Long-term care facilities are faced with very similar if not identical challenges to acute care facilities with respect to infection prevention and control. COVID-19 has resulted in a much higher level of risk for spread and consequences as residents of long-term care facilities are highly susceptible to infections.
J.A.D. Higher Expectations assists long-term care facilities with identifying vulnerabilities, achieving state and federal regulation compliance, corrective action plan development, deficiency mitigation, implementation of programs, and staff education by providing the following:
Assistance with Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) F-tag 880 deficiencies and non-compliance
Assistance with fulfilling §483.80 requirements including:
Conducting a root cause analysis (RCA) to identify and address reasons for non-compliance
Working with the facility to implement an infection prevention plan consistent with the requirements at 42 CFR §483.80
Addressing individual facility specific items identified in CMS 2567
Providing assistance with social distancing and use of personal protective equipment (PPE)
Appropriate disinfection of shared medical equipment
Assistance with completion of the CMS infection control self-assessment using the ICAR tool
Assistance with staff education for COVID-19 and general infection prevention and control “best practices”
Assistance with policy and procedure review
Assistance with the development and implementation of staff competency
Additional facility-specific items identified during surveys
NHSN reporting assistance to free your infection practitioners to spend the time needed to actually perform the duties that will prevent infections.
If you have any concerns about your facility's needs, including COVID-19 assistance, meeting regulatory requirements, remediating the F-tag 880 deficiencies, addressing CMS 2567 notification, developing a plan of correction (POC), staff education, and more, contact J.A.D. Higher Expectations for a complimentary initial consultation.
You can request complimentary 30-minute consultation by clicking the link below.
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