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Enhancing infection prevention

Check out these regulations & guidelines, resources and more to help enhance infection prevention at your facility and maintain compliance with recommended practices.

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Enhancing infection prevention for all care settings

The infection prevention resources featured in this section apply to all care settings.

Best practices & recommendations

AHRQ

Advances in the prevention and control of HAIs >
Papers from projects in AHRQ’s healthcare-associated infections program

The Joint Commission

2022 national patient safety goals >
Find out about the 2022 National Patient Safety Goals (NPSGs) for specific programs. Use the links of your care setting to download an entire chapter or an easy-to-read version

General resources

CDC

Educational information: Get ahead of sepsis >
On this site there are fact sheets, brochures & posters for patients and healthcare professionals

AHRQ

Four moments of antibiotic decision-making >
Clinicians are encouraged to use this framework for all patients receiving antibiotics

APIC

Antimicrobial stewardship for healthcare professionals & consumers >
Statement and position papers, implementation guides, education & training, advocacy training, prevention articles and external resources

Germs >
APIC can help you stay up to date and direct you to reliable information to share with your colleagues and patients

The Joint Commission

Antimicrobial stewardship >
Resources related to antimicrobial stewardship for healthcare settings

Central line-associated bloodstream infections >
Resources related to central line-associated bloodstream infections for healthcare settings

Infection prevention and control >
Materials developed by The Joint Commission related to infection prevention and control (IPC)

Posters

APIC

10 ways to prevent infection >
Poster on 10 ways to protect patients, including proper hand washing, vaccination and more

Break the chain of infection >
Colorful poster explaining how the six points of infection of the chain can be broken

The ABCs of antibiotics for patients & families >
Infographic to educate patients about antibiotic resistance

Top 10 ways to protect your patients poster >
Poster on 10 ways to protect patients, including proper hand washing, vaccination and more

Regulations & guidelines

CDC

Developing a water management program to reduce Legionella growth & spread in buildings >
A practical guide to implementing industry standards

Infection control guidelines & guidance library >
Topics include COVID-19, ABT-resistance guidelines, device-associated guides, procedure-associated guide, disease/organism-specific guide, HCP guidance, setting-specific guide

Isolation precautions guideline >
Guideline for isolation precautions: Preventing transmission of infectious agents in healthcare settings (2007)

Toolkits & checklists

AHRQ

Ambulatory surgery center toolkits >
Implementation guide for pre, post and after care surgery

Carbapenem-resistant enterobacteriaceae (CRE) control and prevention toolkit >
Leaders in infectious disease and infection control, as well as those concerned with patient safety and performance improvement, can use this toolkit to develop interventions to control carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE)

Central line insertion care team checklist >
This checklist from Johns Hopkins Medicine provides critical steps that have been shown to reduce line insertions infections

Toolkit for reducing central line associated blood stream infections >
This toolkit can help your unit implement evidence-based practices to reduce CLABSI

CDC

Toolkit: Developing a water management program to reduce Legionella growth & spread in buildings >
A practical guide to implementing an effective water management program if one is needed

The Joint Commission

Central line-associated bloodstream infections toolkit and monograph >
The goal of the monograph and toolkit is to provide information and guidance in reducing the current burden associated with CLABSIs

Enhancing infection prevention for specific care settings

The infection prevention resources featured in this section apply to specific care settings.

Regulations & guidelines

ASGE: Guideline for infection control during GI endoscopy >
ASGE QA in endoscopy committee

CDC: Guide to infection prevention for outpatient settings >
Guide provides minimum expectations for safe care

CMS: Ambulatory surgery centers >
This page provides basic information about being certified as a Medicare and/or Medicaid ambulatory surgery center (ASC) supplier and includes links to applicable laws, regulations and compliance information. See link to 42 CFR Part 416 below to the ASC conditions for coverage that went into effect on May 18, 2009

CMS: Ambulatory surgery center infection control worksheet >
Ambulatory surgery center infection control worksheet

CMS: Ambulatory surgery centers guidance for surveyors >
Ambulatory surgery center survey protocol

Resources

CDC: National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) patient safety component manual >
NHSN enables healthcare facilities to collect and use data about HAIs, adherence to clinical practices known to prevent HAIs, the incidence or prevalence of multidrug-resistant organisms within their organizations, trends and coverage of healthcare personnel safety and vaccination

The Joint Commission: Ambulatory healthcare infection prevention & control resources >
Resources for the ambulatory healthcare setting related to infection prevention and control

Educational presentations

The Joint Commission: Safely providing in-home care to patients >
Webinar recording and handout on providing safe in-home care

Toolkits & checklists

CDC: Hospital toolkit for adult sepsis surveillance >
Information for patients on how to help prevent C diff

General resources

The Joint Commission: Ambulatory healthcare infection prevention & control resources >
Resources for the ambulatory healthcare setting related to infection prevention and control

Podcasts

AHRQ: Safety program for intensive care units: Preventing CLABSI and CAUTI >
A collection of podcasts to help reduce CLABSI and CAUTI in the acute care setting

Regulations & guidelines

AHRQ: Universal ICU decolonization: An enhanced protocol >
This enhanced protocol provides instructions for implementing universal decolonization in adult intensive care units

ASGE: Guideline for infection control during GI endoscopy >
ASGE QA in endoscopy committee

CDC: Catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI) >
This document is intended for use by infection prevention staff and persons responsible for developing, implementing and evaluating infection prevention programs and who wish to develop more detailed implementation guidance for prevention of CAUTI. Updated 2019

CDC: Facility guidance for control of carbapenem-resistant enterobacteriaceae (CRE) >
Facility guidance for control of carbapenem resistant enterobacteriaceae (CRE), November 2015 update

CDC: Pre-exposure prophylaxis for the prevention of HIV infection in the United States >
Online clinical practice guideline published 2018

Toolkits & checklists

AHRQ: Toolkit to improve safety for mechanically ventilated patients >
This toolkit helps hospitals make care safer for mechanically ventilated patients in intensive care units

CDC: Hospital toolkit for adult sepsis surveillance >
Information for patients on how to help prevent C diff

General resources

The Joint Commission: Ambulatory healthcare infection prevention & control resources >
Resources for the ambulatory healthcare setting related to infection prevention and control

Regulations & guidelines

CDC: Consideration for use of enhanced barrier precautions in skilled nursing facilities >
In 2019, the CDC introduced a new approach to the use of personal protective equipment called enhanced barrier precautions (EBP). This new approach recommends gown and glove use for certain residents during specific high-contact resident care activities associated with multidrug-resistant organism (MDRO) infections. This white paper aims to provide a consideration for broader use of EBP beyond targeted MDROs, including pathogens that affect every nursing home.

CDC: Facility guidance for control of carbapenem-resistant enterobacteriaceae (CRE) >
Facility guidance for control of carbapenem resistant enterobacteriaceae (CRE), November 2015 update

CDC: Facilities reporting in LTCF >
Use the long term care facility (LTCF) component to track infections and prevention process measures, systematically, to identify problems, improve care and determine progress toward national healthcare-associated infection goals

Toolkits & checklists

CDC: Hospital toolkit for adult sepsis surveillance >
Information for patients on how to help prevent C diff

Infection prevention resource library

Looking for more resources? Check out our infection prevention resource library, featuring articles, webinars, product catalogs, posters and more.

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Be advised that information contained herein is intended to serve as a useful reference for informational purposes only and is not complete clinical information. This information is intended for use only by competent healthcare professionals exercising judgment in providing care. McKesson cannot be held responsible for the continued currency of or for any errors or omissions in the information.