How to Prevent, Identify and Track Infections in Nursing Homes
The New Rules for Participation state that by November 2019 nursing home Infection Prevention and Control Programs (IPCP): “Must have a system for preventing, identifying, reporting, investigating, and controlling infections and communicable disease for all residents, staff, volunteers, visitors, and other individuals providing services under arrangement based upon the facility assessment conducted according to §483.70 and following national standards.” Your facility should have a registered NHSN user for the CDC’s National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) - the nation’s most widely used healthcare-associated infection (HAI) tracking system. Hear guest speaker Angela [...]