Setting Specific Infection Prevention Resources
Helpful tools & guides focused on Long-Term Care, Dental, Dialysis, Outpatient Clinics, Ambulatory Surgical Center, and MORE!
Clinics & Ambulatory Surgical Centers
| Resource Name | Link |
| Basic Infection Control and Prevention Plan for Outpatient Oncology Settings |
https://www.cdc.gov/healthcare-associated-infections/hcp/prevention-healthcare/infection-control-outpatient-oncology.html |
| CMS ASC Infection Control Surveyor Worksheet |
https://www.cms.gov/Regulations-and-Guidance/Guidance/Manuals/downloads/som107_exhibit_351.pdf |
| CDC Guide to Infection Prevention for Outpatient Settings |
https://www.cdc.gov/infection-control/media/pdfs/outpatient-guide-checklist-508.pdf |
| CDC Guide to Infection Prevention for Outpatient Podiatry Settings |
https://www.cdc.gov/infection-control/media/pdfs/podiatry-guide-508.pdf?CDC_AAref_Val=https://www.cdc.gov/infectioncontrol/pdf/Podiatry-Guide_508.pdf |
| APIC Infection Prevention for Ambulatory Care Centers During Disasters | https://apic.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/2013_Ambulatory_Care_during_Disasters_FINAL.pdf |
- Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC): www.aaahc.org
- Ambulatory Surgery Center Association (ASCA): https://www.ascassociation.org/home
- Outpatient Surgery magazine & website: www.outpatientsurgery.net
- Advancing ASC Quality: https://www.ascquality.org/home
To support the ASC industry’s focus on high quality care, the ASC Quality Collaboration has assembled ASC Tools for Improving Performance, or ASC TIPs. Their goal is to make these resources readily accessible to ASCs by bringing them together in one location.
The following ASC TIPs are now available:
CDC Tools & Resources by Setting
- Infection Prevention for Outpatient Settings (Checklist) pdf
- Guide to Infection Prevention for Outpatient Settings: Minimum Expectations for Safe Care pdf
- Fillable Version: Infection Prevention for Outpatient Settings (Checklist) pdf
- Options for Evaluating Enviornmental Cleaning pdf
- Inter-Facility Infection Control Transfer Form pdf
- Guide to Infection Prevention in Orthopedic & Pain Management Office Settings pdf
- Orthopedic & Pain Management Preventing Patient Infections - My Pocket Guide pdf
- Guide to Infection Prevention for Outpatient Podiatry Settings pdf
- Infection Prevention for Outpatient Podietry Settings - Pocket Guide pdf
Long-Term Care Facilities
| nfection Prevention and Long-term Care Facility Residents | https://www.cdc.gov/long-term-care-facilities/about/index.html |
| CDC Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) training for Long-Term Care |
https://www.cms.gov/newsroom/fact-sheets/cms-cdc-offer-specialized-online-infection-prevention-and-control-training-nursing-home-staff-long |
| GI Illness (VGE) Outbreak in Long Term Care Facilities (LTCF) Resource Gide - Clark County Public Health | https://clark.wa.gov/media/document/132661 |
Outbreak Investigation Tools
| Resources & Tools |
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CDC Infection Prevention and Long-term Care Facility |
Dental Settings
| CDC Summary of Infection Prevention Practices in Dental Settings | https://www.cdc.gov/dental-infection-control/hcp/summary/index.html |
| Organization for Safety and Asepsis –Dental Infection Control Resources | https://www.myads.org/ |
Dialysis Centers
CDC Infections and Patients on Dialysis |
https://www.cdc.gov/dialysis-safety/about/?CDC_AAref_Val=https://www.cdc.gov/dialysis/patient/conversation-starter.html |
CDC Dialysis Safety Resource and Tools |
https://www.cdc.gov/dialysis-safety/hcp/tools/index.html |
CDC Infection Prevention and Control Assessment Tool for Hemodialysis Facilities |
file:///C:/Users/kelpoo/Downloads/download%20(1).pdf |
CDC CMS-Outpatient Dialysis Facilities |
https://www.cdc.gov/nhsn/cms/dialysis.html |
CDC NHSN and CMS End Stage Renal Dialysis Quality Incentive Program (ESRD QIP) Rule |
https://www.cdc.gov/nhsn/faqs/dialysis/faq-esrd-qip.html |
CMS Quality, Safety, & Oversight - Guidelines for Laws & Regulations - Dialysis |
Dialysis | CMS |
National Kidney Foundation - Guidelines and Commentaries |
https://www.kidney.org/guidelines-and-commentaries |
National Kidney Foundation -Current Vascular Access Guidelines |
https://www.kidney.org/professionals/kdoqi/vascular-access |
National Kidney Foundation -Current Vascular Access Guidelines - CVC Care: Connect and Disconnect - Scrub the Hub to Prevention Infection |
https://www.kidney.org/sites/default/files/vait-11a_cvc_care-prevent_infection.pdf |
National Kidney Foundation - Professional Education Resource Center |
https://cme.kidney.org/spa/courses/catalog/nkf/home |
Nephrologists Transforming Dialysis Safety (NTDS) |
https://epc.asn-online.org/projects/ntds/?redirected=asn |
