Preparing for and responding to nursing home residents or healthcare personnel (HCP) who develop signs or symptoms of a respiratory viral infection.

The checklist provides patients and family a list of questions they may want to ask regarding their diagnosis and suggested actions to take once discharged.

This toolkit is a resource to assist healthcare organizations in implementing an early severe sepsis identification and treatment program in the post-acute (facility-based) healthcare setting. It is designed to provide post-acute healthcare organizations with an evidence-based communication tool, staff education and care pathway to assist in improving care processes to identify patients more quickly with severe sepsis and to provide timely and effective treatment.

Center for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) Heather Jones, DNP, NP-C writes about the importance of clear communication in long-term care settings if a patient has an infection and signs and symptoms of sepsis.

The Nursing Home Infection Preventionist Training course is designed for individuals responsible for infection prevention and control (IPC) programs in nursing homes.

Resources to assist clinicians, administrators, and health department personnel with preventing infections in nursing homes, assisted living facilities and other long-term care facilities.

This infographic, prepared by the IPRO QIN-QIO, details the early signs and symptoms of sepsis. The document also includes recommended next steps if signs and symptoms show potential sepsis infection.

The Centers for Disease Control Prevention (CDC) Get Ahead of Sepsis educational effort helps educate patients, loved ones, families, and caregivers and healthcare professionals about the importance of early recognition and timely treatment of sepsis, reassessment of antibiotic needs, and prevention of infections. Download free materials for patients and healthcare professionals.

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Developed by the Home Care Association of New York in partnership with Sepsis Alliance, END Sepsis – The Legacy of Rory Staunton, IPRO, and CDC with support from the Mother Cabrini Health Foundation.

This training will include an accessible on-demand video, available 24-7 and a brief training quiz. Participants will receive a certificate of completion at the end.

Sepsis and septic shock can be associated with a mortality rate of up to 50 percent in hospitals that do not use an early detection and treatment bundle. MHA has coordinated development of the Seeing Sepsis toolkit, which facilitates adoption of sepsis early-detection tools, and the Surviving Sepsis Campaign, which provides three- and six-hour care bundles for hospitals of all sizes.

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