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VDH Environmental Checklist for Blood Spills
A checklist for expected cleaning tasks to be performed after a spill of blood or other potentially infectious bodily fluids.
2 - Foundational
Any Practice Setting
Bloodborne Pathogens
Checklist
Cleaning and Disinfection
Clinical / Direct Healthcare Personnel
Downloadable
English
Free
Hand Hygiene
Infection Preventionists
Injection Safety
Non-Clinical / Indirect Healthcare Personnel
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
Physical Environment / Environment of Care (EOC)
Spreadsheet
Standard Precautions
VDH
Infection Prevention Quick Guide: Environment of Care
A 2-page checklist to guide the development of a plan for conducting environmental rounds at a scheduled frequency.
2 - Foundational
Any Practice Setting
Auditing / Observation / Monitoring / Assessment Tools
Checklist
Clinical / Direct Healthcare Personnel
Downloadable
English
Free
Infection Preventionists
Injection Safety
Non-Clinical / Indirect Healthcare Personnel
Physical Environment / Environment of Care (EOC)
Quality Improvement
Risk Assessment
VDH
Environmental Rounds – What to Look For
A 21-minute video that describes what a team should look for while conducting environmental rounds in a healthcare facility.
3 - Intermediate
Acute Care Hospital
Acute Care Rehabilitation or Long-Term Care Acute Hospital (LTACH)
Adult Day Care
Ambulatory (Outpatient) Care
Ambulatory Surgery
Assisted Living Facility (ALF)
Auditing / Observation / Monitoring / Assessment Tools
Behavioral Health Facilities
Cleaning and Disinfection
Clinical / Direct Healthcare Personnel
Dialysis
Emergency Medical Services (EMS)
English
Free
Hand Hygiene
Hospice and Palliative Care
Infection Preventionists
Injection Safety
Mobile Clinic
Non-Clinical / Indirect Healthcare Personnel
Nursing Home / Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF)
Pediatric / NICU
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
Physical Environment / Environment of Care (EOC)
Quality Improvement
Risk Assessment
SPICE
Standard Precautions
Video
Environmental Rounds Worksheet For Infection Prevention
A 5-page checklist for teams that are conducting infection prevention environmental rounding.
3 - Intermediate
Acute Care Hospital
Acute Care Rehabilitation or Long-Term Care Acute Hospital (LTACH)
Adult Day Care
Ambulatory (Outpatient) Care
Ambulatory Surgery
Assisted Living Facility (ALF)
Auditing / Observation / Monitoring / Assessment Tools
Behavioral Health Facilities
Checklist
Cleaning and Disinfection
Clinical / Direct Healthcare Personnel
Dental
Department of Health
Dialysis
Downloadable
English
Free
High Level Disinfection
Hospice and Palliative Care
Infection Preventionists
Injection Safety
Mobile Clinic
Non-Clinical / Indirect Healthcare Personnel
Nursing Home / Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF)
Pediatric / NICU
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
Physical Environment / Environment of Care (EOC)
Quality Improvement
Risk Assessment
SPICE
Standard Precautions
Sterile Processing
Sampling Procedure and Potential Sampling Sites
A protocol describing how a facility that is assessing Legionella risk should take standard biofilm swab, bulk water, and filter samples from commonly sampled sites.
3 - Intermediate
Any Practice Setting
Auditing / Observation / Monitoring / Assessment Tools
CDC
Downloadable
English
Free
Infection Preventionists
Non-Clinical / Indirect Healthcare Personnel
Outbreak Investigation
Physical Environment / Environment of Care (EOC)
Print Resources
Risk Assessment
Water Management
UTI Surveillance Implementation- Bite-Sized Learning
Video intended for infection preventionists in nursing facilities, describes the importance of urinary tract infection surveillance and explains the steps to implement UTI surveillance.
2 - Foundational
Alliant
Assisted Living Facility (ALF)
Closed Captioning
Data Analysis
Downloadable
English
Free
Infection Preventionists
Nursing Home / Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF)
Quality Improvement
Surveillance
Urinary Tract Infections (UTI) & Catheter associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI)
Video
Sample Data Sheet (for Legionella sampling)
A one-page data sheet used to record samples taken as a facility conducts a Legionella environmental sampling.
3 - Intermediate
Any Practice Setting
Auditing / Observation / Monitoring / Assessment Tools
CDC
Downloadable
English
Free
Infection Preventionists
Non-Clinical / Indirect Healthcare Personnel
Outbreak Investigation
Physical Environment / Environment of Care (EOC)
Risk Assessment
Water Management
Pneumonia (part of SHEA Prevention CHKC)
Module that is part of the SHEA Prevention CHKC Course (Course in Healthcare Associated Knowledge and Control). It focuses on best practices for preventing and detecting pneumonias.
3 - Intermediate
ABIM-MOC
Acute Care Hospital
Acute Care Rehabilitation or Long-Term Care Acute Hospital (LTACH)
Ambulatory (Outpatient) Care
Antimicrobial & Diagnostic Stewardship
Assisted Living Facility (ALF)
Clinical / Direct Healthcare Personnel
CME
CNE
COVID-19
English
Hospice and Palliative Care
Infection Preventionists
Influenza (Flu)
Nursing Home / Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF)
Paid
Respiratory Infections
SHEA
Ventilator
Ventilator-associated events (VAE), including pneumonia (VAP)
Video
Sampling/Environmental Assessment Videos (for Legionella sampling)
A series of six videos designed to help with the environmental aspects of Legionnaires’ disease outbreak investigations.
3 - Intermediate
Any Practice Setting
Auditing / Observation / Monitoring / Assessment Tools
CDC
Closed Captioning
English
Free
Infection Preventionists
Laboratory Collection and Interpretation
Non-Clinical / Indirect Healthcare Personnel
Physical Environment / Environment of Care (EOC)
Risk Assessment
Video
Water Management
Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infection (CLABSI) (part of SHEA Prevention CHKC)
Module that is part of the SHEA Prevention CHKC Course (Course in Healthcare Associated Knowledge and Control). It focuses on best practices for preventing CLABSIs.
2 - Foundational
ABIM-MOC
Acute Care Hospital
Acute Care Rehabilitation or Long-Term Care Acute Hospital (LTACH)
Central Line
Central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI)
CEU
Clinical / Direct Healthcare Personnel
CME
English
Home Health
Infection Preventionists
Interactive
Nursing Home / Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF)
Paid
Pediatric / NICU
SHEA
Slideshow
Video
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