HAIs: Resources for professionals
Educational handouts and materials
- 60-second droplet precautions.
- 60-second environmental cleaning.
- 60-second hand hygiene.
- 60-second standard precaution.
- Risk assessment template for long-term care.
- Hand hygiene and gloving posters 8.5 x 11 | 8.5 x 14.
- Hand hygiene and gloving FAQ.
- Hand hygiene and gloving competency assessment tool.
Acineobacter
- CDC: Acinetobacter in health care settings.
- CDC: Management of multidrug-resistant organisms in health care settings.
- CDC: Guideline for disinfection and sterilization in health care facilities.
- CDC: Guideline for isolation precautions: preventing transmission of infectious agents in health care settings.
Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE)
- CDC: Guidance for control of CRE toolkit.
- CRE Fact sheet for health care workers.
- CDC: Management of Multidrug-resistant Organisms in Health Care Settings.
- CDC: Laboratory protocol for detection of carbapenem-resistant or carbapenemase-producing klebsiella spp. and E. coli from rectal swabs.
Clostridioides difficile
- CDC: Healthcare-associated infections: Clostridium difficile.
- SHEA/IDSA: Strategies to Prevent Clostridium difficile Infections in Acute Care Hospitals.
- APIC: Guide to the Elimination of Clostridium difficile in Healthcare Settings.
- Considerations for Clostridioides difficile Testing
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)
- MRSA information for veterinarians.
- CDC: MRSA in schools.
- APIC: MRSA in long-term care facilities.
- IDSA: Management of Patients with Infections Caused by MRSA.
Drug diversion and injection drug safety
- Drug diversion reporting.
- CDC: One and Only campaign.
- Colorado: Health care worker drug diversion educational video.
Other HAI resources
- NHSN: CDC's National Healthcare Safety Network
- CDC: Hand Hygiene in Healthcare Settings.
- CDC: Infection Control Guidelines.
- CDC: State-based HAI Prevention.
Related web pages