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LTC Covid-19 Toolkit from the CDC

4/8/2020

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1.a - LTC Assessment - Considerations for Prioritization
1.b - 5 Key Messages for LTCFs
1.c - Tele-ICAR Assessment Tool

2.a - Public Health Response to LTC Facility with Cases
2.b - Letter for Facilities to Use for Families and Residents
2.c - Preparing LTCFs for COVID-19

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2019 November E-Newsletter Available

11/14/2019

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ICNC November E-Newsletter 2019
November 2019
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Member's Portal
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Infection Prevention Roles Stress (07/2015, ICT)

6/26/2015

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ICNC-ITC- July 2015
Source: Infection Control Today - July 2015
A New Look at the Underlying Causes Within the Profession
ITC - July 2015: The need for infection prevention, as a multidisciplinary function, is a longstanding and widely acknowledged component of safe healthcare. Accreditation and regulatory standards specify that this function must be an organized program coordinated by an individual qualified to assure that the necessary assessments, priorities, key metrics are achieved. Click/Tap on the image to read more from the Infection Control Today's - July 2015 issue.
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Utilizing the American Nurses Association’s (ANA) Streamlined Evidence-Based RN Tool

5/17/2015

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CAUTI-Dec2014
CAUTI Image 1 (2 Pages)
CAUTI-Jan2015
CAUTI Image 2
Key Practice Strategies to Reduce CAUTI (Click/Tap on the Left Side Graphic - Image 1):
  1. Fewer Catheters Used,
  2. Timely Removal and
  3. Insertion, Maintenance and Post-Removal Care.
Informed by Guidelines for Prevention of Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections (CDC, 2009).
Utilizing the American Nurses Association’s (ANA) Streamlined Evidence-Based RN Tool: Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infection (CAUTI) Prevention (Click/Tap Image on the Right - Image 2):

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Recommended Adult Vaccination Schedule

2/10/2015

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Vaccination Schedule
Click/Tap to Download/View. Recommended Immunization Schedule for Adults Aged 19 Years or Older: United States, 2015
Additional guidance for the use of the vaccines described in this supplement is available at www.cdc.gov/vaccines/hcp/acip-recs/index.html.

Information on vaccination recommendations when vaccination status is unknown and other general immunization information can be found in the General Recommendations on Immunization at www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/rr6002a1.htm.

Information on travel vaccine requirements and recommendations (e.g., for hepatitis A and B, meningococcal, and other vaccines) is available at
wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/destinations/list.

Additional information and resources regarding vaccination of pregnant women can be found at
www.cdc.gov/vaccines/adults/rec-vac/pregnant.html.
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Measles, Shingles and Flu, OH MY! 

2/9/2015

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“The CDC recommends vaccinations from birth through adulthood to provide a lifetime of immunity.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), “diseases that vaccines prevent, can be dangerous or even deadly. Vaccines help reduce the risk of infection by working with the body’s natural defenses to help it safely develop immunity to disease.”

“Diseases that used to be common in this country and around the world, …… can now be prevented by vaccination. Thanks to a vaccine, one of the most terrible diseases in history – smallpox – no longer exists outside the laboratory. Over the years vaccines have prevented countless cases of disease and saved millions of lives.” (CDC)

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CDC Official Health Alert: Drifted Influenza - H3N2 Viruses

12/5/2014

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Influenza USA Map
Source: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has sent out an official Health Alert Network (HAN). CDC's Health Alert Network (HAN) is CDC's primary method of sharing cleared information about urgent public health incidents with public information officers; federal, state, territorial, and local public health practitioners; clinicians; and public health laboratories.

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September Is National Preparedness Month

9/12/2014

 
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Diaaster
A disaster occurs when a community is overwhelmed by an incident.
We know that an outbreak in a facility can overwhelm staff, which can affect the usual routine for everyone. As Infection Preventionists, we need to be pro-active in being prepared for the flu and norovirus season that can lead to outbreaks. Emergency Management’s phases of preparedness can be used by IPs to be prepared for unforeseen events that have the potential to be disastrous to staffing. In the following we discuss: Prevention; Mitigation; Preparedness; Response; and Recovery.


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CDC Ebola Key Message

9/2/2014

 
Ebola Outbreak
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is working with other U.S. government agencies, the World Health Organization, and other domestic and international partners in an international response to the current Ebola outbreak in West Africa. This document summarizes key messages about the outbreak and the response. It will be updated as new information becomes available and distributed regularly. Resent updates shown in red.

<<< In this Document (Click/Tap on Graphic):


  • Summary Key Messages

  • Ebola Cases and Deaths (West Africa)

  • Ebola in U.S. Healthcare Workers (in Liberia)
  • Background on Ebola
  • CDC Recommendations and Guidance
  • What CDC is Doing

  • CDC Foundation

  • Stigma

  • For More Information about Ebola

Prepared by the Joint Information Center, Emergency Operations Center, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Please share the document with others as appropriate. All right reserved.

AN ACT CONCERNING HEPATITIS C TESTING

7/29/2014

 
State of Connecticut - Testing - Hepatitis C
For Hepatitis C Testing
On June 16, 2014, Governor D. Malloy signed into law Public Act No. 14-203 which was passed through both the Connecticut Senate and House of Representatives which seeks to increase the number of patients who are tested for Hepatitis C, consistent with the announced goal of the national Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The law will require licensed primary care physicians, advanced practice registered nurses, and physician assistants to offer to provide or order a Hepatitis C screening or diagnostic test for patients born between 1945 and 1965 when providing services to these patients. The requirement will not apply when a patient (1) is being treated for a life-threatening emergency, (2) has been offered previously or has received a Hepatitis C screening test, or (3) lacks capacity to consent to a Hepatitis C screening test. “Primary care” is defined in this new law to include family medicine, general pediatrics, primary care internal medicine, primary care obstetrics, or primary care gynecology, without regard to board certification.

The new Connecticut state law signed in June- Hepatitis C Testing...


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