Infection Prevention in Long-Term Care: Focus on the Environment

In 2016, the Center for Medicare & Medicaid (CMS), rolled out a 3-year phase-in perioud for its long‑term care infection control regulations, requiring facilities to implement more robust environmental cleaning and disinfection programs. With the phase‑in period complete and full compliance expected, this webinar reviews the updated requirements and explains why effective infection prevention is critical in long‑term care settings.

Learning Objectives:

• Identify epidemiologically important and emerging pathogens in long‑term care settings
• Outline key components of an effective environmental cleaning and disinfection program, including risk assessment, policies, protocols, and staff education
• Evaluate the properties of effective disinfecting products for long‑term care facilities
• Apply practical tools such as risk assessments, cleaning protocols, and responsibility grids to support compliance and infection prevention