References
Targeted Infection Prevention (TIP) Study Toolkit & Implementation Guide: A product of the TIP Study
Key interactive activities and resources from the Toolkit:
- Chain of Transmission Module
- Infection Prevention Program Module
- Catheter Care and Maintenance Pre-Post-test
- Catheter Care and Maintenance Skits
- Standard and Transmissions-based Precautions Module
- Personal Protective Equipment Education
- Infection Definition Pocket Cards
- Hand Hygiene Technique Demonstration – Hand Cultures
- Hand Hygiene Technique Posters
- My 5 Moments for Hand Hygiene – Urinary Catheter
- Hand Hygiene Interactive Education
- Hand Hygiene Monitoring Tool
- Hand Hygiene Song
Guidelines
Smith PW, Bennett G, Bradley SF, Drinka P, Lautenbach E, Marx J, McGeer A, Mody L, Nicolle L, Richards C, Stevenson K. Infection prevention and control in long-term care facilities. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2008;29:785-814.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18786461
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18767983
Healthcare Infection Control and Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC) Guidelines, Centers for Disease Control (CDC)
http://www.cdc.gov/hicpac/pubs.html
Including:
• Guideline for Isolation Precautions: Preventing Transmission of Infectious Agents in Healthcare Settings, 2007
• Guidelines for Hand Hygiene in Healthcare Settings, 2002
• Guidelines for Environmental Infection Control in Health-Care Facilities, 2003
• Management of Multidrug-Resistant Organisms In Healthcare Settings, 2006
• Guideline for Prevention of Catheter-associated Urinary Tract Infections, 2009
Definitions of Infection for Surveillance:
Stone, ND. et.al. Surveillance Definitions of Infection in Long-Term Care Facilities: Revisiting the McGeer Criteria. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology 2012;33(10):965-977
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22961014
McGeer, A. et al. Definitions of Infection for Surveillance in Long-Term Care Facilities
American Journal of Infection Control 1991;19(1):1-7
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1902352
Loeb M, et al. Development of Minimum Criteria for the Initiation of Antibiotics in Residents of Long Term–Care Facilities: Results of a Consensus Conference. Infection Control Hospital Epidemiology 2001;22:120–124.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11232875
APIC Implementation Guides
http://www.apic.org/Professional-Practice/Implementation-guides
Including:
• Guide to the Elimination of Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections (CAUTIs), 2008
• Guide to the Elimination of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in the Long-Term Care Facility, 2009
• Guide to the Elimination of Multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii Transmission in Healthcare Settings, 2010
• Guide to Preventing Clostridium difficile Infections, 2013
Other Useful Links:
Preventing Resistance and Infection by Integrating Systems in Michigan
https://priism.med.umich.edu
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
http://www.cdc.gov
Michigan Department of Community Health (MDCH)
http://www.michigan.gov/mdch
Surveillance for Healthcare-Associated & Resistant Pathogens (SHARP) Unit Healthcare-Associated Infection (HAI) at MDCH
http://www.michigan.gov/mdch/0,4612,7-132-2945_5104_55205—,00.html
Michigan Society for Infection Prevention and Control (MSIPC)
http://www.msipc.org
Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Prevention (APIC)
http://www.apic.org
