in the long-term care environment
- Discover strategies for effective environmental hygiene
- Review the challenge of multidrug-resistant organisms in long-term care facilities
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