NEW! Register for Infection Control Webinars. We know you’re busy! These one hour webinars are a quick and easy way to gain knowledge that you can apply at your facility.
Take the SPICE Course: Infection Control in Long Term Care Facilities: This 3-day training is for nursing home staff who have been designated by their facility to oversee the infection control activities.
Participate in SPICE’s Infection Control Assessment and Response (ICAR) Program: This program is funded by a grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention through the NC Division of Public Health. On-site infection control assessments with a SPICE Consultant and on-line infection control self-assessments are available.
Free training modules for all nursing home staff: These trainings for all staff engage and educate. The six module topics are antibiotic resistant bacteria, isolation precautions, environmental cleaning, injection safety, C. difficile, and UTIs both.
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Long Term Care Resources
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- 2007 Guideline for Isolation Precautions: Preventing Transmission of Infectious Agents in Healthcare Settings (2017)
- 2011 Guidelines for the Prevention of Intravascular Catheter-Related Infections (2017)
- AIHA Facts About Mold (2016)
- All GI Infection Worksheet (McGeer) SPICE LTC (2017)
- APIC Resources – Antimicrobial Stewardship (2016)
- Basic Infection Prevention in Long Term Care Facilities (2017)
- Bed Bugs, Illinois Department of Public Health (2016)
- C. difficile Infection Worksheet (NHSN-McGeer) SPICE LTC (2017)
- CDC – Antimicrobial Stewardship – Long Term Care (2016)
- CDC – Vaccines and Immunizations (2016)
- CDC Antibiotic Resistance: Get Smart (2016)
- CDC Ebola Website (2016)
- CDC Healthcare Associated Infections (2016)
- CDC Immunization of Health-Care Personnel (2016)
- CDC MERS Guidance (2016)
- CDC National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention (2016)
- CDC National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) (2016)
- CDC National Prevention Information Network (2016)
- CDC Public Health Image Library (2016)
- CDC Tuberculosis (2016)
- CDC Tuberculosis Self-Study Modules (2016)
- CDC Vaccine Information Statements (2016)
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2016)
- Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) (2016)
- CRE information for LTC facilities (2014) (2016)
- Dialysis Safety (CDC) (2018)
- Facility Guidelines Institute (2016)
- FDA Food Code (2016)
- Federal Register (2016)
- Gastroenteritis-Norovirus Infection Worksheet (McGeer) SPICE LTC (2017)
- Guideline for Preventing Healthcare-Associated Pneumonia 2003 (2017)
- Guideline for the Prevention and Control of Norovirus Gastroenteritis Outbreaks in Healthcare Settings, 2011 (2017)
- Guidelines for Environmental Infection Control in Health-Care Facilities JuR10);1-42 (2017)
- Guidelines for Hand Hygiene in Healthcare Settings Published 2002 [PDF – 496 (2017)
- Hand and Respiratory Hygiene Posters (2016)
- Hand Hygiene Competency (2017)
- IDSA Resources – Antimicrobial Stewardship (2016)
- Immunization Action Coalition (IAC) – Vaccination Information for Healthcare Professionals (2016)
- Immunization of Health-Care Workers: Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) and the Hospital Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC) (2017)
- Infection Control Self-Assessment Tool – Long Term Care Facility (2017)
- Infection Management and Antibiotic Stewardship (2017)
- Infection Prevention and You – APIC (2016)
- Infection: Don’t Pass it On (posters) (2016)
- Injection Safety Competency (SPICE) (2017)
- Journals and Publications (2016)
- Long Term Care Program / Policy Sample (2017)
- LTC Denominators NHSN UTI form (2017)
- Management of Multidrug-Resistant Organisms In Healthcare Settings, 2006 (2017)
- Middle East Respiratory Syndrome by David Weber, M.D., M.P.H., December 2015 (2016)
- Mouth Care Without A Battle (2017)
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (2016)
- National Pesticide Information Center (2016)
- NC DHHS Ebola Website (2016)
- NC DPH CRE Resources (2016)
- NC DPH MERS Guidance (2016)
- NC Guidelines for Moisture Mangement and Mold Remediation in Healthcare Facilities (2016)
- NC Pandemic Influenza Plan (2016)
- NEW Antibiotic Stewardship Statement for Antibiotic Guidelines—Recommendations of the HICPAC, 2016 (2017)
- North Carolina Administrative Code – Chapter 41 Epidemiology Health (2016)
- North Carolina Administrative Code – Infection Prevention in Healthcare Settings (2016)
- North Carolina Department of Epidemiology (includes EpiNotes) (2016)
- North Carolina Division of Public Health (2016)
- North Carolina Division of Public Health Communicable Disease Manual (2016)
- North Carolina Medical Waste Rules (2016)
- North Carolina Tuberculosis Control (2016)
- Occupational Safety and Health Administration (2016)
- PPE Competency (SPICE) (2017)
- Resources in Languages other than English (2016)
- Respiratory Tract Infection Worksheet (McGeer) SPICE LTC (2017)
- Rules Governing Sanitation of Hospitals, Nursing Homes, Adult Care Homes and Other Institutions (2016)
- Selected EPA-registered Disinfectants (2016)
- Senior Guidance (2018)
- SHEA Resources – Antimicrobial Stewardship (2016)
- Skin-Soft Tissue-Mucosal Infection Worksheet (McGeer) SPICE LTC (2017)
- Template Risk Assessment for LTC (2017)
- Transfer information for CRE (2016)
- UNC MERS Public Notice – Updated (2016)
- UTI Infection Worksheet (NHSN) SPICE LTC (2017)
- WHO MERS Guidance (2016)