DESCRIPTION
This course provides advanced information on infection control challenges in long term care. By the end of this course, learners will be able to:
- Describe the factors that lead to infections in long term care facilities
- Define and discuss the term “Multidrug Resistant Organisms” or MDRO
- Identify some common MDROs in the long term care setting and how they are transmitted
- State at least four signs and symptoms of MDRO infections with long term care residents
- Discuss the consequences of MDROs for patients, healthcare workers, and the general population
- Provide resources and tools to assist in preventing the spread of MDROs in long term care facilities.
Course is approved for 2.5 CE/Contact Hours to the following professions:
- Nurses (RN, LVN, LPN) (all states)
- Advanced Practice RN (APRN): This course includes 0.5 pharmacotherapeutic contact hours.
- Critical Care RN (CCRN): meets the criteria for CCRN Synergy Continuing Education Recognition Point(s) (CERPS) in Category B
- Certified Case Managers (CCM)
- Certified Rehab Counselors (CRC)
- CA Workers’ Comp Claims Adjusters
Must pass final quiz with 80% or more; may re-take as often as needed. Course will be updated or discontinued on or before July 31, 2027.
Tags: 2.5 CE/Contact Hours, All States, California Workers’ Comp Claims Adjusters, CA WC, Certified Case Manager, CCM, Certified Rehabilitation Counselor, CRC, Clinical Immunology, Clinical Infectious Disease, Critical Care Registered Nurse, CCRN, Drug Resistant Superbugs, Infection Control, Infection Control and Superbugs, Long Term Care, Long Term Care Facilities, Long Term Care RCFE, LPN, LVN, Multidrug Resistant Organisms, Nurses, RN