Education and Infection Control Resources

For the new infection preventionist:

• Nursing Home Infection Preventionist Training Course >
• Basics of IPC for New IPs Bundle >

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

• 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)