Training & Resources
Project Firstline Rhode Island (PFL RI) provides infection prevention and control (IPC) training and resources for healthcare workers from a wide range of education and training backgrounds.
Training Courses
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Project Firstline Rhode Island is committed to creating resources that help frontline healthcare workers understand and confidently apply infection prevention and control (IPC) principles. PFL RI offers in-person and virtual trainings on a variety of IPC topics including transmission-based precautions, environmental cleaning and disinfection, and injection safety, among many others. The PFL RI team can develop and customize trainings to specific healthcare environments to meet your IPC needs.
Events
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Have questions about Project Firstline Rhode Island? Join us for our Open Office Hours where you can meet the team and get your program-related questions answered! This is your chance to ask questions and learn more about the program, available IPC education and training resources, and partnership opportunities! Drop in at the Open Office anytime between 12:00-12:45pm!
Recorded Live Content
Project Firstline’s innovative content is designed so that — regardless of a healthcare worker’s previous training or educational background — they can understand and confidently apply the infection prevention and control principles and protocols necessary to protect themselves, their patients, their families, and community.
This is a recording of a live Project Firstline Rhode Island webinar. This is the second session of a two-part IPC series. This session emphasizes the importance of source control and proper PPE use in the healthcare setting.
This is a recording of a live Project Firstline Rhode Island webinar. This is the first session of a two-part IPC series. This session emphasizes the importance of standard precautions and hand hygiene for healthcare workers. Learn how to apply standard precautions in your work setting and understand how effective, appropriate, and timely hand hygiene can decrease the spread of infection. For more information, visit projectfirstlineri.com.
Esta es una grabación de un seminario web en vivo de Proyecto Firstline Rhode Island. En esta sesión, se revisan dónde viven los microbios en el contexto de la atención médica, cómo se propagan y las acciones de control de infecciones. Este curso está diseñado para el personal de servicios ambientales (EVS, por sus siglas en inglés), que incluye liderazgo, gerentes, custodios y personal clínico. Esta es la parte 2 de una serie sobre prevención y control de infecciones para el personal de EVS.
This is a recording from a live Project Firstline Rhode Island webinar. In this session, where germs live in the healthcare context, how they spread, and infection control actions are reviewed. This course is designed for Environmental Services Personnel (EVS), which includes leadership, management, custodians, as well as clinical staff. This is part 2 of a series on infection prevention and control for EVS personnel.
Esta es una grabación de un seminario web en vivo de Proyecto Firstline Rhode Island. En esta sesión, aprenda a reconocer el riesgo de infecciones en el cuidado médico en el hogar. En esta sesión de actualización, se explora el reconocimiento de riesgos, dónde está el riesgo de infección en el hogar y las acciones de control de infecciones en el cuidado en el hogar.
This is a recording from a live Project Firstline Rhode Island webinar. In this session, learn about recognizing infection risk in the home health setting. Recognizing risks, where the risk of infection is in the home, and infection control actions in the home health setting are discussed in this refresher session.
Project Firstline holds virtual town halls to provide important IPC updates to healthcare workers. These virtual discussions and Q&A sessions with CDC experts focus on changes to IPC guidance and recommendations around COVID-19 in healthcare settings.
Video Series: Inside Infection Control
Watch episodes of Project Firstline short video series on infection prevention and control
The CDC’s Dr. Abby Carlson explains the basic ideas behind infection control, how they work to prevent COVID-19, and how using infection control actions while you’re at work can protect your patients, your coworkers, your families, and your community.
Video 13: What is a respirator?
Video 13: What is a respirator?
Video 14: What is a N95 Respirator?
Video 14: What is a N95 Respirator?
Video 15: How do I seal test the N95?
Video 15: How do I seal test the N95?
Video 16: Cleaning and Disinfection -- What is the difference?
Video 16: Cleaning and Disinfection -- What is the difference?
Video 17: What is ventilation?
Video 17: What is ventilation?
Video 18: Why does ventilation matter?
Video 18: Why does ventilation matter?
Infection Control in Healthcare
Infection control is more than just policies and procedures, it’s an essential part of caring for and protecting patients. When you can understand and apply infection control actions consistently and confidently – every person, every action, every day – it saves lives.
Print Materials & Job Aids
Project Firstline offers shareable infection control resources for healthcare facilities and providers. Use the posters, infographics, screensavers, and more to help keep everyone at your facility feeling confident about their infection control decisions.
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Learn More About Infection Control
Project Firstline is committed to creating resources that help frontline healthcare workers understand and confidently apply the infection control principles and protocols necessary to protect themselves, their families, and their community.
Infection control resources
- Access Multimedia Resources
Access shareable images, web buttons, posters, and print materials.
- Lead an Infection Control Training
Use our facilitator toolkit to lead trainings on your team’s schedule, even if you’re not an infection control expert.
- Recursos en Español
Recursos para la capacitación en control de infecciones.
Training Toolkits
You don’t need to be an infection control expert to lead these trainings. The resources in this toolkit will help you along the way.
Use Project Firstline’s new training toolkits to help your team learn to recognize infection control risks throughout their workday, so they can take action to protect their patients, themselves, and their coworkers.
Social Media Content
Help others learn more about recognizing infection control risks and where germs live in healthcare using our downloadable social media content. Be sure to tag Project Firstline in your posts (@CDCFirstline on Twitter and @CDCProjectFirstline on Facebook).
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