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COVID-19 Resources Catalog for Nursing Homes
AHRQ provided free training and mentorship to nursing homes across the country through the National Nursing Home COVID-19 Action Network. The Network supported the implementation of evidence-based prevention and safety practices within nursing homes to protect residents and staff from infection. AHRQ is curating resources from the Network’s curriculum and continuing to develop new resources.
The following resources catalog is a searchable database of COVID-19 nursing home safety and quality improvement resources. Use the filters on the left to view resources by topic, source, resource type, date, and audience. The Catalog is continually refined and updated as new resources become available.
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101 to 125 of 133 Resources DisplayedThis page displays national and state-level data on COVID-19 cases and deaths among residents and staff of nursing homes. These summaries use data that nursing homes submitted to the National Healthcare Safety Network COVID-19 module.
This updated infection control assessment and response tool is a longer but more comprehensive assessment of infection control practices within nursing homes. The facilitator guide format contains a side-by-side layout of both the question and answer choices as well as the recommended infection prevention and control practice(s) based upon current CDC guidance.
This course provides infection prevention and control training for individuals responsible for infection prevention and control programs in nursing homes so they can effectively implement their programs and ensure adherence to recommended practices by front-line staff.
This course consists of five sections that teach health workers how they can protect themselves and others from the occupational risks they encounter throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.
This webpage provides additional information about Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) COVID-19 exposure standards and requirements, including requirements in states that operate their own OSHA-approved State plans; recordkeeping requirements and injury/illness recording criteria; and applications of standards related to sanitation and communication of risks related to hazardous chemicals that may be in common sanitizers and sterilizers.
This tool has been developed to assess staff competency in effectively using PPE as an integral part of infection control and prevention measures.
This webpage provides an overview of the causes and frequency of post-COVID conditions for healthcare providers.
This worksheet will help you create a performance improvement project charter.
This series of two learning modules features strategies to help nursing home teams minimize infection risk in their facility.
This post-vaccination guidance is intended for long-term care facilities, but it could also be applied to patients in other healthcare settings. These considerations are based on the current understanding of signs and symptoms following COVID-19 vaccination, including timing and duration, and might change as experience with the vaccine accumulates.
This webpage provides nursing homes with general guidance on COVID-19 preparedness.
This webinar will walk you through how to get ready and promote high vaccination rates in your facility.
This webinar describes a new approach developed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention called Enhanced Barrier Precautions, which can help nursing homes to implement the contact isolation precautions used in hospitals when caring for patients with multi-drug resistant organisms.
This fact sheet provides foundational knowledge of infection control protocols and procedures to prevent the spread of infectious disease threats—including COVID-19.
The short video features Dr. Abby Carlson, who brings her background as a member of a hospital infection control team and a doctor caring for patients to this video series designed for frontline workers.
This video provides guidance on how nursing homes can enter point of care (POC) SARS-CoV-2 laboratory test data into the National Healthcare Safety Net application.
The resource provides an overview on the importance of respirator fit testing from a health safety and regulatory aspect and how often you should be fit tested.
This poster demonstrates the step to properly put on and take off a respirator to protect yourself from COVID-19.
This guidance is specificallly focused on how to use respirators to protect long-term care facility workers from occupational exposure to SARS-CoV-2.
This guidance is intended to assist nursing homes and public health authorities with response and cohorting decisions in nursing homes.
This tool is intended for health care facilities that have either cared for or admitted COVID-19 patients. It can help determine the risk of COVID-19 virus infection of all health care workers who have been exposed to a COVID-19 patient and then provides recommendations for appropriate management of these health care workers, according to their infection risk.
These documents provide guidance for surveyors of long-term care facilities.
In the event of an infectious disease outbreak, local officials may require the public to take measures to limit and control the spread of the disease. This tip sheet provides information about social distancing, quarantine, and isolation.
This website provides an evidence-based set of tools to improve communication and teamwork skills among health care professionals.
The latest COVID-19 testing guidelines for nursing homes can be found on this webpage.
