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COVID-19 Resources Catalog for Nursing Homes
´óÏóÊÓƵprovided free training and mentorship to nursing homes across the country through the National Nursing Home COVID-19 Action Network. The Network supported the implementation of evidence-based prevention and safety practices within nursing homes to protect residents and staff from infection. ´óÏóÊÓƵis curating resources from the Network’s curriculum and continuing to develop new resources.
The following resources catalog is a searchable database of COVID-19 nursing home safety and quality improvement resources. Use the filters on the left to view resources by topic, source, resource type, date, and audience. The Catalog is continually refined and updated as new resources become available.
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76 to 100 of 148 Resources DisplayedNursing home leaders can reference this resource to ensure that the facility’s emergency preparedness plan is current and captures an all-hazards approach to meeting the health, safety, and security needs of staff and residents during an emergency or disaster.
Clinical leaders can use this tool to assess infection prevention and control (IPC) practices in nursing homes with an active outbreak of COVID-19.
​This example inter-facility infection control patient transfer form can assist in fostering communication during transitions of care.
This Interim Final Rule from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) establishes Long-Term Care (LTC) facility testing requirements for staff and residents. Specifically, facilities are required to test residents and staff, including individuals providing services under arrangement and volunteers, for COVID-19 based on parameters set forth by the Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary. This memorandum provides guidance for facilities to meet the new requirements.
This guide outlines steps to safely and correctly administer an intramuscular injection, like the COVID-19, flu, pneumonia, and shingles vaccines.
This guide is designed to help nursing home leaders build COVID-19 vaccine confidence among CNAs and overcome barriers to vaccination by applying insights from social, behavioral and cognitive science.
This one-page document provides a roll-up of expert key findings on the causality of COVID outbreaks in nursing homes.
This guide assists nursing home facility leadership with having effective one-on-one conversations with staff on vaccines and delivering a standardized curriculum to help raise staff awareness of accurate information about the COVID-19 vaccines.Â
This document provides answers and visual guides to Frequently Asked Questions concerning the National Healthcare Safety Network COVID-19 Point of Care (POC) Test Result Reporting Tool.
This flyer provides messaging to encourage long term care staff to get the COVID-19 vaccine.
​​This document contains electronic links to reliable sources of information regarding telehealth and telemedicine.
This document describes the difference between compassionate care visits and general visits and covers when compassionate care visits should be permitted during COVID-19.
​​This session for administrators provides tips to effectively manage stress and suggestions for coping with grief.
This session for direct care staff offers tips to manage stress and cope with grief.
This one-pager serves as a reference for patients when discussing priorities for medical care and treatment options.
The document includes a flow chart for COVID-19 Viral Testing, a Medicare payer hierarchy, Medicaid and the Uninsured payer hierarchy, private insurance, additional funding sources and Medicare coding and billing.
This webpage provides information on on reporting options, data collection forms, form instructions, archived and upcoming trainings on the National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) Long-Term Care Facility (LTCF) COVID-19 Module.
This presentation on National Healthcare Safety Network reporting describes commonly observed reporting errors in COVID-19 counts data; provides examples of best practices in reporting COVID-19 counts in the National Healthcare Safety Network COVID-19 module to improve data accuracy; and describes how to correct reporting errors in the National Healthcare Safety Network COVID-19 module.
​This module contains enrollment refresher information about the National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) Long-term Care Facility Component.
​This presentation provides an overview of the National Healthcare Safety Network's new COVID-19 module for Long-Term Care Facilities (LTCF); this module is part of the National Healthcare Safety Network's Long-term Care Facility Component.
This presentation provides guidance to long-term care facilities that are enrolling in the National Healthcare Safety Network on how to enter their targeted data elements to be used for COVID-19 emergency response activities.​
This document presents information about the CDC’s Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (CDC/HICPAC) Guidelines for Isolation Precautions Preventing Transmission of Infectious Agents in Healthcare Settings.
​This presentation defines the National Healthcare Safety Network and describe the different Components and Modules within the National Healthcare Safety Network. The session will also describe how the National Healthcare Safety Networks support long-term care facilities and infection surveillance activities.
​This presentation reviews the Prevention Process Measures for Hand Hygiene and Gown and Glove Use Event Reporting in long-term care facilities.
​​This training presentation will discuss in detail the protocol and manual used in reporting C. difficile and multi-drug resistant organisms LabID Events for long-term care facilities.
