Infection Prevention & Control Topic: Wound Care

Enhanced Barrier Precautions in Nursing Homes (Video)

This is a 3:35 minute video explaining why enhanced barrier precautions in nursing homes can reduce colonization and infection with MDRO and still allow residents more access to programs and opportunities at the facility It also contrasts enhanced barrier precautions with contact precautions.

Intermediate
Assisted Living Facility (ALF)
CDC
Central Line
Clinical / Direct Healthcare Personnel
Closed Captioning
English
Enhanced Barrier Precautions (EBP)
Free
Hand Hygiene
Infection Preventionists
Multidrug-Resistant Organism (MDRO)
Non-Clinical / Indirect Healthcare Personnel
Nursing Home / Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF)
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
Spanish
Standard Precautions
Urinary Catheter
Ventilator
Video
Wound Care

Enhanced Barrier Precautions – A Letter to Nursing Home Leadership

This is a one-page template of a letter that may be edited to explain enhanced barrier precautions to nursing home leadership.

Intermediate
Assisted Living Facility (ALF)
CDC
Central Line
Clinical / Direct Healthcare Personnel
English
Enhanced Barrier Precautions (EBP)
Free
Hand Hygiene
Infection Preventionists
Multidrug-Resistant Organism (MDRO)
Nursing Home / Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF)
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
Print Resources
Standard Precautions
Template
Urinary Catheter
Ventilator
Wound Care

Enhanced Barrier Precautions – A Letter to Nursing Home Staff

This is a one-page template of a letter that may be edited to explain enhanced barrier precautions to nursing home staff.

Intermediate
Assisted Living Facility (ALF)
CDC
Central Line
Clinical / Direct Healthcare Personnel
Downloadable
English
Enhanced Barrier Precautions (EBP)
Free
Hand Hygiene
Infection Preventionists
Multidrug-Resistant Organism (MDRO)
Non-Clinical / Indirect Healthcare Personnel
Nursing Home / Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF)
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
Print Resources
Standard Precautions
Template
Urinary Catheter
Ventilator
Wound Care

Implementation of Enhanced Barrier Precautions in Nursing Homes to Prevent Spread of Multidrug-resistant Organisms

This is a 17 slide-presentation to introduce guidance for the implementation of Enhanced Barrier Precautions in nursing homes to prevent the spread of multidrug-resistant organisms.

Intermediate
Assisted Living Facility (ALF)
CDC
Central Line
Clinical / Direct Healthcare Personnel
Downloadable
English
Enhanced Barrier Precautions (EBP)
Facilitator Guide
Free
Graphics
Hand Hygiene
Infection Preventionists
Multidrug-Resistant Organism (MDRO)
Non-Clinical / Indirect Healthcare Personnel
Nursing Home / Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF)
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
Post-Training Support Materials
Slideshow
Standard Precautions
Urinary Catheter
Ventilator
Wound Care

Enhanced Barrier Precautions (EBP) Implementation—Observations Tool

This is a 5-paged fillable pdf formatted tool designed to support the conducting of observations after a facility has established the use of Enhanced Barrier Precautions (EBP) (either in a unit, wing, or entire facility).

Foundational
Assisted Living Facility (ALF)
Auditing / Observation / Monitoring / Assessment Tools
CDC
Central Line
Clinical / Direct Healthcare Personnel
Downloadable
English
Enhanced Barrier Precautions
Fillable PDF
Free
Hand Hygiene
Infection Preventionists
Multidrug-Resistant Organism (MDRO)
Non-Clinical / Indirect Healthcare Personnel
Nursing Home / Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF)
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
Print Resources
Quality Improvement
Standard Precautions
Ventilator
Wound Care

Germs Live on the Skin

This is a single-paged visual aid to reinforce how skin is always colonized with microorganisms and some may be multidrug resistant; and how healthcare workers can reduce the risk of transmission from skin microorganisms by hand hygiene, standard precautions, care with dressings care with vascular devices.

Essentials
Any Practice Setting
CDC
Cleaning and Disinfection
Clinical / Direct Healthcare Personnel
Downloadable
English
Free
Graphics
Hand Hygiene
Infection Preventionists
Multidrug-Resistant Organism (MDRO)
Non-Clinical / Indirect Healthcare Personnel
Patients, Family, Visitors, Unpaid Caregivers
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
Poster
Print Resources
Standard Precautions
Wound Care

Speak Up: Making Dialysis Safer for Patients

This 5:25 minute video highlights ways dialysis staff can create an environment where patients feel safe speaking up. It follows the journey of two patients on dialysis who feel empowered to speak up and share concerns about their treatment in order to prevent infections. Dialysis clinics are encouraged to show the video during dialysis treatments, play it in waiting rooms, and post links within patient and staff educational materials.

 Essentials
Acute Care Hospital
Acute Care Rehabilitation or Long-Term Care Acute Hospital (LTACH)
Ambulatory (Outpatient) Care
CDC
Clinical / Direct Healthcare Personnel
Closed Captioning
Dialysis
English
Free
Hand Hygiene
Infection Preventionists
Injection Safety
Patient and Family Engagement
Patients, Family, Visitors, Unpaid Caregivers
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
Physical Environment / Environment of Care (EOC)
Standard Precautions
Video
Wound Care

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Long Term Care (LTC) Infection Control Worksheet LTC Facility Self-Assessment Tool

This is a 18 page worksheet/checklist that can be used by long term care facilities as a self-assessment tool. It comprises both regulatory requirements and best practices in infection prevention and control. A facility that uses this ICWS will identify gaps in practice and have a “roadmap” that can lead to an improved infection prevention and control program.

CMS

IPC Intermediate Level

English

Checklist

Downloadable

Nonclinical / Indirect Healthcare Personnel 

Clinical / Direct Healthcare Personnel 

Infection Preventionist 

Assisted Living Facility (ALF) 

Nursing Home / Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) 

Surveillance

Antimicrobial & Diagnostic Stewardship

Hand Hygiene

Standard Precautions

Transmission-Based Precautions

Injection Safety

Central Line

Urinary Catheter

Wound Care

Cleaning & Disinfection

Employee / Occupational Health

Vaccination

Physical Environment / Environment of Care (EOC)

Inter-/Intra-Facility Patient Transfer

Water Management

Tuberculosis

Multidrug Resistant Organisms (MDRO)

Influenza