Knowledge / Experience: 1 - Essentials

EVS Educational Video Series

1 – Essentials
Any Practice Setting
Cleaning and Disinfection
Closed Captioning
English
Free
Non-Clinical / Indirect Healthcare Personnel
Spanish
Video

My 5 Moments for Hand Hygiene; Setting Specific Posters

The World Health Organization’s “My 5 Moments for Hand Hygiene” posters offer reminders to fit many different healthcare settings (e.g. dental, dialysis, pediatric) The posters also focus on hand hygiene around high risk activities like caring for a patient with a urinary catheter, an endotracheal tube, a central line or post operative wound.
1 – Essentials
Acute Care Hospital
Acute Care Rehabilitation or Long-Term Care Acute Hospital (LTACH)
Ambulatory (Outpatient) Care
Clinical / Direct Healthcare Personnel
Dental
Dialysis
Downloadable
English
Free
Hand Hygiene
Non-Clinical / Indirect Healthcare Personnel
Nursing Home / Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF)
Pediatric / NICU
Print Resources
WHO

Staying Safe in the Splash Zone

1 – Essentials
Any Practice Setting
Clinical / Direct Healthcare Personnel
English
Free
Non-Clinical / Indirect Healthcare Personnel
Physical Environment / Environment of Care (EOC)
VCU Virginia Infection Prevention Training Center (VIPTC)
Video
Water Management

Norovirus Essentials

1 – Essentials
Any Practice Setting
English
Free
Gastrointestinal Infections
Non-Clinical / Indirect Healthcare Personnel
Patients, Family, Visitors, Unpaid Caregivers
Physical Environment / Environment of Care (EOC)
Print Resources
VDH

Antibiotic Resistance: 5 Things To Know

1 – Essentials
Antimicrobial & Diagnostic Stewardship
Any Practice Setting
CDC
Clinical / Direct Healthcare Personnel
English
Free
Non-Clinical / Indirect Healthcare Personnel
Patient and Family Engagement
Patients, Family, Visitors, Unpaid Caregivers
Print Resources

How Antibiotic Resistance Spreads

1 – Essentials
Antimicrobial & Diagnostic Stewardship
Any Practice Setting
CDC
Clinical / Direct Healthcare Personnel
English
Free
Multidrug-Resistant Organism (MDRO)
Non-Clinical / Indirect Healthcare Personnel
Patients, Family, Visitors, Unpaid Caregivers
Print Resources

Penicillin Allergy – Patient and Family Member Handout

This is a single page information sheet for English or Spanish speaking patients and families about penicillin allergy. The document also gives instructions to the facility about how to add the facility logo to the handout.

1 – Essentials
AHRQ
Ambulatory (Outpatient) Care
Antimicrobial & Diagnostic Stewardship
Downloadable
English
Free
Graphics
Patients, Family, Visitors, Unpaid Caregivers
Print Resources
Spanish

Respirators Protection Training Requirements (video)

This 7:54 minute video provides a brief overview about OSHA mandated requirements that employers must adhere to when respirators are appropriate. The video can help leaders and workers to understand requirements. The video emphasizes that the facility must also provide workplace specific training.

1 – Essentials
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
Clinical / Direct Healthcare Personnel
Closed Captioning
Dental
Department of Health
Dialysis
Downloadable
Emergency Medical Services (EMS)
Employee/Occupational Health
English
Free
Home Health
Hospice and Palliative Care
Infection Preventionists
Mobile Clinic
Non-Clinical / Indirect Healthcare Personnel
Nursing Home / Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF)
OSHA
Pediatric / NICU
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
Regulatory Compliance
Standard Precautions
Transmission-Based Precautions
Video

Infection Control Actions for Respiratory Viruses

This is a 2-paged infographic that shows how respiratory viruses are transmitted, how masks and respirators reduce risk and how hand hygiene and disinfecting surfaces are other behaviors that reduce risk

1 – Essentials
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
CDC
Cleaning and Disinfection
Clinical / Direct Healthcare Personnel
COVID-19
Dental
Department of Health
Dialysis
Downloadable
Emergency Medical Services (EMS)
Employee/Occupational Health
English
Free
Hand Hygiene
Home Health
Hospice and Palliative Care
Infection Preventionists
Influenza (Flu)
Mobile Clinic
Non-Clinical / Indirect Healthcare Personnel
Nursing Home / Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF)
Patients, Family, Visitors, Unpaid Caregivers
Pediatric / NICU
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
Physical Environment / Environment of Care (EOC)
Print Resources
Respiratory Infections
Standard Precautions
Transmission-Based Precautions