medicalxpress : declared in Significant gaps in infection prevention impact long-term care residents

Reducing HAIs is an important goal for CMS, who issued rules requiring all long-term care facilities (LTCFs) to strengthen their infection prevention and control programs. They found that while all facilities had designated infection preventionists (IPs), only 10 percent had formal infection prevention and control training. Public health professionals assessed facilities for gaps in nine infection control domains, including infection control program and infrastructure, hand hygiene, and personal protective equipment (PPE). The tool evaluated infection control training, competency, and implementation of policies and practices for each domain. In Tennessee, 56 percent of LTCFs assessed had infection control programs overseen by someone who had no additional training in infection control.

Long-term care facilities in US lack resources for infection prevention

Researchers found that many infection control officers in long-term care facilities (LTCFs) had minimal training, and that the facilities struggle to maintain qualified staff to manage infection control programs. Measuring infection prevention capacity in long-term care facilities (LTCF). What is the status of infection control programs in long-term care facilities? In addition, many other facility staff members did not have complete infection prevention training upon hire and were even less likely to have subsequent training in most infection prevention domains after 1 year. "Our analysis identified clear gaps in infection prevention practices and the urgent need to improve infection control infrastructure in LTCFs," MacEachern said in the release.


Public health professionals assessed facilities for gaps in nine infection control domains, including infection control program and infrastructure, hand hygiene, and personal protective equipment (PPE). They found that while all facilities had designated infection preventionists (IPs), only 10 percent had formal infection prevention and control training. Reducing HAIs is an important goal for CMS, who issued rules requiring all long-term care facilities (LTCFs) to strengthen their infection prevention and control programs. "These assessments confirmed our suspicions that many LTCFs suffer from understaffing and lack of appropriate infection control training, which can impact patient care." The tool evaluated infection control training, competency, and implementation of policies and practices for each domain.


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