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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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1 to 24 of 24 Resources DisplayedThis guide is designed to provide long-term care staff with basic knowledge about facility infection prevention guidelines.
The purpose of this resource is to provide guidance to long-term care facilities when making decisions about accepting hospital discharges.
This document provides guidance to long-term care facilities for making decisions about accepting hospital discharges.
This resource, designed by AHRQ, supports the use of observational audits which assist in identification of staff compliance with infection prevention practices.
This resource, designed by AHRQ, will help nursing homes get started with observational auditing, so you have useful data to guide improvement.
This course will review how COVID-19 spreads, signs and symptoms of COVID-19, and how to report illness.
This resource addresses infection control and prevention in nursing homes, highlighting screening and monitoring, testing and responding, and quarantine and isolation. It also provides a sample decision tree for monitoring residents during daily encounters for signs and symptoms of COVID-19.
This document provides guidance on cohorting in order to reduce the exposure of residents without COVID-19.
This resource provides guidance on compassionate care during COVID-19.
This series of three learning modules focuses on identifying the signs and symptoms of COVID-19, knowing when and how to report signs and symptoms of COVID-19, and remembering to maintain infection prevention processes.
This document provides guidance on utilizing hospice services in long-term care facilities during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Hand Hygiene Observational Audit Tracking Tool and companion User Guide provide skilled nursing facilities an analytic tool to compile hand hygiene observational audit data to identify performance patterns and target improvement.
This training is intended to prepare facilities to develop, manage, and maintain a surge plan.
Nursing home leaders can reference this resource to ensure that the facility’s emergency preparedness plan is current and captures an all-hazards approach to meeting the health, safety, and security needs of staff and residents during an emergency or disaster.
Nursing home leaders can reference this resource to ensure that the facility’s emergency preparedness plan is current and captures an all-hazards approach to meeting the health, safety, and security needs of staff and residents during an emergency or disaster.
This educational series includes seven action briefs that focus on five key areas in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The American Health Care Association Infection Preventionist Specialized Training is a specialized course of study for healthcare professionals who desire to serve as infection preventionists. Through this program, individuals will be specially trained to effectively implement and manage an Infection Prevention and Control Program in a nursing center.
This one-page document provides a roll-up of expert key findings on the causality of COVID outbreaks in nursing homes.
This series of two learning modules features strategies to help nursing home teams minimize infection risk in their facility.
This webinar will walk you through how to get ready and promote high vaccination rates in your facility.
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 website provides an evidence-based set of tools to improve communication and teamwork skills among health care professionals.
The Long-Term Care Toolkit explains the Four Moments of Antibiotic Decision Making, and has tools to support their implementation and improve prescribing.
This series of two learning modules focuses on considerations for when to test residents for COVID-19 and how the COVID-19 vaccine can protect nursing home staff and residents. The modules are about 5 minutes long.
