At a glance
The following tools are designed to help healthcare providers to implement infection control measures and prevent healthcare-associated infections.
Tools by setting
Infection Prevention & Control in Dental Settings
Options for Evaluating Environmental Cleaning
Inter-Facility Infection Control Transfer Form for States Establishing HAI Prevention Collaboratives
Infection Prevention and Long-term Care Facility Residents
Tools by infection or pathogen
CAUTItoolkit_revised_final3_10.ppt
Targeted Assessment for Prevention (TAP) Strategy Toolkit
Targeted Assessment for Prevention (TAP) Strategy Toolkit
Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales (CRE) Infection Control
Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales (CRE) Infection Control
Clinical Guidance for C. diff Prevention in Acute Care Facilities
Targeted Assessment for Prevention (TAP) Strategy Toolkit
Clinical Guidance for C. diff Prevention in Acute Care Facilities
Influenza: Prevention Strategies for Healthcare
Prevention Strategies for Seasonal Influenza in Healthcare Settings.
Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Infection
Key Infection Control Recommendations for the Control of Norovirus Outbreaks in Healthcare Settings
Information for Clinicians and Healthcare Settings
Professional Resources & Tools
Quick Observation Tools (QUOTs) tools and suites
These QUOTs are easy-to-use checklists for infection preventionists and/or healthcare professionals whose primary responsibilities are at specific assessment locations. They are the result of a partnership between CDC and Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc. (APIIC).
Compiled checklists for: central venous catheter; urinary catheters; ventilators; hand hygiene provision of supplies; personal protective equipment provision; area exterior to contact isolation rooms; area exterior to airborne infection isolation rooms; needlestick prevention and care of laundry; centralized medication area; portable medication systems; neonatal central venous catheters; isolettes/basinets; nutritional preparation area; cough courtesy: waiting room; visitor areas; dirty areas; clean areas; vaccine storage areas; and point of care testing.
Individual tools
Suite of tools
Compiled checklists for: hand hygiene provision of supplies; personal protective equipment provision; area exterior to contact isolation rooms; area exterior to airborne infection isolation rooms; needlestick prevention and care of laundry; centralized medication area; cough courtesy: waiting room; vaccine storage areas; and point of care testing.
Suite of tools
Compiled checklists for: central venous catheter; urinary catheters; hand hygiene provision of supplies; personal protective equipment provision; area exterior to contact isolation rooms; area exterior to airborne infection isolation rooms; needlestick prevention and care of laundry; centralized medication area; portable medication systems; visitor areas; dirty areas; and clean areas.
Individual tools
Suite of tools
Compiled checklists for: central venous catheters, neonatal central venous catheters, urinary catheters and ventilators.
Individual tools
Suite of tools
Compiled checklists for: hand hygiene provision of supplies; dirty area; and clean area
Suite of tools
Compiled checklists for: central venous catheter; urinary catheters; hand hygiene; provision of supplies; personal protective equipment provision; area exterior to contact isolation rooms; area exterior to airborne infection isolation areas; needlestick prevention and care of laundry; centralized medication area; portable medication systems; and visitor areas.
Individual tools
Suite of tools
Compiled checklists for: centralized medication area; portable medication systems; and vaccine storage areas.
Individual tools
Suite of tools
Compiled checklists for: central venous catheter; hand hygiene provision of supplies; personal protective equipment provision; area exterior to contact isolation rooms; needlestick prevention and care of laundry; centralized medication area; isolettes/basinets; nutritional preparation area; and visitor areas.
Suite of tools
Compiled checklists for: hand hygiene provision of supplies; personal protective equipment provision; area exterior to contact isolation rooms; area exterior to airborne infection isolation rooms; needlestick prevention and care of laundry.
Individual tools
Suite of tools
Compiled checklists for: hand hygiene provision of supplies; personal protective equipment provision; needlestick prevention and care of laundry; and visitor areas.
Individual tools
Suite of tools
Compiled checklists for: area exterior to contact isolation rooms; and area exterior to airborne isolation rooms.