Project Firstline provides innovative and accessible infection control education for all frontline healthcare workers – so they can protect their patients, their coworkers, and themselves from infectious disease threats in healthcare. The NYS Department of Health Urges Healthcare Providers to Participate in No-Cost Project Firstline Infection Control Training.
Project Firstline offers educational resources in a variety of formats to meet the diverse learning needs and preferences of the healthcare workforce. Resources are designed using adult learning principles, educational best practices, CDC recommendations, and the science that informs them.
Products range from bite-sized social media assets to interactive scenarios, to toolkits for those interested in hosting their own infection control training. These resources were developed for home care workers – to ensure you receive infection control information you need and deserve in the learning format that’s best for you.
Project Firstline Foundation Level Training On Demand
This self-paced training series is organized into six chapters, each with multiple modules available to watch at any time. Topics include infection control and virus basics, PPE and respirator basics, source control and hand hygiene and more. Once you have completed the series you will receive a certificate of completion via email.
LMS Foundation Level Training Toolkit
This toolkit provides you with all of the content included in the Foundation Level training including: training outline, links to the associated training presentations and instructional videos as well as evaluation tools to download and embed into your agency’s own Learning Management System for ease of disseminating to assigned employees and tracking course completions.
Hand Hygiene Infographic
This infographic details the two methods for hand hygiene, alcohol-based hand sanitizer versus soap and water, and when to use each method.
Nursing Bag Infection Prevention & Control Techniques for In-Home Health Care Providers
This flyer includes helpful reminders and best practices to prevent the spread of infections and transmission of pathogens, such as hand hygiene, appropriate sharps disposal, and caring for your nursing bag.
This 1.5-hour video available on-demand 24-7 through HCA’s On Demand Learning Channel is a consolidated training tool containing all of the Foundation Level Training content. Once you have viewed this video just submit your program evaluation to receive your certificate of completion via email.
Infection Control Training Toolkits
These toolkits are easy to use and can be integrated into existing infection control training programs. Toolkits can be used to help your team learn to recognize infection risks throughout their workday. By learning to recognize risks, healthcare workers can stop the spread of germs and protect their patients, themselves, and their coworkers from infectious disease threats.
Recognizing Risk Using Reservoirs
Introduction to Reservoirs: Where Germs Live
Interactive Resources from Project Firstline | Infection Control | CDC
Check your infection control knowledge and gain valuable feedback in real time with our interactive, educational infection control resources.
When Healthcare Tasks Take a Turn!
Interactive Infographic
Where Germs Live in Healthcare
Promotional Resources
Check out videos to learn the basic ideas behind risk recognition, where germs live, and how infection control in healthcare is an important way to protect your patients, yourself, and your coworkers.
Social Media Content & Print Materials
Share downloadable social media content and print materials to spread the word and help others learn more about recognizing infection control risks and where germs live in health care.