Judicious Antibiotic Use in Long Term Care Facilities Program

Infection Prevention

While infectious diseases are common occurrences in long-term care facilities, many of these infections and their complications are preventable. This section discusses some simple measures that can have a drastic impact on the overall health of residents of long-term care facilities. These measures include adherence to hand hygiene, pneumococcal vaccination for all residents, and influenza vaccination for providers and residents.

The following resources are available on this topic:

• Prevention of Infections: Self Study Module
  Self-study training module that addresses prevention of infections in long-term care facilities.
  
  
• Prevention of Infections: Printable Handout (PDF: 179KB/ 2 pages)
  Information from the self-study training module in a printable format.
  
  
• Prevention of Infections: Self Assessment Quiz
  Self-study training module that addresses prevention of infections in long-term care facilities.
  
  
• Presentation: Prevention of Infections in Long-Term Care Facilities (PDF: 3.91MB/21 pages) Large File Warning: may download slowly.
  
  
• Prevention of Infections: References and Useful Links