An accomplished entrepreneur and business leader, Steve Verschoor co-founded GTSP Global, Inc. in 2006. In addition, Steve Verschoor’s professional interests include public health policies for infectious disease prevention and COVID-19 test development.
Respiratory and other infections, such as COVID-19, pose a significant danger to older individuals living in communal settings. A thorough infection prevention and control (IPC) program is essential to safeguard both healthcare workers and residents in long-term care facilities.
Nursing facilities must maintain basic IPC measures and stay watchful for SARS-CoV-2 infection among residents and health care professionals even when all restrictions are lifted to avoid the spread of the virus and protect inhabitants and health care professionals from severe infections, hospitalizations, and mortality. Pursuing this goal, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released a thorough guideline for safe practice in these institutions.
Nursing homes and skilled nursing institutions must assign one or more persons who have received infection control training to manage the IPC program on-site. In addition, they must provide materials required to follow infection prevention and control guidelines.
Stagg at nursing homes must educate residents, healthcare workers, and visitors on SARS-CoV-2, existing facility measures, and steps they may take to protect themselves. They must notify them of any outbreaks to health care professionals, residents, and families and report SARS-CoV-2 infection, facility staffing, testing, and supply of information to public health officials.
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