HAI Assessment Tools and Essentials
Infection Assessment Tools
- CDC: HAI Prevention Toolkits
- National Healthcare Safety Network
- CLABSI Surveillance Worksheet (Wisconsin)
- SSI Surveillance Worksheet (Wisconsin)
- Symptomatic Urinary Tract Infection Surveillance Worksheet (Wisconsin)
- VAP Surveillance Worksheet (Wisconsin)
- Tailoring a MRSA Risk Assessment to Your Facility and Your Data (New Mexico)
Program Evaluation Tools
- NHSN Current and Proposed Reporting Requirements
- Reports on Data Collection and Validation Tools for HAIs (Texas)
- New Mexico CLABSI Collaborative Materials - Facility Assessments and Preparedness
HAI Essentials - Hand Hygiene
- Hand hygiene program lowers infection rates and costs
- Comprehensive, Multifaceted Program Doubles Staff and Physician Adherence To Hand Hygiene Protocols Over 4-Year Period
- Educational Game Increases Compliance With Appropriate Hand Hygiene Protocols Among Intensive Care Unit Staff at Academic Medical Center
- Ongoing Monitoring, Prompt Feedback, and Reminders Improve Hand Hygiene in a Busy, Urban Emergency Department
- CDC: Hand Hygiene Saves Lives
- Medline: Healthcare workers trade hand hygiene for gloves
- Study: Hands-free faucets harbor more germs
- ER crowding may encourage poor hand hygiene
- Hospitals use high-tech tools to track whose washing their hands
- Study: Hand hygiene levels peak then plateau
- Hand hygiene knowledge helps infection control
- WHO: Clean Care is Safer Care
- WHO Hand Hygiene Video
- Ginny's Story - Boston woman's ankle surgery leads to staph infection, amputation, respiratory failure and blindness in one eye
- Hand Hygiene Fact Sheet for Consumers
- Printable Hand Hygiene Cards from Kansas "Did You Wash 'Em" campaign - When to Wash
- Printable Hand Hygiene Cards from Kansas "Did You Wash 'Em" campaign - How to Wash
- Printable Hand Hygiene Cards from Kansas "Did You Wash 'Em" campaign - When/How to Wash Combo Card
- Did You Wash 'Em Hand Hygiene Video
- Maryland Hand Hygiene Campaign
- Wash 'Em Hand Hygiene Music Video
- High Five for a Healthy New Hampshire Hand Hygiene Campaign
HAI Essentials - Know Your Role
- Round-the-Clock Intensivists Eliminate Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia, Central Line Infections, and Pressure Ulcers in Intensive Care Unit
- 10 Things You Can Do To Be a Safe Patient
- Nurse-Enforced Protocols and Associated Tools Significantly Reduce Catheter-Related Infections in the Intensive Care Unit
- Evidence-Based Bundle Increases Adherence to Recommended Practices, Leading to Fewer Central Line Infections and Lower Costs
- Josie's Story - The Josie King Foundation
- Ginny's Story - Boston woman's ankle surgery leads to staph infection, amputation, respiratory failure and blindness in one eye
- Marie's Story: Woman with mesothelioma contracts CDIFF in hospital and dies
- Antibiotic Resistance Fact Sheet for Consumers
- Resource for Infection Prevention in Long-Term Care Facilities (Utah)
HAI Essentials - Managing Risk
- Daily, Multidisciplinary Rounds and Evidence-Based Best Practices Decrease Nosocomial Infections and Costs in the Intensive Care Unit
- Process Improvements Based on Lean Principles Reduce Operating Room Foot Traffic, Leading to Reduced Risk of Infection and Enhanced Staff Productivity and Satisfaction
- CDC Policy Toolkit for HAI Prevention: State Policy Options
- Report: Hospital privacy curtains laden with germs
- 5 Strategies for Preventing Avoidable Hospital-Acquired Conditions
- CDC - HAI Risks in Dialysis Settings
- CDC - HAI Risks in Laboratory Settings
- CDC - HAI Risks in Long-Term Care Settings
- CDC: HAI Prevention in Outpatient Settings Guides and Tools
- Ginny's Story - Boston woman's ankle surgery leads to staph infection, amputation, respiratory failure and blindness in one eye
- Marie's Story: Woman with mesothelioma contracts CDIFF in hospital and dies
- Tips to Reduce Your Risk of Getting an HAI (Connecticut)
- Why People Are at Risk for HAI (Connecticut)
- Stop! Help Protect Our Patients/Residents Posters (Minnesota)
- Safe from CDI Toolkit/Roadmap (Minnesota)
- Safe CUTS (SSI) Toolkit/Roadmap (Minnesota)
- 10 Steps for Preventing CDIFF Outbreaks (Montana)
- Resource for Infection Prevention in Long-Term Care Facilities (Utah)
- Prevent Cancer Infections
- 2007 Guideline for Isolation Precautions: Preventing Transmission of Infectious Agents in Healthcare Settings
- MRSA in Long-Term Care (New Mexico)
- Tailoring a MRSA Risk Assessment to Your Facility and Your Data (New Mexico)
HAI Essentials - Maintaining a Clean Environment
- Process Improvements Based on Lean Principles Reduce Operating Room Foot Traffic, Leading to Reduced Risk of Infection and Enhanced Staff Productivity and Satisfaction
- Ginny's Story - Boston woman's ankle surgery leads to staph infection, amputation, respiratory failure and blindness in one eye
- Marie's Story: Woman with mesothelioma contracts CDIFF in hospital and dies
- Resource for Infection Prevention in Long-Term Care Facilities (Utah)
- Guidelines for Environmental Infection Control in Health Care Facilities
- MRSA Environmental Cleaning (New Mexico)
HAI Essentials - Antibiotics & Catheter Use
- CDC Smart Healthcare Blog: NY Collaborative is a groundbreaking antimicrobial stewardship project
- Ginny's Story - Boston woman's ankle surgery leads to staph infection, amputation, respiratory failure and blindness in one eye
- Marie's Story: Woman with mesothelioma contracts CDIFF in hospital and dies
- CDC 2011 Guidelines for Prevention of Intravascular Catheter-related Infections
- Source of CAUTI and Prevention Techniques PowerPoint for Health Care Providers (Louisiana)
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