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The impact of statewide educational webinars on infection prevention and control knowledge and policy updates in acute and long-term care facilities during the COVID-19 pandemic: the Nebraska experience

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 October 2024

Daniel M. Brailita*
Affiliation:
Nebraska Infection Control Assessment and Promotion Program, Nebraska Medicine, Omaha, NE, USA University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA
Mounica Soma
Affiliation:
Nebraska Infection Control Assessment and Promotion Program, Nebraska Medicine, Omaha, NE, USA
Rebecca Martinez
Affiliation:
Nebraska Infection Control Assessment and Promotion Program, Nebraska Medicine, Omaha, NE, USA
Laura Tyner
Affiliation:
Nebraska Infection Control Assessment and Promotion Program, Nebraska Medicine, Omaha, NE, USA
Josette McConville
Affiliation:
Nebraska Infection Control Assessment and Promotion Program, Nebraska Medicine, Omaha, NE, USA
Juan Teran Plasencia
Affiliation:
Nebraska Infection Control Assessment and Promotion Program, Nebraska Medicine, Omaha, NE, USA University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA
Matthew Donahue
Affiliation:
Department of Health and Human Services, Lincoln, NE, USA
Muhammad Salman Ashraf
Affiliation:
Nebraska Infection Control Assessment and Promotion Program, Nebraska Medicine, Omaha, NE, USA University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA Department of Health and Human Services, Lincoln, NE, USA
*
Corresponding author: Daniel M. Brailita; Email: dabrailita@unmc.edu

Abstract

A Nebraska statewide webinar series was initiated during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic for long-term care (LTC) and acute care/outpatient (AC) facilities. An impact survey was completed by 48 of 96 AC and 109 of 429 LTC facilities. The majority reported increased regulatory awareness (AC: 65%, LTC: 54%) and updated COVID-19 (AC: 61%, LTC: 69%) and general infection prevention (AC: 61%, LTC: 60%) policies.

Type
Concise Communication
Copyright
© The Author(s), 2024. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America

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