Long-term care
Infection Prevention and Control for Long-Term Care homes.
We provide detailed and customized solutions for your home and understand the challenges infection control principles can have on the unique environment of Long-Term Care and Retirement Living. IPAC Consulting works alongside you to keep a homelike environment while ensuring you are meeting all the IPAC requirements and regulations.
Our Products and Services
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General Home Assessment
A certified IPAC Consultant will apply the current best practise standards in infection prevention and control to the operation of your long-term care home by educating / training, auditing policies and procedures, ensuring proper record-keeping, and thoroughly assess the physical attributes of your facility. This  assessment includes resident care, environmental services, laundry, and dietary delivery.  This assessment provides on-site confirmation and an in-depth written report of baseline administrative controls as they pertain to the current infection control standards.
After our visit, you will have a better understanding of any gaps in your practice through our in-depth gap analysis, and our customized action list will help you prioritize the recommendations.  Additional services are offered to assist you with gaps found in your assessment.  See our subscriptions for bundling of service
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Practice Audit
Practice Audits are the most important step for ensuring compliance in hand hygiene, personal protective equipment (PPE) and the proper handling of equipment. While the General Home Assessment provides the groundwork knowledge and understanding of the best practises guidelines, our auditing tool will identify compliance and educational opportunities. This auditing tool will demonstrate their ability to understand and apply infection control standards appropriately. An IPAC Consultant will evaluate staff anonymously on the 4 moments of hand hygiene, proper donning and doffing of PPE techniques . It will also assess proper cleaning, disinfecting and the handling of equipment. Feedback will be discretely provided during the audit, and upon completion, you will understand any gaps through our in-depth written report.
Online Training Modules
Education & Training Services
The first step to a good infection control program is education. We can help ensure you and your staff are trained to handle everything that may occur within the home. From day-to-day care to outbreaks. Our thorough and current education modules will help your staff with immediate knowledge translation and best practice recommendations. Each course provides training via online modules that allow for each staff member to take them when it fits their schedule. Quizzes at the end of modules will assess successful learning before a certificate of completion is provided.Â
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IPAC Policy & Procedure Manuals
In order to keep everyone on the same page, it is essential that you have complete and comprehensive policies and resources available to staff. Policies and procedures cover the expectations in various possible scenarios, as well as the steps to take to properly handle conditions as they arise. Additional resources can serve as helpful reminders of what to do in common and uncommon situations.
Personalized
Policy And Procedure Manual
Our Personalized Policy and Procedure Manual for Long Term Homes follows governing body guidelines and covers a wide range of topics including, but not limited to, administrative controls, hand hygiene, routine practices, and resident care. Our policies and procedures are delivered with one hard-copy spiral-bound manual that incorporates information specific to your facility for maximum clarity.
Reference Manual For
Respiratory Outbreaks
The purpose of this manual is to provide written guidelines and the minimum standards to reduce and manage respiratory outbreaks in Long-Term Care Homes. From the detection of an outbreak to declaring an outbreak over, it provides numerous resources and practical tools at your fingertips to guide you through a respiratory outbreak.
Reference Manual For
Entric Outbreaks
This manual provides easily accessible resources for staff to use in the event of an outbreak of enteric disease at their facility. The convenient 3-ring binder guides the management of the outbreak from start to finish, with an emphasis on safety and reducing transmission.
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Donning & Doffing Cards
Keep the process for Donning & Doffing close at hand for your staff! These ID card sized info graphics lay out the simple steps to donning and doffing – so your staff know the steps, every time. Cards attach to breakaway lanyards with retractable badge reel for convenience.