Tools for Healthcare Settings
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The following tools are designed to help healthcare providers to implement Standard and Transmission-Based Precautions to prevent infections.
Tools by Setting
Ambulatory/Outpatient Settings
- Guide to Infection Prevention for Outpatient Settings (Complete Guide and Checklist) [PDF – 1.43 MB]
- Infection Prevention for Outpatient Settings (Checklist only) [PDF – 1.67 MB]
- For details, see Guide to Infection Prevention for Outpatient Settings
Dental Settings
Evaluating Environmental Cleaning
- Options for Evaluating Environmental Cleaning (toolkit) [PDF – 388 KB]
- Environmental Checklist for Monitoring Terminal Cleaning
- Terminal Cleaning Spreadsheet [XLSX – 62.5 KB]
Infection Control Transfer Forms
Long-term Care Settings
- See Prevention Tools on the Long-Term Care facilities website.
Outpatient Hemodialysis Settings
- See Audit Tools and Checklists on the Dialysis Safety Website
Outpatient Oncology Settings
Tools by Infection
CAUTI – Catheter-associated Urinary Tract Infection
- CAUTI Toolkit [PDF – 449 KB]
- CAUTI Toolkit: PowerPoint format [PPT -965 KB]
- CAUTI Baseline Prevention Practices Assessment Tool For States Establishing HAI Prevention Collaboratives [PDF – 149 KB]
CLABSI – Central Line-associated Bloodstream Infection
- CLABSI in Non-Intensive Care Unit (non-ICU) Settings Toolkit [PDF – 515 KB]
- CLABSI in non-ICU Settings: PowerPoint format [PPT 750- KB]
- CLABSI Baseline Prevention Practices Assessment Tool For States Establishing HAI Prevention Collaboratives [PDF – 286 KB]
- Checklist for Prevention of Central Line Associated Blood Stream Infections [PDF – 142 KB]
SSI – Surgical Site Infection
Tools by Pathogen
Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE)
C. difficile
- C.Diff Prevention Primer [PDF – 2,494 MB]
- C.Diff Prevention Primer: PowerPoint fomat [PPT – 7,226 KB]
Ebola
Influenza
MERS – Middle East Respiratory Syndrome
MDRO – Multidrug Resistant Organisms
MRSA – Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Infections
- Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Infections [PDF – 214 KB]
- Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Infections[PPT – 741KB]
- MRSA Baseline Prevention Practices Assessment Tool For States Establishing HAI Prevention Collaboratives [PDF – 229 KB]
Norovirus
- Overview: A Norovirus Outbreak Control Resource Toolkit for Healthcare Settings [PDF – 305 KB]
- Poster: What healthcare providers should know [PDF – 184 KB]
- Fact Sheet: Norovirus in Healthcare Facilities [PDF – 418 KB]
- Sample Communication Framework: Suspected or Confirmed Norovirus Outbreaks [PDF – 693KB]
- Worksheet: Acute Gastroenteritis / Norovirus Case Reports [PDF -252 KB]
- Key Infection Control Recommendations [PDF 1.05 MB]
- Sample Specimen Submission Framework: Resources during Norovirus Outbreaks [PDF -330 KB]
- Slide set: Norovirus Gastroenteritis Management of Outbreaks in Healthcare Settings [PDF – 2.86 MB]
SARS – Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
Tuberculosis
VRSA – Vancomycin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus
Tools to Protect Healthcare Workers
Immunizations
See Recommended Vaccines for Healthcare Workers
PPE – Personal Protective Equipment
Sharps Safety and Post Exposure Prophylaxis
Infection Control Assessment Tools
Use these tools to
- assess infection prevention practices
- guide quality improvement
Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity (ELC) Infection Control Assessment and Response Tools
- Acute Care [PDF – 947 KB]
- Long-term Care Facilities [PDF – 1.04 KB]
- Outpatient Settings [PDF – 849 KB]
- Hemodialysis Facilities [PDF – 768 KB]
For more information, see the Infection Control Assessment Tool page on the HAI website.
Targeted Assessment for Prevention (TAP) Strategy
The TAP strategy is a method developed by the CDC to use data for action to prevent healthcare-associated infections. The TAP strategy targets healthcare facilities and specific units within facilities with a disproportionate burden of HAIs so that gaps in infection can be addressed.
For more information on the TAP strategy and for prevention tools, see the Targeted Assessment for Prevention (TAP) Strategy page on the HAI website.
- Page last reviewed: January 5, 2016
- Page last updated: April 25, 2017
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