Education
For the new infection preventionist:
For new hires and annually for all employees:
- Antibiotic Stewardship
- Bloodborne Pathogens
- Exposure Control Plan
- C-diff
- Communicable diseases
- Emergency Preparedness Plan
- Employee Illnesses
- Equipment Cleaning
- Hand Hygiene
- Health care-associated Infections
- MDROs
- Standard Precautions
- Transmission-based Precautions
For residents and families upon admission and as needed:
- Antibiotic Stewardship
- C-diff
- Communicable diseases
- Hand Hygiene
- Healthcare-associated Infections
- MDROs
- Transmission-based Precautions
Infection Control Resources
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
- Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
- Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA)
- New Jersey Department of Health (NJDOH)
- Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
- Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA)
- The American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHREA)
- The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC)