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Program Announcement

The Los Angeles County (LAC) Department of Public Health (DPH) announces our Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Honors Program. The SNF Honors Program is designed to provide special recognition to facilities for outstanding performance in infection prevention and control, public health engagement, and vaccination.

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Criteria

LAC DPH will honor all LAC SNFs for achieving and/or surpassing the following metrics among 3 categories: Public Health Engagement, Vaccination Coverage, and IPC Program Structure.

To receive honor recognition SNFs must meet the following criteria for each of the 3 categories.

Click here for a diagram of the 3 categories.

Category 1: Public Health Engagement
SNFs must: Update their facility contact information annually, using the DPH SNF Contact Form. This is to be completed by May 2024.
And meet 1 of the following:
  • Conduct 1 DPH ICAR visit
  • Participate in at least 1 LAC DPH training or webinar program* between January and June 2024, and meet the established attendance threshold. Program examples include:

*Programs are subject to change


Category 2: Vaccination Coverage
SNFs must: Meet 2 out of 3 thresholds for the 2023-2024 Respiratory Virus Season:
  • HCP Influenza vaccine coverage of 90% or higher
  • Resident COVID-19 vaccine coverage of 80% or higher
  • HCP COVID-19 vaccine coverage of 80% or higher

Category 3: Infection Prevention and Control Program Structure
SNFs must:
  • Have at least 1 Infection Preventionist who is certified. Certified is defined as holding any of the following nationally recognized credentials in infection control:
    • a-IPC: Associate – Infection Prevention and Control
    • CIC: Certification in Infection Control
    • LTC-CIP: Long-Term Care Certification in Infection Prevention
    • BCIDP: Board Certified Infectious Disease Pharmacist
  • The certified Infection Preventionist must be employed at the SNF, serving in the IP role for at least 1 year

Recognition Dashboard

The list of facilities can be found below.

2023-2024 Vaccination Coverage

2024 Public Health Engagement

2024 Program Structure

2022-2023 Vaccination Coverage