āāThe CDPH HAI Program is aware of the new Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Enhanced Barrier Precautions (EBP) requirement (QSO-24-08-NH (PDF)). Because CDPH's Enhanced Standard Precautions (ESP) guidance is based on the same core principles as EBP, facilities that have implemented ESP are well-positioned to be in compliance with the new requirement. CDPH will be updating our ESP documents to align with EBP guidance and terminology ā ongoing.āāāā
Enhanced Standard Precautions (ESP)āā
Enhanced Standard Precautions (
AFL 22-21) (PDF) is a resident-centered and activity-based approach for preventing MDRO transmission in skilled nursing facilities (SNF).ā The use of gowns and gloves by healthcare personnel during specific high-contact care activities is based on periodic assessments of a resident's risk for being colonized and transmitting MDRO, whether or not the resident is known to be MDRO-colonized or -infected by assessing patient for indwelling devices and unhealing woundsā.
ESP Taped Learning Modules
This webinar series will provide SNF health care personnel and local health departments (LHD) with a review of ESP principles to reduce multidrug-resistant organism (MDRO) transmission in SNF and strategies to implement the recommended practices.āÆParticipants will receive instruction on how to use the ESP toolkit.
Audience
Infection preventionists, directors of staff development, facility leadership, and LHD.
Objectives
- Review how ESP can prevent MDRO transmission in SNFs
- Describe the 6 moments of ESP
- Discuss the steps that are taken to implement ESP in SNFs
- Describe how to use the ESP Toolkit to implement a SNF ESP Program
Earn CEU
Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number 17280, for 2.0 contact hours per course. Additional credit will not be issued for repeated courses.
ESP Office Hours
The ESP Office Hours provide an opportunity for SNF health care personnel to pose questions about ESP implementation at their facility via Zoom. Sessions will include HAI Program instructors discussing course content and application of materials. Facilities will be provided an opportunity share their challenges and successes with other facilities. Space is limited and sessions require registration via LearningStream.ā