Training & Resources

This is a recording from a live Project Firstline Rhode Island webinar. In this session, learn  about Hand Hygiene and Environmental Cleaning, Disinfecting and Sterilization. This course is designed for Environmental Services Personnel (EVS), which includes leadership, management, custodians, as well as clinical staff that do these practices in their daily work. This is part 1 of a series on infection control practices for EVS personnel.

In Session 3, What’s Wrong With this Picture, we will look at some common scenes in healthcare and identify where proper infection control measures are not being implemented. Then think about what additional infection control and patient safety measures can be taken to stop the spread of germs in healthcare settings.

This is a recording from a live Project Firstline Rhode Island webinar. In this session we look at a common healthcare task, placing a peripheral IV in a child. Join us in selecting the right sequence of steps to prevent infection!

This is a recording from a live Project Firstline Rhode Island webinar. In this session, we look at a common healthcare task, changing a patient's soiled bed linens. Join us in selecting the right sequence of steps to prevent infection!

This is a recording from a live Project Firstline Rhode Island webinar. In this session, we review some common respiratory viruses, how they spread, and how they impact our healthcare system worldwide.

This is a recording from a live Project Firstline Rhode Island webinar. In this session, we review how to recognize risks for germs to spread in healthcare. Using our knowledge about where germs live and how they are spread from those places, we’ll think through a real-world scenario of germs spreading and making someone sick. We also discuss infection control actions that we can take to limit the spread of germs.