Infection Prevention & Control Topic: Risk Assessment

Infection Prevention Quick Guide: Infection Control Breach

The Infection Prevention Quick Guide: Infection Control Breach was developed by the Virginia Department of Health. It is a checklist that contains essential information associated with infection control breaches in healthcare settings and what to do to ensure the safety of the resident or staff.

IPC Foundation Level

English

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Checklist

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Nonclinical / Indirect Healthcare Personnel

Clinical / Direct Healthcare Personnel

Infection Preventionist

All Settings

Risk Assessment

Infection control breach

Bloodborne Pathogens

Infection Prevention Quick Guide: Animals in Healthcare

This infection prevention quick guide created by the Virginia Department of Health (VDH) is an essential checklist to guide the development of an infection control plan for healthcare facilities who allow animals.

IPC Foundation Level

English

Print Resources

Checklist

QR Codes

Nonclinical/Indirect Healthcare Personnel

Infection Preventionist

Clinical/Direct Healthcare Personnel

All Settings

Cleaning & Disinfection

Hand Hygiene

Physical Environment / Environment of Care (EOC)

Risk Assessment

Standard Precautions

Wound Care

Patient & Family Engagement

Legionella Environmental Assessment Form (LEAF)

This fillable form can be used to document a facility’s water systems, help determine whether to conduct Legionella environmental sampling, and, if so, develop a sampling plan. An accompanying guide provides instructions and additional considerations for using the fillable form. The guide helps the evaluation team to understand form questions and also more fully assess potential risks in the facility’s water system. The form is available at: https://www.cdc.gov/legionella/downloads/legionella-environmental-assessment-marking-guide-508.pdf

3 – Intermediate
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
CDC
Checklist
Cleaning and Disinfection
Clinical / Direct Healthcare Personnel
Construction
Dental
Department of Health
Dialysis
Downloadable
Emergency Medical Services (EMS)
English
Free
Home Health
Hospice and Palliative Care
Infection Preventionists
Mobile Clinic
Non-Clinical / Indirect Healthcare Personnel
Nursing Home / Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF)
Pediatric / NICU
Physical Environment / Environment of Care (EOC)
Print Resources
Quality Improvement
Respiratory Infections
Risk Assessment
Select pathogens of public health concern
Water Management

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

Sampling Procedure and Potential Sampling Sites

This protocol describes how a facility that is assessing Legionella risk should take standard biofilm swab, bulk water, and filter samples from commonly sampled sites. It accompanies other tools (a sampling data sheet, an environmental assessment form, and instructional videos that can be found at: https://www.cdc.gov/legionella/health-depts/environmental-inv-resources.html

3 – Intermediate
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
CDC
Dental
Department of Health
Dialysis
Downloadable
Emergency Medical Services (EMS)
English
Free
Home Health
Hospice and Palliative Care
Infection Preventionists
Mobile Clinic
Non-Clinical / Indirect Healthcare Personnel
Nursing Home / Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF)
Outbreak Investigation
Pediatric / NICU
Physical Environment / Environment of Care (EOC)
Print Resources
Risk Assessment
Water Management

Sample Data Sheet (for Legionella sampling)

This one page data sheet can be used to record samples taken as a facility conducts a Legionella environmental sampling. The form follows the guidance from the accompanying sampling procedure (available at: https://www.cdc.gov/legionella/downloads/cdc-sampling-procedure.pdf).

3 – Intermediate
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
CDC
Dental
Department of Health
Dialysis
Downloadable
Emergency Medical Services (EMS)
English
Free
Home Health
Hospice and Palliative Care
Infection Preventionists
Mobile Clinic
Non-Clinical / Indirect Healthcare Personnel
Nursing Home / Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF)
Outbreak Investigation
Pediatric / NICU
Physical Environment / Environment of Care (EOC)
Risk Assessment
Water Management

Sampling/Environmental Assessment Videos (for Legionella sampling)

This series of six videos was designed to help with the environmental aspects of Legionnaires’ disease outbreak investigations. They include information conducting environmental assessments, developing sample plans, and sampling different potential sources.

3 – Intermediate
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
CDC
Closed Captioning
Dental
Department of Health
Dialysis
Emergency Medical Services (EMS)
English
Free
Home Health
Hospice and Palliative Care
Infection Preventionists
Laboratory Collection and Interpretation
Mobile Clinic
Non-Clinical / Indirect Healthcare Personnel
Nursing Home / Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF)
Pediatric / NICU
Physical Environment / Environment of Care (EOC)
Risk Assessment
Video
Water Management

Toolkit for Controlling Legionella in Common Sources of Exposure

This is a 27 page toolkit for Controlling Legionella in Common Sources of Exposure (Legionella Control Toolkit) provides public health and building owners and operators with concise, actionable information on controlling Legionella in commonly implicated sources of Legionnaires’ disease outbreaks. It helps focus and improve Legionella control efforts and protect the safety of a building’s employees, visitors, and surrounding community.

3 – Intermediate
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
CDC
Dental
Department of Health
Dialysis
Downloadable
Emergency Medical Services (EMS)
English
Free
Home Health
Hospice and Palliative Care
Infection Preventionists
Mobile Clinic
Non-Clinical / Indirect Healthcare Personnel
Nursing Home / Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF)
Outbreak Investigation
Pediatric / NICU
Physical Environment / Environment of Care (EOC)
Quality Improvement
Risk Assessment
Water Management