Table 3.
Infection preventionist participants’ suggestions for COVID-19 related educational programs or products
| Topic | Details |
|---|---|
| Guidance for Specific Sites | Guidance for specific subspecialties or sites was lacking. Examples: ambulatory surgery centers, home health, long-term care facilities, imaging centers, physical therapy, rehab, spine centers, infusion centers, sleep lab, oncology centers, urgent care, wound care, behavioral health, outpatient clinics, group homes, and K-12 school-based nursing |
| Requested Educational Programs & Trainings | Occupational health issues and procedures related to COVID-19: Screening staff for symptoms of COVID-19 vs other conditions, managing staff exposures, testing, and follow-up, and when to allow to return to work |
| Contact tracing | |
| How and when to set up temporary negative pressure rooms | |
| How to use and disinfect powered and controlled air purifying respirators (ie, PAPRs & CAPRs), and elastomeric respirators between uses | |
| Donning and doffing PPE in nonhospital settings, specifically home health | |
| How to safely reuse and reprocess PPE | |
| Influenza & COVID-19 | |
| Information on testing: Types of COVID-19 tests, when to use which, and how to interpret results | |
| Guidance on gaining and maintaining buy-in when recommendations are quickly changing | |
| How to encourage and/or gain compliance with PPE recommendations | |
| Information on transition between pandemic procedures and standard protocols | |
| Masking guidance for long-term care facility residents | |
| How to write and read a response plan |
PPE, personal protective equipment.