With emerging communicable diseases, including multidrug resistant organisms (MDROs), it is important for assisted living team members to understand standard, contact, and airborne precautions.
NCAL’s Infection Prevention and Control 101 for Assisted Living is an online 35-minute course that reviews what an effective assisted living infection prevention and control (IPC) program should include, the role quality improvement plays in assisted living IPC, the importance of understanding IPC precautions, and identifies the key stakeholders who should engage in an IPC program.
The session is appropriate for all assisted living staff and covers these learning objectives:
- Describe the significance of infections.
- Explain the chain of infection and how infection spreads.
- Discuss how to prevent the spread of infections.
- Identify elements to include in a written infection prevention and control program.
- Recognize themes and underlying causes of deficient infection prevention and control practices.
The course fee is $25 for NCAL members and $65 for non-members. There are no CEs but attendees who complete the course receive a certificate of completion.
Members will need to login with their AHCA/NCAL usernames and passwords to register. For assistance obtaining usernames and passwords, members should e-mail educate@ahca.org with their name and facility contact information.