AHRQ ECHO National Nursing Home COVID-19 Action Network

Supported by the federal Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), and in collaboration with the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, Project ECHO is launching a National Nursing Home COVID-19 Action Network.

Our team at Dakota Geriatrics in collaboration with Center for Rural Health is participating in the Network as an official training center for nursing homes.

Curriculum Resources and Recorded Sessions

Introduction: Characteristics of COVID-19 in Nursing Homes

• Introduction: Characteristics of COVID-19 in Nursing Homes
  Video | Slides

Week 1: Program Introduction; Preventing and Limiting Spread

• COVID-19: Stopping the Spread
  Video | Slides
• COVID-19 Case Study
• Quality Assurance Performance Improvement (QAPI) for Nursing Homes
  Video | Slides
• QAPI Case Study
• Additional Resources
  • Infection Prevention and Control Assessment Tool for Nursing Homes Preparing for COVID-19
  • QAPI Action Plan
  • QAPI at a Glance: A Step by Step Guide to Implementing Quality Assurance Performance Improvement in Your Nursing Home
  • Week 1 Key Objectives
• Recorded Session

Week 2: Personal Protective Equipment

• Introduction
• Case Study
• Breakout Room Topics
• Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
  Video | Slides
• Additional Resources
  • Facemask and N95 Guide
  • PPE Audit Tool
  • Week 2 Key Objectives
• Recorded Session

Week 3: Approaches to Cohorting

• Introduction
• Cohorting and Critical Infection Prevention Strategies
  Video | Slides
• Case Study
• QI Content: Conversations to Prepare for Improvement
• Summary
• Additional Resources
  • Conversation and Action Guide
  • Week 3 Key Objectives
• Recorded Session

Week 4: Safe Environment

• Introduction
• A ‘Farewell to Harms’; Ensuring a Safe Environment for All!
  Video | Slides
• Case Study
• QI Content: Psychological PPE
• Summary
• Additional Resources
  • Psychological PPE
  • Sample PIP Guide
  • Week 4 Key Objectives
• Recorded Session

Week 5: Cleaning and Disinfecting

• Introduction
• Cleaning and Disinfection
  Video Part 1 | Video Part 2
• Case Study and QI Content
• Summary
• Additional Resources
  • Audit Tool Cleaning and Disinfection
  • Audit Tool Hand Hygiene
  • QI Tool
  • Week 5 Key Objectives
• Recorded Session

Week 6: Testing

• Revised COVID Testing
• Case Study
• QI Content
• Summary
• Additional Resources
  • Week 6 Key Objectives
  • Video: Hope in the Form of a Vaccine
• Recorded Session

Week 7: Community Transmission and Screening

• Introduction
• Case Study
• QI Content: High Level Flow Charts for Reliable Design
• Summary
• Transmission and Screening
  Video | Clip 1 | Clip 2 | Slides
• Additional Resources
  • Week 7 Key Objectives
  • CMS Toolkit on State Actions to Mitigate COVID-19 in Nursing Homes
  • QI Content: High Level Flow Charts Tool

Week 8: Staff Returning to Work Safely

• Case Study
• QI Case Study
• Summary
• Returning to Work
  Video | Slides
• Additional Resources
  • Week 8 Key Objectives
  • Sample PIP Guide
  • Audit Template