HAI Assessment Tools and Essentials
Infection Assessment Tools
Program Evaluation Tools
- NHSN Current and Proposed Reporting Requirements
- Reports on Data Collection and Validation Tools for HAIs (Texas)
HAI Essentials - Hand Hygiene
- CDC: Hand Hygiene Saves Lives
- Study: Hands-free faucets harbor more germs
- 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
- Wash 'Em Hand Hygiene Music Video
HAI Essentials - Know Your Role
- 10 Things You Can Do To Be a Safe Patient
- 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
HAI Essentials - Managing Risk
- CDC Policy Toolkit for HAI Prevention: State Policy Options
- Report: Hospital privacy curtains laden with germs
- 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)
- Prevent Cancer Infections
- 2007 Guideline for Isolation Precautions: Preventing Transmission of Infectious Agents in Healthcare Settings
HAI Essentials - Maintaining a Clean Environment
- 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
- Guidelines for Environmental Infection Control in Health Care Facilities
HAI Essentials - Antibiotics & Catheter Use
- 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)
Page last reviewed: October 21, 2019
