Statewide Webinars/Calls

Arizona and California National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) Tuesday Updates and Office Hours

11:30 a.m.–12 noon, Once monthly

• Learn more and register here

Arizona COVID-19 Post-Acute Care Webinars

1–1:30 p.m., 2nd Thursday every month

• Register Here

California COVID-19 Nursing Home (NH) Infection Prevention (IP) Wednesday Webinars

3–4 p.m., 4th Wednesday every month

• Register Here
• Recordings, PowerPoints, and call notes from past webinars
• Frequently Asked Questions

California Department of Public Health (CDPH)—All Facilities

8‒9 a.m., 2nd Tuesday every month 

• Call 844.721.7239; Access code: 7993227

Trainings

• Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Targeted COVID-19 Training for Frontline NH Staff and Management
  • 3 hours for frontline staff
  • 4.5 hours for management
• California: CDPH Infection Preventionist Training for Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNFs) (More coursework to come later in 2023)
  • 14-hour self-paced online course
• Project Firstline Infection Control Training
  • Arizona Training for Healthcare Providers
  • California Virtual Infection Prevention Train-the-Trainer Workshops 

• HSAG―Process Measure Tracker and Trend Chart
• CDPH―Adherence Monitoring IP Tools
• CDC―NH Infection Control Assessment and Response (ICAR) Tool
• HSAG―Quality Assurance & Performance Improvement (QAPI) Resources

COVID-19 Data Trackers

Arizona

• COVID-19 Tracker

California

• COVID-19 Tracker
• SNF Data Dashboard

CDC

• COVID-19 Data Tracker
• NH COVID-19 Vaccination Dashboard

CMS

• COVID-19 NH Data

Vaccines and NHSN Resources

• HSAG―COVID-19 Vaccine and NHSN Resources
• California CDPH Vaccine Resources―Toolkits, FAQs, and Promotional Materials
• Arizona Department of Health Services (ADHS)—Vaccine Resources
• CDC―NHSN COVID-19 Vaccination Modules: Understanding Key Terms and Up to Date Vaccination
• Vaccine Triple Play | English | Spanish

Resources

• CDC―Interim IP and Control Recommendations for Healthcare Personnel (HCP) During COVID-19 (9/23/22)
•  Arizona State Guidance—Links to COVID-19 Data and Metrics
• California State Guidance—Links to State Public Health Officer Orders and FAQs
• CDPH—All Facilities Letters
• Clearpol―Search engine for federal, state, and local healthcare regulations and guidance.
• CDC―COVID-19 Materials in Multiple Languages

Educational Resources

• CDPH―Preventing the Most Common Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs): UTI, Pneumonia, and C. difficile
• Quality Improvement Organization (QIO)—CDI and Antibiotic Stewardship NH Training Sessions
• CDC―Information for Healthcare Professionals about C. difficile
   

Tools, Posters, and Videos

HSAG Resources

• Prevent and Manage Infections Safely: C. difficile Probing Questions
• CDI Tracer and Assessment Tool (Post-Acute)
• CDI Stool Collection Algorithm
• Preventing CDIs (Video [4:25])
• Antibiotic Stewardship Implementation Skilled Nursing Facility Assessment

CDC Resource

• CDI Posters and Educational Resources

Tools

• HSAG—Pneumonia Patient Zone Tool: Armenian | English | Spanish
• HSAG—Pneumonia Audit Tool
• CDPH―PPT: Preventing Respiratory Infections in SNFs

Pneumonia Bundle

• Pneumonia Action Plan
• Pneumonia Bundle | Risk and Action Tool
• Pneumonia Signs and Symptoms Assessment
• Pneumonia Prevention Bundle
• Pneumonia Risk Factors

Educational Resources

• CDC—Pneumonia Causes, Risk Factors, Management, and Prevention
• CDC—Pneumococcal Vaccination Recommendations

Preventing Pneumonia in SNFs Training

• Training Recording | PPT

Educational Resources

• HSAG―Sepsis Tip Sheet
• CDC―Campaign: Get Ahead of Sepsis

Tools and Posters

HSAG Resources

• Sepsis Risk Factors
• Sepsis Bundle | Risk Factors and Action Tool
• Sepsis Action Plan
• Sepsis Prevention PPT
• Nursing Home Sepsis Toolkit (care pathway, screening tool, SBAR, transfer form)
• Nursing Home Sepsis Gap Analysis
• Sepsis Patient Zone Tool (English)

CDC Resources

• Poster: Protect Your Residents from Sepsis (for LTC CNAs)
• Poster: Protect Your Residents from Sepsis (for LTC nurses)

Betsy Lehman Center Resource

• Seeing Sepsis Algorithm for SNF

Tools and Posters  

HSAG Tools 

• UTI Patient Zone Tool: English | Spanish
• LTC CAUTI Audit Tool
• UTI Audit Tool

HSAG UTI Prevention Bundle

• UTI Bundle Risk and Action Tool
• UTI Nursing Signs and Symptoms Assessment
• UTI Prevention Bundle Poster
• UTI Risk Assessment 
• UTI Action Plan
• Myths Diagnosis UTIs

APIC

• Poster: The Power of 10: Your Role in Preventing CAUTI in NHs

Preventing UTIs in SNFs Training

• Part 1: Refresher of UTI pathophysiology, review UTI etiology, discuss pathogens, and review types of UTIs.
  • Training Recording | PPT
• Part 2: Review the evidence-based clinical practices shown to prevent UTIs and CAUTIs, discuss strategies to reduce healthcare-associated UTIs and treatment of UTIs.
  • Training Recording | PPT
• Part 3: Describe the risk of healthcare-associated UTIs in SNFs, discuss strategies to reduce healthcare-associated CAUTIs, and discuss adherence monitoring and feedback.
  • Training Recording | PPT
• Part 4: Review the HSAG UTI Prevention Bundle and Change Package and the HSAG CAUTI Audit Tool.                                 
  • Training Recording | PPT

CDC Resources

• Continuing Education Webinar: Implementation and Use of Enhanced Barrier Precautions in Nursing Homes (November 15, 2022)
  • Webpage
  • Video
  • Slides
• Pre-Implementation Tool: Enhanced Barrier Precautions
• Observations Tool: Enhanced Barrier Precautions Implementation
• Observations Tool Summary Spreadsheet
• Enhanced Barrier Precautions Letter to Nursing Home Leadership

Educational Resources

• CDC―Core Elements of Antibiotic Stewardship for NHs
• AHRQ―Toolkit to Improve Antibiotic Use in LTC
• QIO―CDI and Antibiotic Stewardship NH Training Sessions

Tools, Posters, and Videos

• CDC―Posters and Tri-folds
• CDC―Tri-fold: Do You Need Antibiotics?—For NH residents and their families
• HSAG―Patient Video (1:24): When Should I Use An Antibiotic?

Hand Hygiene

• HSAG―Hand Hygiene/Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Monitoring Tool
• CDPH―Hand Hygiene Adherence Monitoring Tool
• CDC―Training: Hand Hygiene, Glove Use, and Preventing Transmission of C. difficile
• HSAG―Resident Pledge for Clean Hands: English | Spanish

PPE

• HSAG―Hand Hygiene/PPE Monitoring Tool
• CDPH―Source Control and Respiratory Hygiene Adherence Monitoring Tool
• CDC―PPE Guidance to Prevent Spread of Multidrug-resistant Organisms (MDROs)
• CDC―PPE Donning and Doffing Poster

Oral Care

• CDPH Project Firstline—Let’s Chew on This: IP Practices while Providing Oral Care and Feeding Residents
  • Webinar Recording 2/22/22
  • Webinar Slides (PDF)

• CDPH Resources
• Environmental Cleaning Resources
• Environmental Cleaning and Disinfection Adherence Monitoring Tool
• Fluorescent Marker Adherence Monitoring Tool
• Environmental Cleaning and Disinfection Responsibility Assessment
• CDC―Environmental Checklist for Monitoring Terminal Cleaning
• HSAG―Environmental Services (EVS) Checklist for the Containment of CDI
• Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)―About List N: Disinfectants for Coronavirus (COVID-19)