Practical Applications for Enhancing Hygiene in Long-Term Care: A Multidepartmental Approach to Infection Prevention
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), each day, 1 in 43 nursing home residents contracts a healthcare-associated infection (HAI). In 2023, Pennsylvania alone saw an 18.6% increase in HAIs in LTCFs from 2022.
The blog article outlines practical applications that can be implemented within your LTC facility to achieve goals of hygiene and infection control practices to focus on for the vulnerable population in these settings. You can find these applications here: “Practical applications for enhancing hygiene in long-term care: A multidepartmental approach to infection prevention.”
This article falls under Clinical/Patient Safety in the Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) risk domains.
Clinical/Patient Safety
Risks associated with the delivery of care to residents, patients and other healthcare customers. Clinical risks include: failure to follow evidence based practice, medication errors, hospital acquired conditions (HAC), serious safety events (SSE), and others.