Orange County Nursing Home Infection Prevention Toolkit

For Orange County nursing homes only – schedule a consultative session with the OC Infection Prevention Team

1. Introduction – Preventing COVID-19 in Nursing Homes

• Roadmap – Key Strategies for Preventing COVID-19 in Nursing Homes (PDF) (DOC)
• FAQs – Overview of COVID-19 (PDF) (DOC)
• FAQs – COVID-19 Vaccines for Staff with Clickable Links (English) (PDF)
• FAQs – COVID-19 Vaccines for Staff with Clickable Links (Spanish) (PDF)
• FAQs – COVID-19 Vaccines for Residents (English) (PDF) (DOC)
• FAQs – COVID-19 Vaccines for Residents (Spanish) (PDF) (DOC)
• FAQs for Staff – Concerns About COVID-19 Exposure (PDF) (DOC)
• FAQs for Staff – Monitoring Yourself for Infection Symptoms (PDF) (DOC)
• Video – What is COVID and How Does It Spread?

2. Visitors

• COVID-19 Visitor Policy for Nursing Homes (PDF) (DOC)
• FAQs – Visitor Policy (PDF) (DOC)
• No Visitor Policy –Letter to Family (PDF) (DOC)

3. Social Distancing, Masking, and Shared Activities

• Poster – How to Properly Wear a Mask (PDF)
• Guidance for Residents – Social Distancing, Masking, Activities (PDF) (DOC)
• Guidance for Staff – Social Distancing, Universal Masking, and Breaks (PDF) (DOC)
• FAQs for Staff – Social Distancing, Universal Masking, and Breaks (PDF) (DOC)
• Video – What is Social Distancing?
• Video – Errors in Social Distancing and Masking
• Video – Masking Nursing Home Residents
• Video – Errors in Breakroom Etiquette
• Video – Correct Breakroom Etiquette
• Video – Three’s a Crowd: Correct Breakroom Etiquette
• Video – Safety in the Breakroom: Storing your Mask with Proper Hand Hygiene
• Video – 8 Steps to Breakroom Safety

4. Universal Symptom and Temperature Screening

• Staff Entry Symptom and Temperature Screening Protocol (PDF) (DOC)
• Poster – Health Alert – Know COVID Symptoms (PDF)
• FAQs for Staff – What to Know if You Have COVID-19 (PDF) (DOC)
• FAQs for Staff – Keeping Family Safe if You Have COVID-19 (PDF) (DOC)

5. Universal COVID PCR Screening

• FAQs for Staff – What to Know if You Have COVID-19 (PDF) (DOC)
• FAQs for Staff – Keeping Family Safe if You Have COVID-19 (PDF) (DOC)

6. Hand Hygiene

• Protocol – Hand Hygiene (PDF) (DOC)
• FAQs – Hand Hygiene (PDF) (DOC)
• Video – Proper Hand Hygiene: How and When
• Video – Washing Hands with Soap and Water

7. Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

• PPE Weekly Burn Rate Calculator (XLS)
• COVID-19 Supply Preparation Checklist (PDF) (DOC)
• Protocol – Standard Mask (PDF) (DOC)
• Protocol – N95 Respirator (PDF) (DOC)
• Protocol – Mask Re-Use and Extended Use (PDF) (DOC)
• Protocol – Eye Protection (PDF) (DOC)
• Protocol – Eye Protection Re-Use and Extended Use (PDF) (DOC)
• Protocol – Donning COVID PPE (PDF) (DOC)
• Protocol – Doffing COVID PPE (PDF) (DOC)
• Protocol – Aerosol Generating Procedures (PDF) (DOC)
• FAQs for Staff – Masking (PDF) (DOC)
• FAQs for Staff – Aerosol Generating Procedures (PDF) (DOC)
• FAQs for Staff – COVID and Clothing, Shoes, and Laundry (PDF) (DOC)
• Video – Which Mask When?
• Video – Incorrect Mask Removal
• Video – Correct Mask Removal
• Video – Donning Face Mask
• Video – Donning Face Shield
• Video – Doffing Face Shield and Storing for Reuse
• Video – Donning COVID PPE
• Video – Doffing COVID PPE
• Video – Safe Glove Removal

8. Environmental Cleaning

• Overview – Cleaning Guidelines (PDF) (DOC)
• Protocol – Resident Room Cleaning (PDF) (DOC)
• Protocol – Common Area Cleaning (PDF) (DOC)
• Protocol – Folding Cleaning Cloths (PDF) (DOC)
• Protocol – Saturating Cleaning Cloths (PDF) (DOC)
• Protocol – Housekeeping Cart (PDF) (DOC)
• Overview – Housekeeping Compliance (PDF) (DOC)
• Protocol – Housekeeping Observations (PDF) (DOC)
• Protocol – UV Marking (PDF) (DOC)
• Housekeeping Skills Assessment Log (PDF) (DOC)
• UV Marking Log (PDF) (DOC)
• FAQs – Environmental Cleaning (PDF) (DOC)

Training Webinars for Nursing Homes

• Staff Safety for COVID Prevention
  • Presentation slides
• Personal Protective Equipment for COVID Prevention
  • Presentation slides
• COVID-19 Vaccines - December 2020
  • Presentation slides - December 2020
• COVID-19 Vaccine Advanced Questions - March 2021
  • Presentation slides - March 2021
• COVID-19 Status and Cal/OSHA Updates - June 2021
  • Presentation Slides - June 2021

Funded and supported by CalOptima and Orange County Health Care Agency