Wisconsin Healthcare-Associated Infections in Long-Term Care Coalition Resources
These resources provide vital information about infection prevention and control in long-term care facilities. This isn't a complete list. Many other groups and agencies can help.
Initiatives
- 2019 Antibiotic Resistance Threats
Report (opens external link) - Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality Nursing Home Antimicrobial Stewardship
Guide (opens external link) - Antimicrobial Stewardship
- Antimicrobial stewardship and infection prevention-leveraging the synergy: A position paper
update (opens external link) - Core Elements of Antibiotic Stewardship for Nursing
Homes (opens external link) - Effect of a multifaceted intervention on number of antimicrobial prescriptions for suspected urinary tract infections in residents of nursing homes: cluster randomised controlled
trial (opens external link) - Minnesota Antibiotic Stewardship Commitment Toolkit Materials for
Partners (opens external link) - Pharmacist-Led Model of Antibiotic Stewardship in a Long-Term Care
Facility (opens external link) 2017 Spring Conference: The Art and Science of Infection Prevention and Control
The conference was developed with DQA staff, nursing home providers, and members of the Wisconsin HAIs in LTC Coalition.
- Keynote Antibiotic Stewardship: Why it Matters in Nursing Homes & Where to Begin recording (opens external video) and keynote speaker slides (PDF)
- Antibiotics 101 recording (opens external video) and Antibiotics 101 speaker slides (PDF)
- Antibiotic Stewardship for LTC Facility Residents: A View from the Emergency Department recording (opens external video) and Antibiotic Stewardship for LTC Facility Residents: A View from the Emergency Department speaker slides (PDF)
- Clinical Microantibio + Grambiology in LTC: How Do I Decipher This? recording (opens external video) and Clinical Microantibio + Grambiology in LTC: How Do I Decipher This? speaker slides (PDF)
- Effective Professional Interaction Among the Medical Director, DON and Consulting Pharmacist in the Nursing Home Environment recording (opens external video) and Effective Professional Interaction Among the Medical Director, DON and Consulting Pharmacist in the Nursing Home Environment speaker slides (PDF)
- Improving Antibiotic Stewardship Use in Nursing Homes through Nudges and Mental Judo recording (opens external video) and Improving Antibiotic Stewardship Use in Nursing Homes through Nudges and Mental Judo speaker slides (PDF)
- Tapping into the Pharmacist for Antibiotic Stewardship recording and Tapping into the Pharmacist for Antibiotic Stewardship speaker slides (PDF)
- When to Submit a Urine Specimen for Testing? recording and When to Submit a Urine Specimen for Testing? speaker slides (PDF)
- Wisconsin Act 294 Formulary Management and Collaborative Practice Agreements in the Long-Term Care Facility recording (opens external video) and Wisconsin Act 294 Formulary Management and Collaborative Practice Agreements in the Long-Term Care Facility speaker slides (PDF)
- CDC (Centers for Disease Control & Prevention)
- World Health Organization calls for better hand hygiene and other infection control
practices (opens external link) Wisconsin HAIs in LTC Coalition 2019 Hand Hygiene conference
The conference was for staff working in Wisconsin nursing homes. This event was presented by the Wisconsin HAIs in LTC Coalition and the Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) Division of Quality Assurance (DQA).
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and World Health Organization (WHO) Guidelines for Hand Hygiene and How They Relate to Long-Term Care Facilities speaker slides (PDF)
- Hand Hygiene Product Selection: It's Personal, Not Personnel speaker slides (PDF)
- Application of Human Factors/Systems Engineering to Hand Hygiene Promotion speaker slides (PDF)
- Hand Hygiene: A Patient Safety Imperative speaker slides (PDF)
- Hand Hygiene Surveillance the Science and Pragmatics speaker slides (PDF)
2017 Spring Conference: The Art and Science of Infection Prevention and Control
The conference was developed with DQA staff, nursing home providers, and members of the Wisconsin HAIs in LTC Coalition.
- Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices
(ACIP) (opens external link) - CDC Pneumococcal Vaccine
Recommendations (opens external link) -
Immunize.org (opens external link) - Influenza and Adult Immunization Guide: 2024-2025 PharMerica
(PDF) (opens external link) - Wisconsin Immunization Registry - information for Providers
Healthcare Personnel Health Inventory Recommendations Resources - The document is intended to inform nursing home providers of the requirements and current resources beneficial to determine the content of a health inventory used to collect evidence of immunity to vaccine- preventable diseases recommended for healthcare personnel.
See Implementation
- Preventing central-line associated bloodstream infections
- Hand hygiene programs for infection prevention
- Preventing catheter-associated urinary tract infections
- Elimination of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) transmission
2017 Spring Conference: The Art and Science of Infection Prevention and Control
The conference was developed with DQA staff, nursing home providers, and members of the Wisconsin HAIs in LTC Coalition.
- Clostridium difficile in Long Term Care: What Have We Learned? recording (opens external video) and Clostridium difficile in Long Term Care: What Have We Learned? speaker slides (PDF)
- CDI (Clostridium difficile) and CRE (Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae) in Long Term Care Facilities: An Alphabet Soup of Gut recording (opens external video) and CDI (Clostridium difficile) and CRE (Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae) in Long Term Care Facilities: An Alphabet Soup of Gut speaker slides (PDF)
- Environmental Disinfection for Control of Healthcare–Associated Pathogens recording (opens external video) and Environmental Disinfection for Control of Healthcare–Associated Pathogens speaker slides (PDF)
- Managing Outbreaks in Post-Acute and Long Term Care Facilities recording (opens external video) and Managing Outbreaks in Post-Acute and Long Term Care Facilities speaker slides (PDF)
- NHSN Tracking Infections in Long-Term Care
Facilities (opens external link) - Recommended practices for surveillance: Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC),
Inc. (opens external link) - Surveillance Definitions of Infections in Long-Term Care Facilities: Revisiting the McGeer
Criteria (opens external link) - Surveillance for Urinary Tract
Infections (opens external link) - Evaluation of Fever in Older Adults recording (opens external video) and Evaluation of Fever in Older Adults speaker slides (PDF)
Agencies and professional organizations
- CDC's Core Infection Prevention and Control Practices for Safe Healthcare Delivery in All
Settings (opens external link) - Considerations for Blood Glucose Monitoring and Insulin
Administration (opens external link) - Enhanced Barrier Precautions Implementation of Personal Protective Equipment in Nursing Homes to Prevent Spread of Novel or Targeted Multidrug-Resistant Organisms
(MDROs) (opens external link) - Infection Control
Guidelines (opens external link) - Disinfection and Sterilization
Guideline (opens external link) - Environmental Infection Control
Guidelines (opens external link) - Guideline for Hand Hygiene in Healthcare
Settings (opens external link) - Isolation Precautions
Guideline (opens external link) - Multidrug-resistant Organisms (MDRO) Management
Guidelines (opens external link) - Norovirus Prevention and Control Guidelines for Healthcare
Settings (opens external link)
- Disinfection and Sterilization
- Infection Control in Health Care Facilities Seasonal
Influenza (opens external link) - National Healthcare Safety Network: Tracking Infections in Long-term Care
Facilities (opens external link) - Nursing Homes and Assisted
Living (opens external link) - TB Prevention in Health Care Settings Tuberculosis Infection
Control (opens external link)
- Interpretive Guidelines for Long Term Care Facilities
(PDF) (opens external link) - See 42 CFR483.80 (opens external link) , Infection Control regulations F880 through F883 beginning on page 755 - Nursing
Homes (opens external link) - CMS QSO-20-29
(PDF) (opens external link) - Interim Final Rule Updating Requirements for Notification of Confirmed and Suspected COVID-19 Cases Among Residents and Staff in Nursing Homes - F884 - F885 - CMS QSO-20-38
(PDF) (opens external link) - Interim Final Rule (IFC), CMS-3401-IFC, Additional Policy and Regulatory Revisions in Response to the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency related to Long-Term Care (LTC) Facility Testing Requirements - F886 - CMS QSO-21-19
(PDF) (opens external link) - Interim Final Rule - COVID-19 Vaccine Immunization Requirements for Residents and Staff - F887 - CMS QSO-22-07
(PDF) (opens external link) - Revised Guidance for the Interim Final Rule-Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Omnibus COVID-19 Health Care Staff Vaccination - F888
- Wisconsin Stat. ch. 252 Communicable
Diseases (opens external link) - Specific reporting requirements are described in Wis. Admin. Code ch. DHS 145, Control of communicable
diseases (opens external link) - A list of reportable conditions is provided in Wis. Stat. ch. 145 - Appendix
A (opens external link) - Division of Public Health Disease Reporting
- A list of reportable conditions is provided in Wis. Stat. ch. 145 - Appendix
- Reportable Multidrug-Resistant Organisms
- Preventing and Controlling Respiratory Illness Outbreaks in Long-Term Care Facilities
Infectious diseases
- Preventing and Controlling Respiratory Illness Outbreaks in Long-Term Care Facilities
- Respiratory Illness Data - See the weekly respiratory virus surveillance report and sign up to receive the report in an email.
- Immunizations: Influenza Vaccine Data - See reports on flu vaccinations for Wisconsin residents who have received at least one dose of flu vaccine during the season.
- Mandatory influenza vaccination for health care personnel - Immunize.org Honor Rolls for Patient
Safety (opens external link) - Infection Control in Health Care Facilities Seasonal
Influenza (opens external link) - Long-Term Care and Other Residential Facilities Pandemic Influenza Planning Checklist
(PDF) (opens external link) - Preventing Seasonal
Flu (opens external link) - CDC Interim Guidance for Influenza Outbreak Management in Long-Term Care and Post-Acute Care
Facilities (opens external link) - U.S. Influenza Surveillance Report
(FluView) (opens external link)
- CDC Clostridium difficile Guidelines and Prevention
Resources (opens external link) - Multidrug-resistant Organisms (MDRO) Management
Guidelines (opens external link) - Wisconsin Reportable Multidrug-Resistant Organisms
- Wisconsin DPH Recommendations for Prevention and Control of Targeted Multidrug-Resistant Organisms in Wisconsin Nursing Homes, P-03250
- Wisconsin DPH Guidelines for Prevention and Control of Multidrug-Resistant Organisms for Health Care Settings, P-42513 (PDF)
- CDC Interim Guidance for Influenza Outbreak Management in Long-Term Care and Post-Acute Care
Facilities (opens external link) - Disease Reporting
- Recommendations for Prevention and Control of Acute Gastroenteritis Outbreaks in Wisconsin Long-Term Care Facilities, P-00653 (PDF)
2017 Spring Conference: The Art and Science of Infection Prevention and Control
The conference was developed with DQA staff, nursing home providers, and members of the Wisconsin HAIs in LTC Coalition.
CDC resources:
- Guidelines for Preventing the Transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Health-Care Settings, 2005
(PDF) (opens external link) - Clinical Testing Guidance for Tuberculosis: Health Care
Personnel (opens external link) - Frequency of Tuberculosis Screening and Testing for Health Care
Personnel (opens external link) - Baseline Tuberculosis Screening and Testing for Health Care
Personnel (opens external link) - TB 101 for Health Care
Workers (opens external link) (web-based course)
Wisconsin DHS resources:
- Decision Tree: Tuberculosis Screening of Health Care Personnel (HCP) and Caregivers upon Hire, P-02530
- Decision Tree: Tuberculosis Screening of Patients/Residents upon Admission to Care Facilities, P-02529
- Tuberculosis Screening and Testing: Health Care Personnel and Caregivers, P-02382 (PDF)
- Tuberculosis Screening and Testing: Residents of Care Facilities, P-02382a (PDF)
- Wisconsin Tuberculosis Program
- Wisconsin Tuberculosis Program TB Risk Assessment and Symptom Evaluation, F-02314 (PDF)
- TB Risk Assessment and Symptom Evaluation for Annual Employment Screening, F-02314E (PDF)
- Clinical Uncertainties in the Approach to Long Term Care Residents with Possible Urinary Tract
Infection (opens external link) - Frequently Asked Questions About the Use of and Care for Leg Bags in the Long-Term Care
Setting (opens external link) - AHRQ - APIC Guide to Preventing Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infection
Criteria (opens external link) - Massachusetts Coalition for the Prevention of Medical Errors - Improving Evaluation of Urinary Tract Infections in the Elderly: Collaborative on Antibiotic Stewardship for Seniors in Long Term
Care (opens external link) - Surveillance for Urinary Tract
Infections (opens external link) - Wisconsin HAI Long-Term Care Education Series: Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) Toolkit (PDF)
Toolkits and training
- CDC Norovirus
-
INTERACT (opens external link) by PathwayHealth (opens external link) - Long-Term Care Facility Rate Tracker, F-01269 (Excel)
- Tool Kit for Implementing Single Patient User Glucose Meters in Long-Term Care Facilities (PDF)
- Wisconsin HAI Long-Term Care Education Series: Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) Toolkit (PDF)
- CDC/STRIVE Infection Control
Training (opens external link) - CDC Nursing Home Infection Preventionist
Training (opens external link) - CDC Training: EVS and the Battle Against
Infection (opens external link) - also has online course - Training the Next Generation of Wisconsin Nursing Home Infection
Preventionists (opens external link) - WI DPH HAI Infection Prevention Education
Webcast video links
- 2019 Updates on Antibiotic Stewardship in Post-Acute and Long term Care Settings, Nov. 21, 2019 (opens external video)
- DQA-Intervention to Nursing Home Physicians and Staff, July 18, 2011 (opens external video)
- Vaccine Preventable Diseases Among Adults, May 18, 2017 (opens external video)
Equipment
Oxygen tubing
Oxygen Tubing In Nursing Homes and FDDs (PDF)
Stand-alone room air humidifier
Disclaimer about advisory council content
This content reflects the views and opinions of the advisory council. It may not reflect the official policy or position of DHS.