新冠疫情對全球醫療體系和長期照護機構造成深遠影響，尤其在長期照護機構，住民多為老年人、共病或免疫力低下的群體，感染風險相對顯著增加。且近年長照機構迅速增加，現行醫療相關指引、政策又多從急性醫療開始規範、執行，但在長期照護機構執行上會有些困難，亦曾發生多起機構內群聚感染事件（如流感、COVID-19或是疥瘡）。故如何具備快速應對突發疫情的能力及工作負擔的同時，又能維持基本感染控制，便成為挑戰。感染管制是長期照護機構保障住民健康與機構穩定運營的基石，建議未來深化跨機構合作模式，以促進感染管制措施的全面落實，提升感染管制效能、減少群聚感染事件的潛在因子，實現更高的照護品質。

The COVID-19 pandemic has profoundly impacted global healthcare systems, particularly longterm care facilities. Residents inlong-term care facilities are predominantly elderly individuals, those with comorbidities or compromised immune systems, face heightened infection risks. With the rapid expansion of long-term care facilities in recent years, existing healthcare guidelines and policies, originally designed for acute care settings, often pose challenges for implementation in long-term care contexts. Several outbreaks of infectious diseases, such as influenza, COVID-19, and scabies, have been reported within these facilities.
As result,developing the capacity to swiftly respond to emergent epidemic while managing high workload and maintaining baseline infection control practices has thus become challenging. Infection control serves as the cornerstone for safeguarding resident health and ensuring the stable operation of long-term care facilities. Future efforts should focus on enhancing inter-institutional collaboration to facilitate comprehensive implementation of infection control measures, improve efficacy, and reduce outbreak risks, ultimately achieving higher care quality.