{"id":22351,"date":"2026-04-03T09:50:47","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T13:50:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/vipta\/?post_type=cheerspeers&#038;p=22351"},"modified":"2026-04-03T09:53:01","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T13:53:01","slug":"spotlight-on-lake-taylor-transitional-care-hospital","status":"publish","type":"cheerspeers","link":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/vipta\/cheerspeers\/spotlight-on-lake-taylor-transitional-care-hospital\/","title":{"rendered":"Spotlight on Lake Taylor Transitional Care Hospital"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">This month, we\u2019re highlighting Lake Taylor Transitional Care Hospital in Norfolk, VA\u2014a 296\u2011bed facility offering multiple levels of care, including skilled nursing rehabilitation, long\u2011term care, an adult ventilator unit, and a 25\u2011bed pediatric unit caring for medically complex children who often require ventilators, tracheostomies, feeding tubes, and continuous monitoring.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>When a pediatric patient transferred to an acute\u2011care hospital for a respiratory infection and grew carbapenem\u2011resistant\u00a0<i>Acinetobacter baumannii<\/i>\u00a0(CRAB) in Spring of 2025, Lake Taylor quickly\u00a0identified\u00a0a second child in their own facility with the same organism. In response, the team launched unit\u2011wide point prevalence testing every two weeks. Over seven rounds, six asymptomatic children tested positive. All were promptly\u00a0cohorted\u00a0to reduce transmission risk.<\/p>\n<p>The facility conducted a thorough review of hand hygiene practices, signage, and supply placement. They introduced ATP testing to\u00a0validate\u00a0environmental cleaning and switched to a disinfectant with a shorter contact time to improve compliance. According to Infection Preventionist,\u00a0Carol Evans and VP of Patient Services,\u00a0Karen Wilhelm, these changes strengthened staff confidence and consistency.<\/p>\n<p>Collaboration with the Virginia Department of Health and the CDC was central to their success. Leadership remained deeply engaged, implementing recommendations swiftly. The team at Lake Taylor spoke highly of the mentorship they received from VDH throughout the process, and Devonne Winston from VDH, who nominated the Lake Taylor team for this month\u2019s Cheers for Peers, says \u201cThey led by example\u201d of the leadership team.<\/p>\n<p>On October 17, Lake Taylor hosted\u00a0a highly successful\u00a0education event with 106 participants from across the facility, recognizing that this education was important in the adult units as well. Staff practiced hand hygiene using\u00a0GloGerm, completed PPE donning and doffing demonstrations, learned about multiple MDROs, and\u00a0participated\u00a0in an environmental cleaning station.<\/p>\n<p>Kudos to the Lake Taylor team for their rapid, coordinated response and commitment to protecting patients throughout the facility.<\/p>\n<p>\u2728Check out the\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cdcfoundation.org\/McKnightFund\">McKnight Prize for Healthcare Outbreak Heroes<\/a><\/span><\/span>\u00a0&#8211; a great way\u00a0to cheer on a peer nationally!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-22351","cheerspeers","type-cheerspeers","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Spotlight on Lake Taylor Transitional Care Hospital - 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