Resource Manual - Continuing Care
This Resource Manual is intended to guide Infection Prevention & Control practices within Covenant Health Continuing Care Facilities.
Refer to the following sections below: Clinical Care, Surveillance & Reporting, Outbreak Management, Employee Health and Construction. For more information please contact your site Infection Control Practitioner/Designate.
Clinical Care
Clinical Care
a. Infection Control Considerations
- Infection Prevention & Control Policy VI-5
b. Admission Screening for Antibiotic Resistant Organisms (ARO's)
c. Routine Practices
- General
- Hand Hygiene
- Choosing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
- Cleaning of Resident Care Equipment
- Staff Food/Potlucks and Resident Nourishment
- Waste
- Blood and Body Fluid Spill Cleanup
- Linen
- Single-use Medical Devices
- Furniture and Non-Medical Device Considerations
d. Additional Precautions
e. Diseases and Conditions Table
f. Specific Diseases and Conditions
- Tuberculosis (TB)
- Clostridium difficile (CDI)
- Influenza-Like Illness (ILI)
- Norovirus
- Antibiotic Resistant Organisms (ARO's) (Including MRSA, VRE, CRO, ESBL)
- Shingles
g. Infestations
h. Deceased Bodies
- Death Policy VII-B-410
i. Foot/Nail Care
j. Transfer of Residents
k. Resident Immunizations
- Resident Immunizations Policy: Influenza and Pneumococcal VII-C-50