Orange County Nursing Home Infection Prevention Toolkit
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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
- Personal Protective Equipment for COVID Prevention
- COVID-19 Vaccines - December 2020
- COVID-19 Vaccine Advanced Questions - March 2021
- COVID-19 Status and Cal/OSHA Updates - June 2021
Funded and supported by CalOptima and Orange County Health Care Agency