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  • Title: Infection Prevention and Control in Nursing Homes
  • Society:
  • American Geriatrics Society, Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medical Association, 
  • Infectious Diseases Society of America, Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America, 
  • Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology
  • Publish Date:  October 28, 2025
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Just published October 28th, 2025 - a new multi-society guidance endorsed by the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America, also known as (SHEA), Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, also known as (APIC), Infectious Diseases Society of America, also known as the (IDSA), Post Acute and Long Term Care Medical Association, also known as (PALTmed), and the American Geriatrics Society, also known as (AGS) was released on Infection Prevention and Control, also known as (IPC) in Nursing Homes.


This guidance updates the 2008 SHEA and APIC guideline: Infection Prevention and Control in the Long term facility, and is intended to assist nursing homes in the United States in defining and implementing their infection prevention and control programs and practices.

This guidance document includes 42 recommendations but in today’s rapid update video, we’ll just be going over the first 3 recommendations, which goes over Infection prevention and control program, also known as the (IPC program). For the full document, make sure to check it out on guidelinecentral.com

Let’s get started. 

The resources for a nursing home’s IPC program should include:

  • At least one infection preventionist, also known as an (IP) to manage the infection prevention and control (IPC) program.
  • Sufficient dedicated time for the IP(s) to manage the IPC program based on the complexity of the resident population and services provided:
  • Adequate staffing and supplies to allow healthcare personnel to follow all recommended IPC practices
  • Dedicated time for personnel to receive regular job-specific IPC education and demonstrate competency through assessment 
  • Access to information technology training and infrastructure to support facility-level surveillance activities and access to public health surveillance programs
  • Access to expert advice, learning collaboratives, and professional associations specific to IPC
  1. The nursing home IP should report to a designated person in administrative and medical leadership who has knowledge relevant to regulatory and resource needs for the IPC program.
  2. The IP should be a member of the Quality Assessment and Assurance, also known as (QAA) committee to integrate IPC activities within the quality assessment and performance improvement programs.
  3. To be successful, IPC programs require visible and tangible support from all levels of nursing home personnel

Nursing homes should implement strategies to retain and mentor HCP for IPC program continuity so that the IPC program is not dependent on one individual.

Make sure to check out the full guidance document from the SHEA, APIC, IDSA, PALTmed, and AGS and other related clinical decision support tools at guideline central.com.

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