Acute Facility Resources
Welcome to your resource page!
Here you can find resources organized into categories based on the infection control domains Nebraska ICAP uses during facility reviews.
- Resources in each domain are alphabetized.
- There is a glossary of acronyms at the bottom of this page if you are unsure of the source or type of resource.
If you have questions, feel free to reach out to us to be connected with an experienced Acute Care Infection Preventionist. You can reach us at (402)552-2881 or nebraskaicap@nebraskamed.com.
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COVID-19 Acute Care Resources
CDC COVID-19 Resources for Healthcare Settings
COVID-19 Vaccination Resources
General Acute Care Resources
Infection Prevention and Control Program and Infrastructure
- APIC – Risk Assessment Template
- CDC – Core Infection Prevention and Control Practices for Safe Healthcare Delivery
- CDC – Infection Control – Guidelines & Guidance Library
- CDC – Infection Control Basics
- CMS – State Operations Manual – Critical Access Hospitals – §485.640 Condition of Participation: Infection Prevention and Antibiotic Stewardship Program
- CMS – State Operations Manual – Hospitals – §482.42 Condition of Participation: Infection Prevention and Control and Antibiotic Stewardship Programs
- CMS – Hospital Infection Control Worksheet
- NE ICAP – Infection Prevention Risk Assessment for High Risk Tasks
Infection Prevention and Control Training, Competency, and Implementation of Policies and Practices
- APIC – APIC Nebraska
- APIC – APIC Implementation Guides
- APIC – Topic-specific infection prevention
- CDC – CDC/STRIVE Infection Control Training
- CDC – Infection Prevention and Control Assessment Tool for Acute Care Hospitals
- CDC – Project Firstline Training and Education Materials
- NICN – Nebraska Infection Control Network (NICN) Home Page
- Nebraska Health and Human Services – Regulation and Licensure
- Title 175 Health Care Facilities and Services Licensure
Hand Hygiene
- AST – AST Guidelines for Best Practices for Wearing Jewelry
- AST – AST Standards of Practice for Surgical Attire, Surgical Scrub, Hand Hygiene and Hand Washing
- CDC – Guideline for Hand Hygiene in Health-Care Settings
- CDC – Hand Hygiene in Healthcare Settings – Hand Hygiene Guidance
- Nebraska ICAP – Audit of Hand Hygiene
- Nebraska ICAP – Hand Hygiene Compliance Monitoring in Hospitals
- SHEA – Strategies to Prevent Infections in Acute Care Hospitals – Hand Hygiene
- WHO – Hand Hygiene – Training Tools
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
- CDC – Sequence for Putting On Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and How to Safely Remove Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)PPE Sequence
- OSHA – OSHA Fact Sheet – Personal Protective Equipment
- OSHA – OSHA Laws & Regulations – 1910 Subpart I – Personal Protective Equipment
- OSHA – OSHA Laws & Regulations – 1910.134 – Respiratory Protection
- OSHA – Safety and Health Topics – Personal Protective Equipment
- OSHA – Safety and Health Topics – Hospital Respiratory Protection Program Toolkit
Standard and Transmission Based Precautions
- CDC- Standard Precautions for All Patient Care
- CDC – Isolation Precautions
- CDC – Multidrug-resistant Organisms (MDRO) Management Guidelines
- CDC – Infection Control – Transmission-Based Precautions (recommendations and signage)
- CDC –Appendix A: Type and Duration of Precautions Recommended for Selected Infections and Conditions
- CDC – Respiratory Hygiene / Cough Etiquette in Healthcare Settings
- CDC – Guidelines for Preventing the Transmission of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis in Health-Care Settings
- NE DHHS – Rules and Regulations- 173 Control of Communicable Diseases
- NE DHHS – Interfacility Infection Control Transfer Form
- UCSF Medical Center – Inpatient Isolation Signage
Respiratory Hygiene and Cough Etiquette
Prevention of Catheter-associated Urinary Tract Infection (CAUTI)
Prevention of Central Line-associated Bloodstream Infection (CLABSI)
Prevention of Ventilator-associated Event (VAE)
Injection Safety
- CDC – Injection Safety
- CDC — Safe Injection Checklist for Clinicians
- CDC — Clinician Brief: Drug Diversion
- CDC – Preventing Unsafe Injection Practices
- CDC – Injection Safety Resources for Providers: Clinical Care Tools
- CDC – Safe Injection Practices and Your Health
- CDC — Workbook for Designing, Implementing, and Evaluating a Sharps Injury Prevention Program
- CDC — FAQs regarding Preventing Unsafe Injection Practices
- CDC — CDC Train Module: Safe Injection Practices for Healthcare Settings
- CDC – Vaccine Storage and Handling Kit
- CSTE – HAI Drug Diversion Toolkit
- NE ICAP – Policy Template: Safe Injection Policy Template
- NE ICAP — Policy Review Guide
- NE ICAP – Practice Brief: What is a “splash zone” and what is the guidance associated with it?
- NE ICAP – Practice Brief: What type of thermometer should I use when monitoring our facility medication refrigerator temperatures? What do I document, and how often?
- NE ICAP — In the Zone – The Splash Zone
Point of Care Testing
- CDC – Considerations for Blood Glucose Monitoring and Insulin Administration
- CDC – Infection Prevention during Blood Glucose Monitoring and Insulin Administration
- NE ICAP – Blood Glucose Monitoring Audit Tool revised
- NE ICAP – Should I verify the competency of the healthcare workers who are performing assisted blood glucose monitoring?
- NE ICAP – What factors should be considered when developing a protocol or policy for cleaning and disinfection of blood glucose meters used on multiple patients?
- NE ICAP – Protocol Template: Glucometer Cleaning Protocol Template
Prevention of Surgical Site Infection (SSI)
- APIC – APIC Implementation guides – Infection Preventionist’s Guide to the OR
- AST – AST Guidelines for Best Practices for Wearing Jewelry
- AST – AST Standards of Practice for Surgical Attire, Surgical Scrub, Hand Hygiene and Hand Washing
- CDC – Surgical Site Infection (SSI)
- SHEA – Strategies to Prevent Infections in Acute Care Hospitals – Surgical Site Infections (SSI)
- NE ICAP — Intraoperative Anesthesia Infection Prevention Audit Tool
- NE ICAP — Surgical Site Infection Prevention Guidelines, Recommendations and Resources
- Nebraska HAI/AR Advisory Council SSI Subcommittee Perioperative Auditing Tool (Excel)
Prevention of Clostridioides difficile Infection (CDI)
Environmental Cleaning and Disinfection
- CDC – Infection Control – Environmental Infection Control Guidelines (Home Page)
- CDC – Best Practices for Cleaning and Disinfection in Healthcare Facilities
- CDC – Options for Evaluating Environmental Cleaning
- Minnesota Hospital Association – Environmental Services Cleaning Guidebook
- NE ICAP – Environmental Cleaning in Healthcare Training Video Series
- NE ICAP – Form: Annual Black light Tracking Workbook
- NE ICAP – Form: EVS Audit Tracking Form
- NE ICAP – Form: Public Area EVS Audit Tracking Form
- NE ICAP – Form: Patient Room EVS Audit Tracking Form
- NE ICAP – Form: Spa/ Shower EVS Audit Tracking Form
- NE ICAP – Policy Template: Undersink Storage Sample Policy
- NE ICAP – Practice Brief: I have been cited for having linen stored inappropriately. What is the recommendation for storing linen?
- NE ICAP – Practice Brief: Is it sufficient to clean shared nail clippers with alcohol?
- NE ICAP – Practice Brief: Should gait belts be assigned per aide/therapist, and used on several residents, or should they be dedicated to one resident, and only used for that resident?
- NE ICAP – Practice Brief: What factors should be considered when developing a protocol or policy for cleaning and disinfection of blood glucose meters used on multiple patients?
- NE ICAP – Practice Brief: What should NOT be stored under sinks?
- NE ICAP – Practice Brief: Where can I find a list of the cleaning/disinfecting products effective for killing bacteria and viruses?
- WHO – How to Dilute and Use Bleach
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Environmental Cleaning (All)
Environmental Cleaning in Healthcare: Introduction
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Environmental Cleaning (All)
Environmental Cleaning in Healthcare Part 1: Set up the Cleaning Cart
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Environmental Cleaning (All)
Environmental Cleaning in Healthcare Part 2: Perform Hand Hygiene
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Environmental Cleaning (All)
Environmental Cleaning in Healthcare Part 3: Clean Patient/ Resident Room (Occupied)
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Environmental Cleaning (All)
Environmental Cleaning in Healthcare Part 4: Clean Patient/ Resident Room (Discharged)
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Environmental Cleaning (All)
Environmental Cleaning in Healthcare Part 5: Clean Patient/ Resident Room (Isolation)
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Environmental Cleaning (All)
Environmental Cleaning in Healthcare Part 6: Clean Patient/ Resident Restroom
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Environmental Cleaning (All)
Environmental Cleaning in Healthcare Part 7: Clean and Disinfect High-Touch Surfaces
Device Reprocessing
- AIUM – Guidelines for Cleaning and Preparing External- and Internal-Use Ultrasound Transducers and Equipment Between Patients as well as Safe Handling and Use of Ultrasound Coupling Gel
- ANSI/AAMI – ST58:2013 Chemical sterilization and high-level disinfection in health care facilities
- Paid Resource
- ANSI/AAMI – ST79:2017 & 2020 Amendments A1, A2, A3, A4 (Consolidated Text): Comprehensive guide to steam sterilization and sterility assurance in health care facilities
- Paid Resource
- ANSI/AAMI – ST91:2021 Comprehensive guide to flexible and semi-rigid endoscope processing in health care facilities
- Paid Resource
- APIC – APIC Implementation guides – Infection Preventionist’s Guide to the OR
- CDC – Essential Elements of a Reprocessing Program for Flexible Endoscopes – Recommendations of the HICPAC
- CDC – Infection Control – Guidelines for Disinfection and Sterilization in Healthcare Facilities (2008)
- NE ICAP – Instrument Transport Process
Antimicrobial Stewardship
- CDC – Core Elements of Antibiotic Stewardship
- CDC – Antibiotic Prescribing and Use – Core Elements of Hospital Antibiotic Stewardship Programs
- CDC – Implementation of Antibiotic Stewardship Core Elements at Small and Critical Access Hospitals
- CDC – PDF: Implementation of Antibiotic Stewardship Core Elements at Small and Critical Access Hospitals
- NE ASAP – Nebraska Antimicrobial Stewardship Assessment and Promotion (ASAP) Program
Employee and Occupational Health
- AOHP – Getting Started: Occupational Health in the Healthcare Setting
- ICAP – Employee Illness and Return to Work Guidelines
- CDC – Infection Control in Healthcare Personnel: Infrastructure and Routine Practices for Occupational Infection Prevention and Control Services
- CDC — Workbook for Designing, Implementing, and Evaluating a Sharps Injury Prevention Program
- OSHA – Occupational Safety and Health Standards – 1910.1030 – Bloodborne pathogens
- OSHA – OSHA’s Bloodborne Pathogens Standard
- OSHA – Bloodborne Pathogens – Quick Reference Guide to the Bloodborne Pathogens Standard
- OSHA – Occupational Safety and Health Standards – 29 CFR 1910.141 – Sanitation
Air Quality in Healthcare Settings
- ASHRAE – In Room Air Cleaner Guidance for Reducing COVID-19 in your Space or Room
- ASHRAE – Healthcare FAQs
- USGBC – School IAQ Fact Sheet
Infection Control Risk Assessment (ICRA) for Construction
- ASHE – Using the Health Care Physical Environment to Prevent and Control Infection
- ASHE – Complimentary Tool – Infection Control Risk Assessment 2.0 (ICRA 2.0)
General Vaccine and Immunization Resources
- ACIP – ACIP Recommendations
- CDC – Epidemiology and Prevention of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases – The Pink Book
- CDC – Guidelines for Preventing the Transmission of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis in Health-Care Settings
- CDC – Vaccine & Immunizations
- IAC – Immunization Action Coalition Home Page
- NE ICAP – Practice Brief: Can I store vaccines in the door of our medication refrigerator?
Water Management
- CDC – Legionella (Legionnaires’ Disease and Pontiac Fever) – Toolkit: Developing a Water Management Program to Reduce Legionella Growth and Spread in Buildings
- CDC – PDF: Developing a Water Management Program to Reduce Legionella Growth & Spread in Buildings: A Practical Guide to Implementing Industry Standards
- CDC – Water Infection Control Risk Assessment (WICRA) for Healthcare Settings
- CDC – Legionella (Legionnaires’ Disease and Pontiac Fever) – Healthcare Water Management Program Frequently Asked Questions
- CMS – QSO-17-30-Hospitals/CAHs/NHs memo – Requirement to Reduce Legionella Risk in Healthcare Facility Water Systems to Prevent Cases and Outbreaks of Legionnaires’ Disease (LD)
- Ne ICAP: Dental Unit Waterline Toolkit
Resource Glossary
- AAMI: Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation
- AST: Association of Surgical Technologists
- AHA: American Hospital Association
- AIUM: Association for Medical Ultrasound
- AMDA: The Society for Post Acute and Long Term Care Medicine
- AOHP: Association of Occupational Health Professionals in Healthcare
- AORN: Association of periOperative Registered Nurses
- APIC: Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology
- ASHRAE: American Society of Heating Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers
- CAUTI: Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infection
- CDC: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- CDI: Clostridioides difficile Infection
- CLABSI: Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection
- CMS: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
- EPA: Environmental Protection Agency
- FDA: Food and Drug Administration
- HAI: Hospital Acquired Infection
- HAN: Health Alert Network
- HICPAC: Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee
- IAC: Immunization Action Coalition
- MDRO: Multi Drug Resistant Organism
- Ne ASAP: Nebraska Antimicrobial Stewardship Assessment and Promotion Program
- Ne DHHS: Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services
- Ne ICAP: Nebraska Infection Control Assessment and Promotion Program
- NETEC: National Emerging Special Pathogens Training and Education Center
- NIOSH: National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health
- OSHA: Occupational Safety and Health Administration
- PPE: Personal Protective Equipment
- SHEA: Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America
- SSI: Surgical Site Infection
- TJC: The Joint Commission
- TMF: TMF Health Quality Institute
- VAE: Ventilator Associated Event
- WHO: World Health Organization
