Long-Term Care Facility Resources
Welcome to your resource page!
Below you will find resources specific to long-term care facilities. For general infection prevention and control links, see ICAP’s All Facility Hub.
If you have questions, please reach out to be connected with an ICAP Infection Preventionist. Call (402)552-2881 or email nebraskaicap@nebraskamed.com.
Long-Term Care COVID-19 Resources
Resources and Tools from Nebraska ICAP for the LTC Setting
Other/ LTC Physical Environment Resources and Tools
CDC COVID-19 Resources for Healthcare Settings
COVID-19 Vaccination Resources
- CDC – Staying Up to Date with COVID-19 Vaccines
- CDC – Vaccination COVID-19 Clinical and Professional Resources
- Immunize.org – Ask the Experts – COVID-19
- Immunize.org – Clinical Resources – COVID-19
Long-Term Care General IPC Resources
Infection Prevention and Control Program and Infrastructure
Surveillance and Disease Reporting
Enhanced Barrier Precautions (EBP)
- CDC – Consideration for Use of Enhanced Barrier Precautions in Skilled Nursing Facilities HICPAC
- CDC –Implementation of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Use in Nursing Homes to Prevent Spread of Multidrug-resistant Organisms (MDROs)
- CDC – Frequently Asked Questions about Enhanced Barrier Precautions
- CDC – PPE Sequence
Outbreak Management
Antimicrobial Stewardship
Point of Care Testing
Catheter-associated Urinary Tract Infection (CAUTI)
Catheter-associated Urinary Tract Infection (CAUTI)
General Vaccine and Immunization Resources
Resource Glossary:
- AAMI: Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation
- APIC: Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology
- ASHRAE: American Society of Heating Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers
- CAUTI: Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infection
- CDC: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- CDI: Clostridiodes dificille Infection
- CMS: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
- EPA: Environmental Protection Agency
- FDA: Food and Drug Administration
- HAI: Hospital Acquired Infection
- HAN: Health Alert Network
- HICPAC: Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee
- IAC: Immunization Action Coalition
- MDRO: Multi Drug Resistant Organism
- Ne ASAP: Nebraska Antimicrobial Stewardship Assessment and Promotion Program
- Ne DHHS: Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services
- Ne ICAP: Nebraska Infection Control Assessment and Promotion Program
- NETEC: National Emerging Special Pathogens Training and Education Center
- NIOSH: National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health
- OSHA: Occupational Safety and Health Administration
- PPE: Personal Protective Equipment
- SHEA: Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America
- TJC: The Joint Commission
- WHO: World Health Organization
