HAI Resources for Healthcare Workers and the Public

General Infection Prevention Resources

• CDC National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN)
• HICPAC Core Infection Prevention and Control Practices for Safe Healthcare Delivery in All Settings
• CDC and HICPAC Guidelines Library
• Association of Professionals in Infection Control Hospital Epidemiology (APIC)
• APIC Chapters Serving Georgia 
• The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology in America (SHEA)
• Vaccination Action Coalition
• OSHA Bloodborne Pathogens Standard
• CDC Influenza Infection Control and Isolation Precautions
• OSHA Bloodborne Pathogen and Needlestick Prevention Standard
• APIC Observation Tools Library
• Hand Hygiene Policy Template
• Cleaning of Equipment Policy Template
• Isolation Signs
• Line Listing Template
• Hand Hygiene/PPE Audit Tool from LTC ICAR

Prevention Collaborative in Georgia

• States targeting Reduction in Infection Via Engagement (STRIVE)

 

► Toolkits

Acute Care Hospitals

• SHEA Compendium of strategies to Prevent HAI in Acute Care Hospitals
• Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Hospital Infection Control Worksheet

  ♦ Hand Hygiene

• Hand Hygiene in Healthcare Settings
• Measuring Hand Hygiene Adherence Overcoming the Challenges

  ♦ Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Donning and Doffing

• CDC Sequence for Donning and Removing Personal Protective Equipment

  ♦ Urinary Catheter Appropriate Use, Insertion, and Maintenance

• American Nurses Association CAUTI Prevention Tool
• CDC TAP CAUTI Toolkit Implementation Guide

  ♦ Central Venous Catheter Appropriate Use, Insertion, and          Maintenance

• CDC Checklist for Prevention of Central Line-Associated Blood Stream Infections
• AHRQ Tools for Reducing CLABSI

 

Long Term Care

  ♦ General Infection Prevention

• CDC Infection Prevention resources for Long-term Care
• CDC Influenza Vaccination Tool-kit for Long-term Care Employers

  ♦ Healthcare Personnel Safety

• Georgia Tuberculosis Reference Guide
• Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) Bloodborne Pathogen and Needlestick Prevention Standard
• Antimicrobial Stewardship 

  ♦ Hand Hygiene

• Hand Hygiene in Healthcare Settings
• Measuring Hand Hygiene Adherence Overcoming the Challenges

  ♦ Personal Protective Equipment

• 2007 Guidelines for Isolation Precautions: Preventing Transmission of Infectious Agents in Healthcare Settings
• Management of Multi-Drug Resistant Organisms in Healthcare Settings, 2006
• CDC Sequence for Donning and Removing Personal Protective Equipment

  ♦ Antimicrobial Stewardship

• GDPH HAIs Antimicrobial Stewardship website

  ♦ Urinary Catheters: Appropriate Use, Insertion, and Maintenance

• AHRQ Toolkit to Reduce CAUTI and Other HAIs in Long Term Care

  ♦ Safe Injection and Point of Care Testing Practices

• CDC Injection Safety Web Materials  (Can be ordered for free.)
• CDC training video and related Safe Injection Practices Campaign materials 
• Infection Prevention during Blood Glucose Monitoring and Insulin Administration

  ♦ Environmental Infection Control

• Guidelines for Environmental Infection Control in Healthcare Facilities
• Options for Evaluating Environmental Infection Control
• Environmental controls for Healthcare Facilities: Bedding and Laundry

 

Hemodialysis

• Making Dialysis Safer Coalition
• Prevention Bloodstream Infection in Outpatients Hemodialysis Patients, Best Practices for Staff Video
• "Days since last bloodstream infection" poster
• Resource center for staff education, audits and checklist
• Patient Education
• Guidelines Recommendations and Resources

 

Ambulatory Facilities

• Guidelines for Infection Prevention in Outpatient Settings 
• Guidelines for Infection Prevention in Outpatient Settings - Check list only

 

 

 

 

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Page updated 11/23/2018