Infection Prevention Resources for Long Term Care Facilities
This resource page includes information to help prevent and control infection among long term care facility residents and staff. The resources below include resources specific to influenza, norovirus, and other gastrointestinal illnesses, which are the leading causes of outbreaks in long term care facilities. Additional resources available on this page relate to antibiotic stewardship, scabies, lice, and bloodborne pathogens, among others.
The resources on this page can be used to help your facility prevent and respond to influenza outbreaks. Resources include an influenza outbreak response toolkit, an influenza outbreak control measures report, an influenza outbreak case log, and several fact sheets that can be used to educate residents and staff on influenza vaccines, prevention, and treatment.
The resources on this page can be used to help your facility prevent and respond to norovirus or other gastrointestinal illness outbreaks. Resources include a norovirus outbreak response toolkit, a gastrointestinal illness outbreak control measures report, a gastrointestinal illness outbreak case log, and several fact sheets that can be used to educate residents and staff on norovirus illness, prevention, and appropriate environmental cleaning and disinfecting to prevent spread of norovirus.
The resources on this page include other topics that might be of interest to long term care facilities, including general infection prevention information, antibiotic stewardship, C. difficile, Hepatitis, lice, and scabies, among others.
