Moving into the fall months, long-term care facilities must prepare for an increase in COVID-19 and flu cases. What can your facility do to keep staff and residents healthy? In today's episode, we discuss the importance of reporting symptoms and getting influenza and COVID-19 vaccines — and how to support members in your health care team who may have vaccine hesitancy.

We're joined by Jennifer Brown, Quality Improvement Specialist and Infection Preventionist at Quality Insights. To contact Jennifer, email [email protected] or call 1-800-642-8686 ext. 3227.

Related links: 

• CDC: Stay Home When Sick
• CDC: Quarantine Isolation by Contingency
• CDC: Addressing Vaccine Misinformation
• Johns Hopkins Medicine: COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy: 12 Things You Need to Know
• CDC: Talking with Patients about COVID-19 Vaccination
• Joint Commission: Influenza and Influenza Vaccine Myths and Reality

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This material was prepared by Quality Insights, a Quality Innovation Network - Quality Improvement Organization under contract with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Views expressed in this material do not necessarily reflect the official views or policy of CMS or HHS, and any reference to a specific product or entity herein does not constitute endorsement of that product or entity by CMS or HHS. Publication number 12SOW-QI-GEN-090122-CC-A