Non-Regulatory Infection Prevention Support for LTC Facilities 

The North Carolina Division of Public Health RIPS* and SHARPPS* Programs, in partnership with NC SPICE*, provides non-regulatory infection prevention support and education for long-term care facilities. Services are at no cost to the facility.

Offered services include: 

• On-site education for frontline staff on topics such as Hand Hygiene, Environmental Cleaning, and Transmission-based Precautions. 
• Site visits to assess facility infection control gaps and offer recommendations. 
• Support for facility infection preventionists, including 1:1 mentorship with new infection preventionists. 
• Education regarding multidrug-resistant organism (MDRO) prevention, and consultation for outbreak containment and response.  

To request services or ask an infection prevention question, contact infectionprevention@dhhs.nc.gov. 

*RIPS: Regional Infection Prevention Support Program; SHARPPS: Surveillance of Healthcare Associated and Resistant Pathogens Patient Safety Program; NC SPICE: Statewide Program for Infection Control & Epidemiology