Join the new LTC National Infection Prevention Forum

 

To: Long-term care facilities   From: CDPHE’s Infection Prevention Program   Body of Message: The American Health Care Association (AHCA) has partnered with the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) to set up a national forum for infection preventionists and infection prevention champions working in long-term care (LTC). The forum provides a platform to rapidly disseminate updates and resources about infections in LTC as they become available from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), or Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OHSA). The goal is to foster collaboration and sharing of experiences between IPs and other infection control champions in LTC. Participants will be encouraged to answer questions and share resources and tools.   If you are interested in participating, please complete this three-question survey to provide your name and email.   This is open to all LTC professionals focusing on infection prevention regardless of their infection prevention certification status or membership in either APIC or AHCA. This forum will utilize the “Connect Communities” platform which allows the creation of email threads to keep discussions grouped, posts of resources and tools in an organized library, and the ability to view lists of participants in the forum. For questions, please contact us at LTC-NIPFhelp@ahca.org.   Questions can be sent to Project Firstline.