General Tools
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General Tools
This How-to Guide is designed to help organizations reduce health-care-associated infections, including infections due to antibiotic-resistant organisms, by improving hand hygiene practices and use of gloves among health care workers.
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A toolkit for reducing healthcare-associated infections, including references, product information and tools; developed at Kaiser Permanente (Oakland, California, USA).
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These fact sheets for patients and families provide answers to frequently asked questions about various healthcare-associated infections; developed by Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America, Inc., (Arlington, Virginia, USA).
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The Compendium distills current guidelines for the prevention of healthcare-associated infections and includes recommendations for implementation in the clinical setting, along with metrics and indicators of success; developed by Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America, Inc. (Arlington, Virginia, USA).
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This data collection tool is used to monitor whether providers practice contact precautions and hand hygiene with patients in isolation; developed by Greenwich Hospital (Greenwich, Connecticut, USA).
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This data collection tool is used to monitor whether providers practice hand hygiene with patients in isolation; developed by Greenwich Hospital (Greenwich, Connecticut, USA).
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This tool evaluates compliance with all recommended components of care for all patients who have a foley catheter in place, and is used to reinforce provider education aimed at reducing catheter-associated urinary tract infections; developed by Saint Patrick Hospital and Health Science Center (Missoula, Montana, USA).
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This form provides criteria for daily assessment of appropriate foley catheter use in an effort to reduce urinary tract infections; developed by Providence Holy Family Hospital (Spokane, Washington, USA).
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This patient education pamphlet encourages patients to ask doctors, nurses, and other health care workers about washing their hands before providing care; developed by St. John's Regional Health Center (Springfield, Missouri, USA).
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This Infection Control Policy provides instructions for conducting patient screening for MRSA and details procedures for managing positive MRSA cultures; developed by St. John's Regional Health Center (Springfield, Missouri, USA).
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This tool is used to document care provider hand hygiene (waterless or soap and water) before and after patient contact and after removal of gloves; developed by Providence Alaska Medical Center (Anchorage, Alaska, USA).
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This patient education and instruction sheet is given to the patient once a positive culture for MRSA has been identified; developed by Providence Alaska Medical Center (Anchorage, Alaska, USA).
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This physician note is filled out by the Infection Control Practitioner and placed in the patient chart for documentation and communication of new or previous history of MRSA to the physician; developed by Providence Alaska Medical Center (Anchorage, Alaska, USA).
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The labels were implemented to increase reliability and compliance of treatment for patients who are Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) positive; developed by Luton and Dunstable Hospital NHS Trust (Luton, Bedfordshire, England).
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