Implementation of COVID-19 infection control best practices in nursing homes amid the pandemic.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The COVID-19 pandemic has claimed around 170,000 lives among nursing home residents and staff in the United States through April 2023. In a cluster randomized controlled trial (RCT) with 136 nursing homes, we delivered training to improve COVID-19 infection control best practices. We sought to assess the implementation of infection control practices in participating nursing homes.

Methods

Concurrent with the delivery of the RCT (January-November 2021), we surveyed nursing home administrators (NHAs, n = 38) at baseline and 6-month follow-up. Using validated items from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the surveys inquired about 80 infection control best-practice activities (yes/no). The survey also asked seven scales corresponding to inner setti

SUBMITTER: D'Souza GC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11329985 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature