Assisted Living: Standards of Practice Resources
Standards of practice help make sure residents receive the best care. There are many standards to consider.
This page contains several resources to help understand these standards.
Bed bugs
- About Bed Bugs
- Bed Bugs in Wisconsin (PDF)
- Prevention and Control of Bed Bugs in Health Care Facilities (PDF)
CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Core Infection Prevention and Control Practices for Safe Healthcare Delivery in All Settings, 2017 (PDF)
- Guideline for Isolation Precautions: Preventing Transmission of Infectious Agents in Healthcare Setting, 2007 (PDF)
- Guidelines for Preventing the Transmission of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis in Health-Care Settings, 2005 (PDF)
Hand hygiene
- CDC: Guideline for Hand Hygiene in Health Care Settings (PDF)
- CDC: Hand Hygiene in Health Care Settings – Online Education Courses
- World Health Organization Calls for Better Hand Hygiene and Other Infection Control Practices
- World Health Organization: How to Handwash with Soap and Water
- World Health Organization: How to Handwash with Alcohol-based Formulation
- World Health Organization: Guidelines on Hand Hygiene in Health Care
Injection safety
Measles
- CDC: Interim Infection Prevention and Control Recommendations for Measles in Healthcare Settings
- CDC: Measles for Health Care Professionals
- CDC: Transmission-based Precautions
- DHS: Measles
- Measles public health bulletin
Tuberculosis
- Tuberculosis Screening and Testing: Health Care Personnel, P-02382 (PDF)
- Tuberculosis Screening and Testing: Residents of Adult Long-Term Care Facilities, P-02382A (PDF)
- TB 101 for Health Care Workers
- Wisconsin Tuberculosis Program
- Wisconsin Tuberculosis Program TB Risk Assessment Questionnaire Screen, F-02314 (PDF)
Use of leg bags
- CDC: Legionella
- Environmental Investigation Resources (PDF)
- Healthcare Facility Water Management Program Checklist (PDF)
- Preventing Legionnaires' Disease: A Training on Legionella Water Management Programs (PreventLD Training)
- Toolkit: Developing A Water Management Program to Reduce Legionella Growth and Spread in Buildings
- CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services): Requirement to Reduce Legionella Risk in Healthcare Facility Water Systems to Prevent Cases and Outbreaks of Legionnaires' Disease (PDF)
- Wisconsin Department of Public Health (DPH): Legionellosis