Infection Prevention & Control Topic: Enhanced Barrier Precautions (EBP)
Enhanced Barrier Precautions (EBP) – Pocket Guide
This guide can be printed and folded (per directions) to form a small pocket-sized guide to explain how and when to use enhanced barrier precautions.
Foundational
Assisted Living Facility (ALF)
CDC
Clinical / Direct Healthcare Personnel
Downloadable
English
Enhanced Barrier Precautions (EBP)
Free
Graphics
Hand Hygiene
Infection Preventionists
Multidrug-Resistant Organism (MDRO)
Non-Clinical / Indirect Healthcare Personnel
Nursing Home / Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF)
Patient and Family Engagement
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
Print Resources
Standard Precautions
Multi-drug Resistant Organisms (MDROs) are a Threat to Our Residents
This is a poster that can be used in long term care facilities to explain the reasons for and elements of using enhanced barrier precautions in a facility.
Foundational
Assisted Living Facility (ALF)
CDC
Clinical / Direct Healthcare Personnel
English
Enhanced Barrier Precautions (EBP)
Free
Hand Hygiene
Infection Preventionists
Multidrug-Resistant Organism (MDRO)
Non-Clinical / Indirect Healthcare Personnel
Nursing Home / Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF)
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
Poster
Print Resources
Standard Precautions
Enhanced Barrier Precautions (EBP), How We Keep Our Residents Safe – Poster
This is a poster that can be used in long term care facilities to explain the reasons for and elements of using enhanced barrier precautions in a facility.
Essentials
Assisted Living Facility (ALF)
CDC
Clinical / Direct Healthcare Personnel
Downloadable
English
Enhanced Barrier Precautions (EBP)
Free
Hand Hygiene
Infection Preventionists
Multidrug-Resistant Organism (MDRO)
Non-Clinical / Indirect Healthcare Personnel
Nursing Home / Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF)
Patient and Family Engagement
Patients, Family, Visitors, Unpaid Caregivers
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
Poster
Print Resources
Spanish
Standard Precautions
Enhanced Barrier Precautions in Nursing Homes (Video)
This is a 3:35 minute video explaining why enhanced barrier precautions in nursing homes can reduce colonization and infection with MDRO and still allow residents more access to programs and opportunities at the facility It also contrasts enhanced barrier precautions with contact precautions.
Intermediate
Assisted Living Facility (ALF)
CDC
Central Line
Clinical / Direct Healthcare Personnel
Closed Captioning
English
Enhanced Barrier Precautions (EBP)
Free
Hand Hygiene
Infection Preventionists
Multidrug-Resistant Organism (MDRO)
Non-Clinical / Indirect Healthcare Personnel
Nursing Home / Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF)
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
Spanish
Standard Precautions
Urinary Catheter
Ventilator
Video
Wound Care
Enhanced Barrier Precautions – A Letter to Nursing Home Leadership
This is a one-page template of a letter that may be edited to explain enhanced barrier precautions to nursing home leadership.
Intermediate
Assisted Living Facility (ALF)
CDC
Central Line
Clinical / Direct Healthcare Personnel
English
Enhanced Barrier Precautions (EBP)
Free
Hand Hygiene
Infection Preventionists
Multidrug-Resistant Organism (MDRO)
Nursing Home / Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF)
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
Print Resources
Standard Precautions
Template
Urinary Catheter
Ventilator
Wound Care
VDH Enhanced Barrier Precautions (presentation)
This is a 51-slide presentation formatted as a pdf that provides a definition and explanation of what enhanced barrier precautions (EBP) are, information about when to use them, a comparison of EBP and contact precautions, communication guide for transferring a patient and illustrative scenario.
2 – Foundational
Assisted Living Facility (ALF)
Clinical / Direct Healthcare Personnel
Downloadable
English
Enhanced Barrier Precautions (EBP)
Free
Hand Hygiene
Infection Preventionists
Inter-/Intra-Facility Patient Transfer
Multidrug-Resistant Organism (MDRO)
Non-Clinical / Indirect Healthcare Personnel
Nursing Home / Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF)
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
Print Resources
Slideshow
VDH
Enhanced Barrier Precautions – A Letter to Nursing Home Staff
This is a one-page template of a letter that may be edited to explain enhanced barrier precautions to nursing home staff.
Intermediate
Assisted Living Facility (ALF)
CDC
Central Line
Clinical / Direct Healthcare Personnel
Downloadable
English
Enhanced Barrier Precautions (EBP)
Free
Hand Hygiene
Infection Preventionists
Multidrug-Resistant Organism (MDRO)
Non-Clinical / Indirect Healthcare Personnel
Nursing Home / Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF)
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
Print Resources
Standard Precautions
Template
Urinary Catheter
Ventilator
Wound Care
VDH Enhanced Barrier Precautions Algorithm
This is an algorithm to outline when to use and how to implement enhanced barrier precautions (EBP).
2 – Foundational
Assisted Living Facility (ALF)
Clinical / Direct Healthcare Personnel
English
Enhanced Barrier Precautions (EBP)
Free
Graphics
Hand Hygiene
Infection Preventionists
Multidrug-Resistant Organism (MDRO)
Non-Clinical / Indirect Healthcare Personnel
Nursing Home / Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF)
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
Print Resources
Standard Precautions
Transmission-Based Precautions
VDH
Infection Prevention Quick Guide: Candida auris
This is a 2-paged document that can be used as a checklist, education flyer, or poster explaining the infection prevention elements related to C. auris. It provides possible language to use when messaging residents and their families about infection or colonization, and when messaging healthcare workers about recommended precautions and why they are necessary.
2 – Foundational
Assisted Living Facility (ALF)
Checklist
Cleaning and Disinfection
Clinical / Direct Healthcare Personnel
Downloadable
English
Enhanced Barrier Precautions (EBP)
Free
Hand Hygiene
Infection Preventionists
Inter-/Intra-Facility Patient Transfer
Multidrug-Resistant Organism (MDRO)
Non-Clinical / Indirect Healthcare Personnel
Nursing Home / Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF)
Patient and Family Engagement
Patients, Family, Visitors, Unpaid Caregivers
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
Physical Environment / Environment of Care (EOC)
Print Resources
Transmission-Based Precautions
VDH