Guidelines & Recommendations for Long-term Care Facilities
The Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention does not have guidelines specific for the prevention and control of infections in long-term care facilities. Potential sources of guidance include the following resources.
Infection Control Topics
- Infection Control Home
- Healthcare-Associated Infections
- Protecting Patients
- Protecting Healthcare Workers
- Infection Control Guidelines
- About DHQP
List of Resources
- Your state health department.
- Infection control practitioners from institutions in your area.
- The area chapter of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc. (APIC). (For information about APIC local chapters, call the APIC headquarters in Washington, D.C., at 202-789-1890).
- The following publications:
- Definitions of infections for surveillance in long-term care facilities. AJIC 1991
- Smith PW, Rusnak PG. Infection prevention and control in the long-term care facility. SHEA Long-Term-Care Committee and APIC Guidelines Committee. American Journal of Infection Control 1997;25:488-512.
Date last modified: March 28,
2005
Content source:
Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion (DHQP)
National Center for Preparedness, Detection, and Control of Infectious Diseases
Content source:
Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion (DHQP)
National Center for Preparedness, Detection, and Control of Infectious Diseases