This program has been developed to provide training on resistant organisms, with emphasis on prevention strategies specific to long term care facilities. Prevention strategies discussed include:
use of Standard Precautions, Contact Precautions, antimicrobial use, and hand hygiene. Also discussed are issues regarding colonization, transmission, and risk groups of some of the most common organisms found in long term care facilities: Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus (VRE), Extended Spectrum Beta Lactamase producers (ESBLs), and C. difficile. Information given in the program is drawn from three major sources: Global Consensus Conference, SHEA, and CDC. Included are numerous charts and graphs that illustrate studies done by these organizations.
The program comes on a CD-Rom in Microsoft PowerPoint, and is accompanied by a packet of supplemental materials that include:
- An introduction that states the program’s goals and objectives, and gives the presenter a few guidelines for presenting the program.
- Hard copies of all handouts
- A written competency assessment
- An answer key for the competency assessment
- A presenter’s program evaluation that you may fill out to let us know your thoughts and ideas on the program
- A certificate of completion that you may hand to each of your participants upon completion of the program
