Infection Control

Infection control benefits everyone.

Infection control prevents the spread of disease in healthcare settings. Following simple, evidence-based practices protects you, your patients and your community.

Stay up to date on best practices. Check out the resources below. We also offer:

• Help with communicable disease and reporting questions.
• Help with outbreak investigation and control.
• Visits from Public Health Consultants who provide public health information and updates.

When transferring a patient, hospitals and long-term care facilities must complete the
Inter-Facility Infection Prevention and Safety Form.

Precautions

• Infection Control Guidelines.
• Standard precautions for all patient care, CDC.
• Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Basics, CDC

Injection safety

• Safe Injection Practices to Prevent Transmission of Infections to Patients, CDC.
• Preventing Unsafe Injection Practices, CDC.
• Injection Safety Resources for Providers, CDC.

Hand hygiene

• Hand hygiene guide.
• WashYourHandsingTon campaign, DOH.

Personal protective equipment

• How to properly put on and take off PPE, CDC.
• Sequence for donning and doffing PPE, CDC.

Environmental Cleaning

• Quick reference: How to clean equipment and surfaces, when to clean, what to use.
• Disinfection and sterilization guideline, CDC.

Other resources

• Infection control resources and links.
• Controlling norovirus.
• Influenza information.
• Healthcare-associated infections, CDC.
• Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology.
• epiTrends, DOH.

Patient materials

• Moving to a hospital or skilled nursing facility—what to expect when you have CRE, DOH.

Infection Control News