Multisociety Guidance for Infection Prevention and Control in Nursing Homes

Authors

• Lona Mody, University of Michigan
• Sonali D. Advani, Duke University
• Muhammad Salman Ashraf, University of Nebraska Medical Center
• Allison H. Bartlett, Comer Children's Hospital, University of Chicago Medicine
• Suzanne F. Bradley, University of Michigan Medical School
• Deborah P. Burdsall, Baldwin Hill Solutions, LLC
• Jennifer A. Hanrahan, Macon & Joan Brock Virginia Health Sciences at Old Dominion UniversityFollow
• Susan S. Huang, University of California Irvine School of Medicine
• Robert L.P. Jump, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
• Lindsay Nicolle, University of Manitoba
• Mary-Claire Roghmann, University of Maryland School of Medicine
• Patricia Stone, Columbia University School of Nursing
• Rekha K. Murthy, Cedars-Sinai, University of California Los Angeles School of Medicine

ORCID

0000-0002-7443-5985 (Hanrahan)

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2025

DOI

10.1017/ice.2025.10252

Publication Title

Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology

Volume

46

Issue

11

Pages

1069-1096

Abstract

This multisociety guidance was endorsed by SHEA, APIC, IDSA, PALTmed, and AGS. It provides recommendations for infection prevention and control (IPC) in the context of the complexity of nursing home care in the United States: increased medical acuity of residents, the spread of multidrug-resistant organisms, and the threat of emerging pathogens. Recommendations and implementation suggestions address IPC leadership, staffing, and resources, healthcare personnel and residents‘ adherence to precautions and effective hand hygiene, outbreak preparedness, training, occupational health, cleaning and disinfection in the care environment, and the involvement of IPC in the facility. The guidance also addresses the challenges of maintaining a home-like care space while sustaining necessary IPC measures. The guidance covers the role of regulatory bodies like the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). It should serve as a resource for IPC program leaders in nursing homes who are aiming to enhance infection prevention efforts.

Rights

© The Authors, 2025

This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) License, which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution and reproduction, provided the original article is properly cited.

Original Publication Citation

Mody, L., Advani, S. D., Ashraf, M. S., Bartlett, A. H., Bradley, S. F., Burdsall, D. P., Hanrahan, J. A., Huang, S. S., Jump, R. L. P., Nicolle, L., Roghmann, M. C., Stone, P., & Murthy, R. K. (2025). Multisociety guidance for infection prevention and control in nursing homes. Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, 46(11), 1069-1096. https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2025.10252

Repository Citation

Mody, L., Advani, S. D., Ashraf, M. S., Bartlett, A. H., Bradley, S. F., Burdsall, D. P., Hanrahan, J. A., Huang, S. S., Jump, R. L. P., Nicolle, L., Roghmann, M. C., Stone, P., & Murthy, R. K. (2025). Multisociety guidance for infection prevention and control in nursing homes. Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, 46(11), 1069-1096. https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2025.10252