Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) is recruiting long-term care facilities to participate in the AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention. The program is a free18-month program that seeks to improve bathing and skincare techniques to reduce pressure injuries, wounds, and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and other Multidrug Resistant Organism (MDRO) transmission.
The program combines evidence-based guidance with implementation strategies to address the attitudes, beliefs, culture, and barriers that often pose challenges to improving infection prevention practices. This program can help nursing facilities enhance their infection prevention program and prevent MRSA infection by utilizing evidence-based MRSA prevention strategies including improvement of hand hygiene, proper skin care, antibiotic stewardship, and environmental cleaning.
Participation in this AHRQ program will provide long-term care facilities with technical assistance, coaching, webinars, and tools to support your infection prevention program and resident safety.
The program enrollment deadline has been extended to July 15th. Visit https://safetyprogram4mrsaprevention.org/ to for more information and to enroll.