BEST PRACTICES

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• Best Practices Committee Overview and Key Points
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Nutrition and Eating

• Nutrition/Eating  (.doc) (.pdf)
• Emergency Dental Services (.doc) (.pdf)
• Food Acceptance Methods of Measurements (.doc) (.pdf)
• Management of Nutrition in Long Term Care (.doc) (.pdf)
• Warning Signs - Weight Loss (.doc) (.pdf)
• Warning Signs - Tube Feeding Problems (.doc) (.pdf)
• Warning Signs - Dehydration (.doc) (.pdf)
• Recommended Standards of Practice for Consulting Dietitians
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Infection Control

• Overview for Infection Control Best Practices (.doc) (.pdf)
• TB Elimination (.doc) (.pdf)
• TB Flow Chart - Resident/Patient (.doc) (.pdf)
• TB Flow Chart - Employee (.doc) (.pdf)
• Pneumonia (.doc) (.pdf)
• Influenza (.doc) (.pdf)
• Technique:  Hand Washing (.doc) (.pdf)
• Universal Precautions (.doc) (.pdf)
• Infection Control "A Killer on the Loose"(.doc) (.pdf)
• Management of Infections in Long Term Care (Diagnosis & Treatment) (.doc) (.pdf)
• Warning Signs - Infection (.doc) (.pdf)
• Infection Control Facility Resource Management System (.doc) (.pdf)
• Infection Control Checklist - Dietary Department (.doc) (.pdf)
• Infection Control Checklist - Housekeeping Department (.doc) (.pdf)
• Infection Control Checklist - Nursing Department (.doc) (.pdf)
• Infection Control Checklist - Laundry Department (.doc) (.pdf)
• Infection Control Checklist - Activities/Social Services Department
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• Infectious Diseases in the Long Term Care Facility (.doc) (.pdf)
• Infection Log Cumulative Report (.doc) (.pdf)
• Individual Resident Infection Surveillance Report (.doc) (.pdf)
• (Sample) Number of Nosocomial Infections by Sites and Pathogens
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Quality of Life

• Overview (.doc) (.pdf)
• Depression (.doc) (.pdf)
• Dementia Care(.doc) (.pdf)
• Quality of Life and Ethical Issues In Long Term Care (.doc) (.pdf)
• End of Life Care (.doc) (.pdf)
  • Palliative Care
  • Hospice Services in the Nursing Facility
  • End of Life - Whole Patient Assessment
• Pain (.doc) (.pdf)
• Community Resources to Enhance Quality of Life (.doc) (.pdf)

Medication Management and Polypharmacy

• Overview (.doc) (.pdf)
• 7 STEPS to Managing Contributing Factors (.doc) (.pdf)
• Communication & Treatment (.doc) (.pdf)
• Beer's List (.doc) (.pdf)
• Consultant Pharmacist Recommended Standards of Practice (.doc) (.pdf)