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AHRQ: TeamSTEPPS Long-Term Care Version
The Long-Term Care version of TeamSTEPPS adapts the core concepts of the TeamSTEPPS program to reflect the environment of nursing homes and other other long-term care settings such as assisted living and continuing care retirement communities.

AHRQ: Prevention of Healthcare-Associated Infections Closing the Quality Gap: Revisiting the State of the Science
The objective of this evidence review was to identify QI strategies that successfully increase adherence to effective preventive interventions and reduce infection rates for CLABSI, VAP, SSI, and CAUTI.

NHSN Training: http://www.cdc.gov/nhsn/training/ Then go to "Patient Safety Component" which will take you to: http://www.cdc.gov/nhsn/Training/patient-safety-component/index.html
Other Important links:

NHSN Log-in: https://sdn.cdc.gov
Facility Set-up: http://www.cdc.gov/nhsn/LTC/ltc-setup.html
Tracking Infections in Long-term Care Facilities:
http://www.cdc.gov/nhsn/ltc/
LTCF Component Laboratory-identified Event Module:
http://www.cdc.gov/nhsn/LTC/mdro-cdi/index.html
http://www.cdc.gov/nhsn/PDFs/LTC/slides/NHSN-LTCF-LABID-Event-training-v2.pdf
http://www.cdc.gov/nhsn/PDFs/LTC/LTCF-LabID-Event-Protocol_FINAL_8-24-12.pdf

Lab Event ID Training Webinar from Eileen Paus on Vimeo.

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Email: mail@vpqhc.org

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