Infection Control For Long Term Care PDF Download

2022 Sixth Edition. Program Development and Oversight, Policies and Procedures, Tracking and Audit Forms, Covid-19 Regulations 2022, Covid-19 Testing and Visitation Updates 2022, Infection Preventionist, Antibiotic Stewardship, Employee Health and Education, Standard Precautions, Transmission-based Precautions, Indirect Transmission, Linens, Surveillance, CMS Regulations, MDS 3.0 Items and Infection Control, Outbreak Control, Communicable Disease Reporting, Multiple Drug Resistant Organisms, Surveyor’s Investigative Protocol, Cleaning and Disinfection, Needles and Sharps , Airborne Precautions, Contact Precautions, Droplet Precautions, Influenza Immunization, Intravenous Therapy, Suctioning, Tracheostomy Care, Urinary Catheter Insertion and Care, Laboratory Services, Tuberculosis Testing, Pneumonia Vaccine, Complete Inservices on Standard Precautions, Infectious Diseases, and Catheter Care and UTIs. This Infection Control for Long Term Care manual gives information and forms to implement a complete infection control for long term care program. It includes the latest CMS regulations on infection control for long term care, a job description for the infection control nurse, and information on coding infections on the MDS 3.0. Included in the forms are nursing policies and procedures and nursing inservices for training long term care staff in infection prevention practices. The auditing and tracking forms will facilitate the task of preventing and monitoring infections in the facility. Forms in the Infection Control Long Term Care manual comply with the change to MDS 3.0 and with all of the federal regulations and guidelines updated during the past year. All of the forms and nursing care plans in the book are included on the CD so they can be saved to a computer whenever needed. By adding or deleting entries, the forms and care plans can be made resident specific.