The LTC-CIP provides a standardized measure of the basic knowledge, skills and abilities expected of professionals working in the field. Successful long-term care infection prevention certification indicates competence in the practice of infection prevention and control within a long-term care setting.
- Discuss the elements of a long-term setting
- Discuss the Susceptibility of long-term cares Residents to Infection
- Explain surveillance methodology and outbreak investigation and management
- Develop and manage infection and prevention control programs
- Discuss the infectious disease, and their identification processes
- Identify appropriate practices for specimen collection and handling
- Interpret the relevance of diagnostic and laboratory reports
- Understand antibiotic resistance, MDRO and differentiate between prophylactic, empiric, and therapeutic uses of antimicrobials
- Understand the contribution of infection control in antimicrobial stewardship
- Identifying, implementing, and evaluating elements of Standard Precautions and transmission-based precautions
- Discuss the elements of management and Communication of the Infection Prevention Program
- Long-Term Care Settings (15 items)
- Management and Communication of the Infection Prevention Program (16 items)
- Identification of Infectious Diseases (18 items)
- Surveillance and Epidemiologic Investigation (24 items)
- General Principles of Epidemiology
- Surveillance Design
- Outbreak Management
- Collaboration with Internal and External Agencies
- Reporting
- Data Management, Analysis, and, Interpretation
- Prevention and Control of Infectious and Communicable Diseases (24 items)
- Hand Hygiene
- Standard and Transmission-Based Precautions
- Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
- Food Safety
- Resident Immunizations
- Ancillary Services
- Environment of Care (18 items)
- Environmental Safety
- Construction and Maintenance
- Cleaning, Disinfection, and Sterilization of Medical Devices and Equipment (15 items)
- Cleaning, Disinfection, and Sterilization Practices
- Antimicrobial Stewardship (11 items)
- Core Elements of Antimicrobial Stewardship
- Colonization, Infection, and Contamination
- Employee/Occupational Health (9 items)
- Occupational Exposure
- Fitness for Duty
- Employee Immunizations
Learning options range from completely classroom-based courses to interactive online live programs.
Courses could be tailored to fit the needs and schedules of group participants.
- Infection control doctors and practitioners
- Physicians and Resident Physicians
- Registered Nurses
- Clinical educators
- Quality professionals
- Quality nurses
- Long terms care nurses
- Home care nurses