Infection Prevention & Control Topic: Injection Safety

VDH Environmental Checklist for Blood Spills

This is a checklist as an EXCEL worksheet that can be used electronically or printed. It provides a list of expected cleaning tasks to be performed after a spill of blood or other potentially infectious bodily fluids. It can be edited to individualize it for different facilities.

2 – Foundational
Acute Care Hospital
Acute Care Rehabilitation or Long-Term Care Acute Hospital (LTACH)
Adult Day Care
All settings
Ambulatory (Outpatient) Care
Ambulatory Surgery
Any Practice Setting
Assisted Living Facility (ALF)
Behavioral Health Facilities
Bloodborne Pathogens
Checklist
Cleaning and Disinfection
Clinical / Direct Healthcare Personnel
Dental
Department of Health
Dialysis
Downloadable
Emergency Medical Services (EMS)
English
Free
Hand Hygiene
Home Health
Hospice and Palliative Care
Infection Preventionists
Injection Safety
Mobile Clinic
Non-Clinical / Indirect Healthcare Personnel
Nursing Home / Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF)
Pediatric / NICU
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
Physical Environment / Environment of Care (EOC)
Spreadsheet
Standard Precautions
VDH

Infection Prevention Quick Guide: Environment of Care

This is a 2-page checklist to guide the development of a plan for conducting environmental rounds at a scheduled frequency. It provides a list of key items to include during environmental rounds.

2 – Foundational
Acute Care Hospital
Acute Care Rehabilitation or Long-Term Care Acute Hospital (LTACH)
Adult Day Care
All settings
Ambulatory (Outpatient) Care
Ambulatory Surgery
Any Practice Setting
Assisted Living Facility (ALF)
Auditing / Observation / Monitoring / Assessment Tools
Behavioral Health Facilities
Checklist
Clinical / Direct Healthcare Personnel
Dental
Department of Health
Dialysis
Downloadable
Emergency Medical Services (EMS)
English
Free
Home Health
Hospice and Palliative Care
Infection Preventionists
Injection Safety
Mobile Clinic
Non-Clinical / Indirect Healthcare Personnel
Nursing Home / Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF)
Pediatric / NICU
Physical Environment / Environment of Care (EOC)
Quality Improvement
Risk Assessment
VDH

Environmental Rounds – What to Look For

This is a 21 minute video that describes what a team should look for while conducting environmental rounds in a healthcare facility.

3 – Intermediate
Acute Care Hospital
Acute Care Rehabilitation or Long-Term Care Acute Hospital (LTACH)
Adult Day Care
Ambulatory (Outpatient) Care
Ambulatory Surgery
Assisted Living Facility (ALF)
Auditing / Observation / Monitoring / Assessment Tools
Behavioral Health Facilities
Cleaning and Disinfection
Clinical / Direct Healthcare Personnel
Dialysis
Emergency Medical Services (EMS)
English
Free
Hand Hygiene
Hospice and Palliative Care
Infection Preventionists
Injection Safety
Mobile Clinic
Non-Clinical / Indirect Healthcare Personnel
Nursing Home / Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF)
Pediatric / NICU
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
Physical Environment / Environment of Care (EOC)
Quality Improvement
Risk Assessment
SPICE
Standard Precautions
Video

Environmental Rounds Worksheet For Infection Prevention

This is a 5 page checklist that is intended for teams that are conducting infection prevention environmental rounding. It is designed for rounding in a hospital, but as a WORD-based document, can be adapted for other healthcare settings.

3 – Intermediate
Acute Care Hospital
Acute Care Rehabilitation or Long-Term Care Acute Hospital (LTACH)
Adult Day Care
Ambulatory (Outpatient) Care
Ambulatory Surgery
Assisted Living Facility (ALF)
Auditing / Observation / Monitoring / Assessment Tools
Behavioral Health Facilities
Checklist
Cleaning and Disinfection
Clinical / Direct Healthcare Personnel
Dental
Department of Health
Dialysis
Downloadable
English
Free
High Level Disinfection
Hospice and Palliative Care
Infection Preventionists
Injection Safety
Mobile Clinic
Non-Clinical / Indirect Healthcare Personnel
Nursing Home / Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF)
Pediatric / NICU
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
Physical Environment / Environment of Care (EOC)
Quality Improvement
Risk Assessment
SPICE
Standard Precautions
Sterile Processing

Be Aware – Don’t Share Insulin Pens Poster

This is a poster emphasizing the need to use insulin pens for only one person – never sharing with others.

Essentials
Any Practice Setting
CDC
Clinical / Direct Healthcare Personnel
Downloadable
English
Free
Graphics
Injection Safety
Non-Clinical / Indirect Healthcare Personnel
Patient and Family Engagement
Patients, Family, Visitors, Unpaid Caregivers
Poster
Print Resources
Standard Precautions

Single Use and Multi-use Vial Safety

This is a 6 page infographic with a each page presenting a different focus – a comparison of the labeling and make-up of single and multi-dose vials; safety steps to reduce risk; responsibilities of the provider, the manager, and the patient. It can be used as a lesson-plan, as separate handouts or posters, or as a teaching tool.

2 – Foundational
Any Practice Setting
Bloodborne Pathogens
CDC
Clinical / Direct Healthcare Personnel
Downloadable
English
Free
Graphics
Hand Hygiene
Infection Preventionists
Injection Safety
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
Print Resources
Standard Precautions

Injection Safety – Dangerous Misperceptions

This is a 1-page poster with myths and facts related to injection safety.

Foundational
Any Practice Setting
Bloodborne Pathogens
CDC
Clinical / Direct Healthcare Personnel
Downloadable
English
Free
Graphics
Infection Preventionists
Injection Safety
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
Poster
Print Resources
Standard Precautions

Injection Safety – What Every Healthcare Provider Needs to Know

This is a 2 page brochure/handout that illustrates how unsafe medical injections can occur and steps to take to prevent contamination and injection-related infections.

Foundational
Any Practice Setting
Bloodborne Pathogens
Brochure
CDC
Clinical / Direct Healthcare Personnel
Downloadable
English
Free
Graphics
Infection Preventionists
Injection Safety
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
Print Resources
Standard Precautions

The Impact of Unsafe Medical Injections in the US

This is a one-page poster/graphic describes the magnitude of the problem of unsafe medical injections and reviews guidance on how to prevent contamination and injection-related infections.

Foundational
Any Practice Setting
Bloodborne Pathogens
CDC
Clinical / Direct Healthcare Personnel
Downloadable
English
Free
Graphics
Infection Preventionists
Injection Safety
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
Poster
Print Resources
Standard Precautions