Training Features: Toolkit

Project Firstline Training Toolkit for Certified Nursing Assistants (CNA) ​

3 – Intermediate
Activity Included
Acute Care Rehabilitation or Long-Term Care Acute Hospital (LTACH)
CDC
Cleaning and Disinfection
Clinical / Direct Healthcare Personnel
Downloadable
English
Facilitator Guide
Free
Infection Preventionists
Nursing Home / Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF)
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
Physical Environment / Environment of Care (EOC)
Post-Training Support Materials
Print Resources
Slideshow
Spanish
Standard Precautions
Toolkit
Urinary Catheter
Webinar (Pre-recorded)

Injection Safety Patient Notification Toolkit

This is a guide to assist health departments & healthcare facilities with conducting a patient notification following identification of an infection control lapse or disease transmission. The toolkit contains resources and templates to facilitate a swift and effective notification process. Tools include: sample documents for a patient notification; guides to media and communication; spokesperson preparation; guide to successful press conferences.

Facility leadership; Public Affairs ;

Intermediate
Any Practice Setting
Auditing / Observation / Monitoring / Assessment Tools
Bloodborne Pathogens
CDC
Clinical / Direct Healthcare Personnel
Department of Health
Emergency Preparedness & Operations
English
Free
Infection Preventionists
Injection Safety
Non-Clinical / Indirect Healthcare Personnel
Outbreak Investigation
Patient and Family Engagement
Print Resources
Quality Improvement
Risk Assessment
Select pathogens of public health concern
Toolkit

Hospital Respiratory Protection Program Toolkit

This is a 96 page toolkit developed by CDC, OSHA , NIOSH to assist hospitals in developing and implementing effective respiratory protection programs, with an emphasis on diseases that can be spread to healthcare personnel by aerosol transmission.

Intermediate
Air Quality
Any Practice Setting
Auditing / Observation / Monitoring / Assessment Tools
CDC
Clinical / Direct Healthcare Personnel
COVID-19
Employee/Occupational Health
English
Enhanced Barrier Precautions
Free
Fungal Infections
Infection Preventionists
Influenza (Flu)
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
Regulatory Compliance
Respiratory Infections
Risk Assessment
Select pathogens of public health concern
Standard Precautions
Toolkit
Transmission-Based Precautions
Tuberculosis (TB)

HICPAC Sample Root Cause Analysis Template: Reprocessing Flexible Endoscopes

Facilities can use this sample Root Cause Analysis as a template to develop their own tool to pinpoint and understand process breakdowns that resulted in a flexible endoscope reprocessing event with undesired outcomes.

Intermediate
Acute Care Hospital
Acute Care Rehabilitation or Long-Term Care Acute Hospital (LTACH)
Ambulatory (Outpatient) Care
Ambulatory Surgery
Auditing / Observation / Monitoring / Assessment Tools
CDC
Cleaning and Disinfection
Clinical / Direct Healthcare Personnel
English
Free
High Level Disinfection
Infection Preventionists
Non-Clinical / Indirect Healthcare Personnel
Outbreak Investigation
Pediatric / NICU
Quality Improvement
Risk Assessment
Sterile Processing
Toolkit

HICPAC Sample Gap Analysis and Risk Assessment Tool: Reprocessing Flexible Endoscopes

Facilities can use these sample Gap Analysis and Risk Assessment Tools as templates to develop their own quality improvement tools to be used in conjunction with a complete facility flexible endoscope inventory and the manufacturer’s instructions for use (IFU) for each flexible endoscope. If reprocessing practices are found to have gaps, the tools will help facilities determine where those gaps are and help them create a prioritized plan of action to address and ameliorate them.

Intermediate
Acute Care Hospital
Acute Care Rehabilitation or Long-Term Care Acute Hospital (LTACH)
Ambulatory (Outpatient) Care
Ambulatory Surgery
Auditing / Observation / Monitoring / Assessment Tools
CDC
Cleaning and Disinfection
Clinical / Direct Healthcare Personnel
English
Free
High Level Disinfection
Infection Preventionists
Non-Clinical / Indirect Healthcare Personnel
Pediatric / NICU
Quality Improvement
Risk Assessment
Sterile Processing
Toolkit

HICPAC Sample Facility Endoscope Inventory: Flexible Endoscopes

This is an EXCEL worksheet designed for facilities to use as a template to develop their own tool to track their flexible endoscope inventory and repair and maintenance log. This sample inventory is designed to be used in conjunction with the Repair and Maintenance Log. The inventory should be updated any time (1) there is a change in the status or cleaning protocol of a flexible endoscope; (2) a new flexible endoscope is purchased or (3) a flexible endoscope is decommissioned. It can be part of a facility’s risk assessment.

Intermediate
Acute Care Hospital
Acute Care Rehabilitation or Long-Term Care Acute Hospital (LTACH)
Ambulatory (Outpatient) Care
Ambulatory Surgery
Auditing / Observation / Monitoring / Assessment Tools
CDC
Cleaning and Disinfection
Clinical / Direct Healthcare Personnel
English
Free
High Level Disinfection
Infection Preventionists
Non-Clinical / Indirect Healthcare Personnel
Pediatric / NICU
Quality Improvement
Risk Assessment
Sterile Processing
Toolkit

HICPAC Sample Competency Verification Tool: Reprocessing Flexible Endoscopes

Facilities can use this sample Competency Verification Tool as a template to develop their own tool to assess the competency of personnel tasked with processing all types of reusable flexible endoscopes and accessories. This sample tool is designed to be used in conjunction with the Audit Tool. Facilities are encouraged to use the tools together to verify competency and audit current practice as well as to ensure that their practices are consistent with “Essential Elements of a Reprocessing Program for Flexible Endoscopes – Recommendations of the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee.”

Intermediate
Acute Care Hospital
Acute Care Rehabilitation or Long-Term Care Acute Hospital (LTACH)
Ambulatory (Outpatient) Care
Ambulatory Surgery
Auditing / Observation / Monitoring / Assessment Tools
CDC
Cleaning and Disinfection
Clinical / Direct Healthcare Personnel
English
Free
High Level Disinfection
Infection Preventionists
Non-Clinical / Indirect Healthcare Personnel
Pediatric / NICU
Sterile Processing
Toolkit

HICPAC Sample Audit Tool: Reprocessing Flexible Endoscopes

Facilities can use this sample Audit Tool document as a template to develop their own audit tool specific to their endoscopes and evidence-based reprocessing practices. This sample tool is designed to be used in conjunction with the Competency Verification Tool. Facilities are encouraged to use these tools together to verify competency and audit current practice as well as to ensure that their practices are consistent with “Essential Elements of a Reprocessing Program for Flexible Endoscopes – Recommendations of the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee.”

Intermediate
Acute Care Hospital
Acute Care Rehabilitation or Long-Term Care Acute Hospital (LTACH)
Ambulatory (Outpatient) Care
Ambulatory Surgery
Auditing / Observation / Monitoring / Assessment Tools
CDC
Cleaning and Disinfection
Clinical / Direct Healthcare Personnel
English
Free
High Level Disinfection
Infection Preventionists
Non-Clinical / Indirect Healthcare Personnel
Pediatric / NICU
Sterile Processing
Toolkit

Implementing an Electronic Directly Observed Therapy (eDOT) Program: A Toolkit for Tuberculosis (TB) Programs

The purpose of this toolkit is to assist TB programs in developing and implementing a TB eDOT program. There are a wide variety of eDOT programs throughout the United States. These eDOT programs have been designed to meet their respective TB program’s patient needs, utilize available resources, and meet management and regulation concerns. Because eDOT programs can be very diverse to accommodate individual TB program needs, this toolkit will provide general information that can be tailored to fit individual program needs.

Intermediate
CDC
Clinical / Direct Healthcare Personnel
Department of Health
Employee/Occupational Health
English
Free
Infection Preventionists
Patient and Family Engagement
Respiratory Infections
Select pathogens of public health concern
Toolkit
Tuberculosis (TB)

Facilitating PFL Training

Facilitator and Participant Resources

CDC 

IPC Foundational Level 

English 

Facilitator Guide and Toolkit

Print Resources 

Fillable PDF

Downloadable 

Infection Preventionist 

All Settings 

Behavioral Health Facilities 

Adult Day Care 

Assisted Living Facility (ALF) 

Nursing Home / Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) 

Home Health 

Dialysis 

Hospice & Palliative Care 

Ambulatory (Outpatient) Care 

Ambulatory Surgery 

Acute Care Rehabilitation Hospital or Long-term Care Acute Hospital (LTACH) 

Mobile Clinic 

Acute Care Hospital 

Emergency Medical Services (EMS) 

Pediatric/NICU 

Dental 

Department of Health 

Auditing / Observation / Monitoring / Assessment Tools