Long-Term Care Infection Prevention Course

Name: Long-Term Care Infection Prevention and Control Training Course
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Apply resident-centered precautions, surveillance, environmental controls, and outbreak readiness across long-term care services.

Long-Term Care Infection Prevention Course

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Duration: 1 Week
Format: Classroom
Cities: Istanbul, Cairo, Athens, San Diego, London, Manama and more
Next session: 26 – 30 October 2026, Istanbul
Average fee: 5,750 €

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Overview

Long-Term Care Infection Prevention and Control Training Course is a one-week foundation course for infection prevention staff, nurses, clinical supervisors, quality teams, and facility managers who leave with a Long-Term Care IPC Control Plan. Participants apply infection surveillance, standard precautions, transmission-based precautions, environmental cleaning, resident safety controls, outbreak readiness, staff communication, and improvement records. Agile Leaders Training Center delivers foundation learning in long-term care infection prevention and control.

Who Should Attend

Teams responsible for infection prevention policies, observations, and follow-up
Personnel responsible for resident care and safe daily clinical practices
Supervisors responsible for staff practice, supplies, and escalation
Environmental services teams responsible for cleaning and disinfection
Quality and facility teams responsible for surveillance, records, and improvement

The course assumes participants support resident care or facility operations and leaves out clinical diagnosis, prescribing, laboratory methods, and specialist epidemiology.

Departments and Industries

The course supports departments that prevent infection and coordinate safe care in residential settings.

Long-term care and nursing facilities
Rehabilitation and assisted living services
Clinical operations and nursing departments
Quality, risk, and resident safety teams
Environmental services and facility support

Learning Objectives

By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

Apply core infection prevention practices to resident care
Use surveillance definitions and an infection line list
Prioritize standard and transmission-based precautions
Evaluate cleaning, equipment, and hand hygiene controls
Build an outbreak readiness and communication plan
Analyze observations and indicators for improvement

Course Agenda

Day 1: Infection Prevention Foundations

CDC Core Infection Prevention Practices Map
Long-Term Care Infection Risk Profile
IPC Roles and Accountability Matrix
Resident-Centered Risk and Well-Being Balance
Infection Prevention Policy Control Register

Day 2: Precautions and Staff Practice

Standard Precautions Decision Guide
Hand Hygiene Observation Tool
Personal Protective Equipment Selection Matrix
Transmission-Based Precautions Placement Checklist
Enhanced Barrier Precautions Activity Map

Day 3: Surveillance and Environmental Controls

Resident Infection Surveillance Line List
Early Detection and Escalation Flowchart
Environmental Cleaning Responsibility Grid
Shared Equipment Cleaning Record
Ventilation and Common-Area Risk Review

Day 4: Outbreak Readiness and Improvement

Outbreak Recognition and Activation Criteria
Resident, Family, and Staff Communication Plan
Visitor and Service Supplier Control Checklist
IPC Supply and Staffing Readiness Tracker
Infection Prevention Indicator Review Board

Day 5: Integrated IPC Practice

Exercise on Precaution Selection and Documentation
Exercise on Surveillance Signal Review
Exercise on Environmental Cleaning Verification
Exercise on Outbreak Communication Decisions
Capstone Exercise: Long-Term Care IPC Control Plan

Practical Exercises

The course uses suggested activities that turn infection prevention evidence into coordinated facility action.

Suggested activity: select precautions from resident-care scenarios
Suggested activity: complete a surveillance line list and escalation record
Suggested activity: verify environmental cleaning roles and evidence
Suggested activity: assemble a Long-Term Care IPC Control Plan

FAQs

Who suits long-term care infection prevention training, and what does it assume?

Clinical, support, quality, environmental, and management personnel suit the course. It assumes routine involvement in resident care or facility operations but does not require specialist infection-prevention credentials.

How does long-term care infection prevention differ from acute-care infection control training?

Long-term care infection prevention balances transmission control with residents' living environment, mobility, social contact, dignity, and continuing care. Acute-care training commonly centers on shorter episodes, invasive procedures, and hospital workflows.

What are Standard Precautions in long-term care?

Standard Precautions are practices applied to all residents based on expected exposure. They include hand hygiene, appropriate protective equipment, respiratory hygiene, injection and medication safety, environmental cleaning, equipment handling, and safe management of potentially infectious material.

How does infection surveillance support long-term care facilities?

Infection surveillance organizes resident signs, onset, location, precautions, testing information, and outcomes so teams can identify unusual patterns, escalate concerns, coordinate action, and review prevention performance.

What belongs in long-term care outbreak readiness?

Outbreak readiness includes roles, detection thresholds, communication routes, precaution decisions, staffing and supply checks, cleaning actions, visitor controls, resident support, records, and review arrangements that can be activated promptly.

Conclusion

Participants leave with a Long-Term Care IPC Control Plan linking surveillance, precautions, cleaning, communication, readiness, and improvement evidence. The plan changes separate infection-control tasks into a coordinated facility routine. Teams can use it to clarify roles, detect concerns, document action, and review resident-safety performance.

credits: 5 credit per day

Course Mode: full-time

Provider: Agile Leaders Training Center

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Location	Dates	Duration	Mode	Price
Singapore	Week 32, 2027 9 – 13 August 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€5,700
London	Week 33, 2027 16 – 20 August 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€5,700
Zanzibar	Week 33, 2027 22 – 26 August 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€5,500
Istanbul	Week 35, 2027 30 August – 3 September 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€4,500
Langkawi	Week 35, 2027 5 – 9 September 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€6,000
Manama	Week 36, 2027 12 – 16 September 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€4,700
Amsterdam	Week 38, 2027 20 – 24 September 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€5,700
Doha	Week 38, 2027 26 – 30 September 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€5,500
Frankfurt	Week 39, 2027 27 September – 1 October 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€5,700
Nairobi	Week 39, 2027 3 – 7 October 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€4,500
Dubai	Week 40, 2027 4 – 8 October 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€4,500
Barcelona	Week 41, 2027 11 – 15 October 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€5,700
Abu Dhabi	Week 41, 2027 11 – 15 October 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€4,700
Milan	Week 42, 2027 18 – 22 October 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€5,700
Bali	Week 42, 2027 24 – 28 October 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€5,700

Frequently asked questions

What does this course cover?

OverviewLong-Term Care Infection Prevention and Control Training Course is a one-week foundation course for infection prevention staff, nurses, clinical supervisors, quality teams, and facility managers who leave with a Long-Term Care IPC Control Plan. Participants apply infection surveillance, standard precautions, transmission-based precautions, environ…

Are training dates available?

Yes. Available dates and destinations are listed in the course dates section on this page.

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Long-Term Care Infection Prevention Course