​The purpose of this resource is to provide guidance to long-term care facilities when making decisions about accepting hospital discharges.
This document provides guidance to long-term care facilities for making decisions about accepting hospital discharges.
This course will review how COVID-19 spreads, signs and symptoms of COVID-19, and how to report illness.
​​This document provides guidance on cohorting in order to reduce the exposure of residents without COVID-19.
​​This resource provides guidance on compassionate care during COVID-19.
​​This fact sheet summarizes best practices for national implementation to sustain personalprotective equipment while ensuring the protection of healthcare personnel and first responders during the COVID-19 pandemic response.
​This page contains key resources for health professionals during the COVID-19 pandemic. Topic areas include latest COVID-19 News from FDA; Personal Protective Equipment; Emergency Use Authorizations and Guidances; Frequently Asked Questions; and FDA Response to COVID-19.​
​This document provides guidance on utilizing hospice services in long-term care facilities during the COVID-19 pandemic.
​​This tool has been developed to assess staff competency in carrying out effective hand hygiene.
This training is intended to prepare facilities to develop, manage, and maintain a surge plan.
​This educational series includes seven action briefs that focus on five key areas in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The American Health Care Association ​Infection Preventionist Specialized Training is a specialized course of study for healthcare professionals who desire to serve as infection preventionists. Through this program, individuals will be specially trained to effectively implement and manage an Infection Prevention and Control Program in a nursing center.
This one-page document provides a roll-up of expert key findings on the causality of COVID outbreaks in nursing homes.
​​​​​The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) developed an online calculator aimed at expanding access to monoclonal antibody (mAb) treatment for COVID-19. The calculator helps health administrators and clinicians determine and plan for resource needs to successfully ramp up treatment capacity or update existing practices.
This webpage provides additional information about Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) COVID-19 exposure standards and requirements, including requirements in states that operate their own OSHA-approved State plans; recordkeeping requirements and injury/illness recording criteria; and applications of standards related to sanitation and communication of risks related to hazardous chemicals that may be in common sanitizers and sterilizers.
This tool has been developed to assess staff competency in effectively using PPE as an integral part of infection control and prevention measures.
This webinar will walk you through how to get ready and promote high vaccination rates in your facility.
​This guidance is specificallly focused on how to use respirators to protect long-term care facility workers from occupational exposure to SARS-CoV-2.