Submit responses by Oct. 6 to help Nevada Geriatric Education Center For more than 15 years, the Nevada Geriatric Education Center (NGEC), in partnership with Aging and Disability Services Division (ADSD), has offered an annual Caregiver Conference that provides education for directors and staff of homes for individual residential care, residential facilities for groups (group homes), assisted living and nursing facilities, and caregivers, nurses and social workers who work in the industry. The proposed theme for the upcoming conference is on Holistic Approaches to Caregiving.
NGEC is asking volunteers to share innovative ways they/their staff have improved the lives of residents or improved staff processes and serve as speakers to share what they implemented and the successful outcomes. NGEC is also asking everyone to submit questions to ask of Bureau of Health Care Quality and Compliance (HCQC) staff, and any topics/speakers recommendations to be included in the conference theme. Please take a few moments to answer this brief five-question survey. NGEC’s goal is to ensure the conference addresses your needs and provides topics to support your role in improving the lives of the residents that you serve. Submit your responses by Wednesday, October 6. Send questions to [email protected].
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Deadline to renew is Nov. 15, so make sure your primary email address is current in the online system Starting Oct. 3, Nevada Renewal notifications will be sent to the primary email address that is listed in the “Mailing Address” section of your facility’s account in the Nevada online licensing system. Be sure to check and update (if necessary) the facility’s contact primary email address in your facility’s “Mailing Address” section of the Nevada online licensing system as soon as possible because those email addresses will be used by the Bureau of Health Care Quality and Compliance (HCQC) to send renewal notifications, reminders and other information. All of Nevada’s health facility licensing is done online, and the system can be accessed easily by typing myhealthfacilitylicense.nv.gov into your web browser address bar.
Renewal applications must be submitted on or before Nov. 15, 2022. Below are some helpful hints for renewing your health facility license:
Officials continue to recommend screening of patients and isolation of cases On August 1, 2022, a memorandum was released alerting staff within health care facilities, laboratory-based public health professionals and health care providers of the continued increase in Candida auris (C. auris) cases observed in Southern Nevada, as well as the recommendation to isolate and screen patients. As of August 31, 2022, there are 484 cases (192 clinical and 292 colonization) in 26 facilities (19 hospitals and 7 skilled nursing facilities) in Southern Nevada.
The Division of Public and Behavioral Health (DPBH) continues to recommend that all patients from this area be put on isolation precautions and screened for C. auris based on the facility’s resources and staffing. Please note that such patients may also be coinfected with other multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs), including carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE). Screening for carbapenem-resistant and carbapenem-producing organisms in addition to C. auris can assist with the containment of these organisms. Below is a list of facilities in Southern Nevada that identified C. auris patients through point prevalence screening, clinical testing or have admitted known C. auris patients. If a facility is not listed, it means that C. auris patients were not identified in that facility at the time this document was published. Facilities should ensure that communication is clear when discharging or admitting known C. auris patients or patients positive with other MDROs. An interfacility transfer form can assist in communicating this information to case managers and infection preventionists. Resources for C. auris and the interfacility transfer form can be accessed under the "Candida auris" section of the HAI web page linked here. For additional questions, concerns and assistance with accessing screening materials through the Nevada State Public Health Lab, contact the Healthcare Associated Infection Program at [email protected]. Facilities in Southern Nevada that identified C. auris patients
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