Assisted Living: Standards of Practice Resources

• Report Abuse, Neglect, or Misappropriation

• Guideline for the Prevention of Falls in Older Persons
• National Council on Aging

• Fight Bac! Partnership for Food Safety Education
• Food Code Fact Sheets
• U.S. Food & Drug Administration: Food Code 2013

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

• CDC: Injection Safety
• CDC: Blood Glucose Monitoring

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

• Use and Care of Leg Bags in Long-term Care

• Imagine

• 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

• Promoting emotional health and preventing suicide: A toolkit for senior living communities

• Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2015-2020 Eighth Edition (PDF)
• Tufts University: My Plate for Older Americans
• U.S. Department of Agriculture: Choose My Plate

• American Society for Pain Management Nursing
• Geriatric Pain Assessment
• Geriatric Pain Management

• Bathing Without a Battle

• Feet Can Last a Lifetime: A Health Care Provider's Guide to Preventing Diabetes Foot Problems (PDF)
• National Pressure Injury Advisory Panel: Pressure Injury Resources

• Avoiding Physical Restraints, P-63113 (PDF)
• Clinical Guidance for the Assessment and Implementation of Bed Rails in Hospitals, Long-term Care Facilities, and Home Care Settings (PDF)
• Hospital Beds
• Hospital Bed System Dimensional and Assessment Guidance to Reduce Entrapment (PDF)

• Oregon's Guide to Root Cause Analysis in Long-term Care (PDF)