Key points
CDC developed the States Targeting Reduction in Infections via Engagement (STRIVE) curriculum with national infection prevention experts led by the Health Research & Educational Trust (HRET).
Overview
The CDC/STRIVE curriculum was developed by national infection prevention experts led by the Health Research & Educational Trust (HRET) for CDC. See the American Hospital Association's HRET STRIVE page Getting Hospitals to Zero.
Courses address both the technical and foundational elements of healthcare-associated infection (HAI) prevention.
Courses can be taken in any order. Each course has 1 or more modules.
Individual modules can be used for:
- new employee training
- annual infection prevention training
- periodic training
Recommended audience
- All staff
- Infection Preventionists
- Infection Prevention and Control Team/Committee
- Hospital Leaders
- Clinical Educators
- Nurse Managers
- Physician Managers
- Environmental Services (EVS) Managers
- Patient and Family Advisors
Contact
DHQP Training Team: DHQPtraining@cdc.gov
Course structure
Modules are classified as Foundational Infection Prevention (IP) Strategies or Targeted Prevention Strategies.
Foundational Infection Prevention (IP) Strategies modules:
- Competency-based Training, Audits and Feedback
- Hand Hygiene
- Strategies for Preventing HAIs
- Environmental Cleaning
- Personal Protective Equipment
- Patient and Family Engagement
- Building a Business Case for Infection Prevention