Resources and Toolkits Page
ISDH Resources
- ISDH Health Information Sites Related to Infection Control
Federal Resources
ISDH HAI Conferences and Learning Sessions
- ISDH Healthcare Leadership Conference on Healthcare Associated Infections, Indianapolis, IN, March 2, 2010
- The ISDH conducted a Healthcare Leadership Conference for nursing homes leadership, long term care provider associations, consumer advocate organizations, and state surveyors. The following are resources and tools provided at the conference:
- Conference Presentation Powerpoints:
- The ISDH conducted a Healthcare Leadership Conference for nursing homes leadership, long term care provider associations, consumer advocate organizations, and state surveyors. The following are resources and tools provided at the conference:
- ISDH Healthcare Associated Infection Toolkit from Indiana Healthcare Associated Infections Initiative
- Learning Session 1
- Clostridium difficile AIM Worksheet
- Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infection AIM Worksheet
- Facility Kickoff Event Template
- Healthcare Associated Infection Initiative Overview
- FACTS about Clostridium difficile and Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections
- Healthcare Associated Infection Card Game
- Cultural Change Activities
- Principles of Liberating Structures
- Appreciative Interviews
- Discovery & Action Dialogue
- Impromptu Speed Networking
- 1-2-4-Whole Group
- FAQ about "Clostridium Difficile"
- FAQ about "Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection"
- CAUTI Pocket Card
- Hand Hygiene In-Service Template
- WHO 5 Moments of Hand Hygiene Poster
- WHO How to Hand Wash Poster
- WHO How to Handrub Poster
- HAI Poster/Flyer
- Additional Resources
- HAIKU: How and Why
- Learning Session 2
- New Ideas Worksheet
- Pre Self-Assessment Summary Data
- Pre Knowledge Questionnaire Data
- Environmental Cleaning Video Course Leader's Guide
- Rapid Response Team Data Collection Tool Example
- Rapid Response Team Protocol Example
- INTERACT Early Warning Tool "Stop and Watch"
- INTERACT SBAR Tool
- Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infection AIM Worksheet
- Clostridium difficile AIM Worksheet
- Speak Up Scripts for Health Care Workers and Patients
- Cultural Change Activity: Three-Way Communication Practice
- Joint Commission Speak Up Posters
- Infection Prevention Job Description Examples
- APIC Indiana Map and Contact Information
- Additional Resources
- Learning Session 1
ISDH Health Information Sites Related to Infection Control
- Clostridium difficile infection (CDI or C. diff.) Resource Manual
- Handwashing campaign
- Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Toolkit
HAI Types
HAI Assessment Tools and Essentials
HAI Prevention Modules-Education-Reports
Prevention System Assessment Tools
Professional Association and Organization Resources
- Association of Professionals in Infection Control (APIC)
- Education for the Prevention of Infection (EPI) Courses
- Education Resources
- Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA)
- Prevention Compendium
- SHEA/IDSA Healthcare Associated Infection Prevention Compendium Patient Guides. The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) and the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) sponsored and authored a compendium of practice recommendations to prevent healthcare-associated infections in acute care hospitals in partnership with the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC), the Joint Commission, and the American Hospital Association (AHA). The compendium is available for download.
- Prevention Compendium
Reporting Tools
Long Term Care Facilities
Resources Sorted by Infection Classification
Central line associated bloodstream infections
Catheter associated urinary tract infections
Clostridium difficile infection
- CDC Emerging Infections Program
- CDC Final Clostridium difficile fact sheet
- CDC Overview of Clostridium difficile
- CDC Safe Healthcare Blog
- CDC Updated Clostridium difficile web page
- CDC Vital Signs Audio Podcast: Stop Clostridium difficile infections
- CDC Vital Signs Clostridium difficile Key Messages
- CDC Vital Signs Health Care Infections
- CDC Vital Signs fact sheet
- Chart Review Form and Instructions
- ISDH Clostridium difficile Infection Resource Manual
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)
- CDC Overview of Healthcare Associated MRSA
- CDC National MRSA Education Initiative
- ISDH Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Toolkit
Surgical site infections
Ventilator-associated pneumonia
Resources by Infection Control Practices
Environmental
Handwashing
- Hand Hygiene Observation Form and Instructions
- ISDH Handwashing campaign
- World Health Organization Hand Hygiene Initiative
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