{"id":558,"date":"2024-04-04T09:34:29","date_gmt":"2024-04-04T13:34:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/npltc\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=558"},"modified":"2024-04-04T09:35:00","modified_gmt":"2024-04-04T13:35:00","slug":"5-3-4","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/npltc\/chapter\/5-3-4\/","title":{"raw":"5.3.4 Infection\u00a0Prevention\u00a0and\u00a0Control","rendered":"5.3.4 Infection\u00a0Prevention\u00a0and\u00a0Control"},"content":{"raw":"Adhering\u00a0to\u00a0infection\u00a0prevention\u00a0and\u00a0control\u00a0(IPAC)\u00a0best\u00a0practices\u00a0is challenging in LTC facilities.\r\n\r\nThe goals of an IPAC program are:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>To protect residents from health care-associated infections, resulting in improved survival rates, reduced morbidity associated with infections.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>To prevent the spread of infections amongst residents, health care providers, visitors and others in the healthcare environment.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nActive, evidence based IPAC programs that are continuously supported by senior leadership and evaluated on a yearly basis have been demonstrated to decrease the morbidity, mortality and financial burden of outbreaks.\r\n\r\nThe NP plays an integral role in promoting best IPAC practice from education, coaching &amp; mentoring staff.\u00a0 It is important for the NP to be involved in the IPAC program in order to:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Be aware of best practices relating to surveillance and precautions<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Be aware of best practices relating to clinical practices<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Utilize available resources to support implementation of best practices<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>","rendered":"<p>Adhering\u00a0to\u00a0infection\u00a0prevention\u00a0and\u00a0control\u00a0(IPAC)\u00a0best\u00a0practices\u00a0is challenging in LTC facilities.<\/p>\n<p>The goals of an IPAC program are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>To protect residents from health care-associated infections, resulting in improved survival rates, reduced morbidity associated with infections.<\/li>\n<li>To prevent the spread of infections amongst residents, health care providers, visitors and others in the healthcare environment.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Active, evidence based IPAC programs that are continuously supported by senior leadership and evaluated on a yearly basis have been demonstrated to decrease the morbidity, mortality and financial burden of outbreaks.<\/p>\n<p>The NP plays an integral role in promoting best IPAC practice from education, coaching &amp; mentoring staff.\u00a0 It is important for the NP to be involved in the IPAC program in order to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Be aware of best practices relating to surveillance and precautions<\/li>\n<li>Be aware of best practices relating to clinical practices<\/li>\n<li>Utilize available resources to support implementation of best practices<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"author":517,"menu_order":15,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-558","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"part":59,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/npltc\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/558","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/npltc\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/npltc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/npltc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/517"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/npltc\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/558\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":560,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/npltc\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/558\/revisions\/560"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/npltc\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/59"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/npltc\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/558\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/npltc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/npltc\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=558"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/npltc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=558"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/npltc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}