Project Firstline Education and Training

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Free Infection Prevention Text Messages

Sign up to receive free text updates (PDF) from the Washington Project Firstline team.

Get timely infection prevention updates over your phone, wherever you are, including access to:

  • Short infection control training videos from the CDC
  • Infection prevention facts to raise awareness and keep infection control in mind
  • Engage your team in infection prevention in just minutes per week!

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Washington Infection Control Online Training

We offer a six-part interactive training series to provide frontline healthcare workers with infection prevention and control education. This training is offered in both English and Spanish.

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Participants are able to earn continuing education and continuing nursing education (CE/CNE) credits. The series is based on CDC Project Firstline content and focuses on the following six modules:

Infection Control 

Job aids for Infection Control

English (PDF) | Amharic (PDF)Español (PDF) | Korean (PDF)Русский (PDF)Tagalog (PDF) | Tiếng Việt (PDF) | Ukrainian (PDF)

How Germs Can Spread on Surfaces

Job aids for How Germs Can Spread on Surfaces

English (PDF) | Amharic (PDF)Español (PDF) | Korean (PDF)Русский (PDF)Tagalog (PDF)Tiếng Việt (PDF) | Ukrainian (PDF)

How Germs Can Spread via Respiratory Droplets

Job aids for How Germs Can Spread via Respiratory Droplets

English (PDF) | Amharic (PDF)Español (PDF) | Korean (PDF)Русский (PDF)Tagalog (PDF)Tiếng Việt (PDF) | Ukrainian (PDF)

Proper Hand Hygiene

Job aids for Proper Hand Hygiene

Pocket Aid
English (PDF) | Amharic (PDF)Español (PDF) | Korean (PDF)Русский (PDF)Tagalog (PDF)Tiếng Việt (PDF) | Ukrainian (PDF)

Poster
English (PDF)Amharic (PDF)Español (PDF) | | Korean (PDF) | Русский (PDF)Tagalog (PDF)Tiếng Việt (PDF) | Ukrainian (PDF)

Proper Use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

Job aids for Proper Use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

PPE Don/Doff with Facemask
English (PDF) | Amharic (PDF)Español (PDF) | Korean (PDF)Русский (PDF)Tagalog (PDF)Tiếng Việt (PDF) | Ukrainian (PDF)

PPE Don/Doff without Facemask
English (PDF)Amharic (PDF) | Español (PDF) | Korean (PDF) | Русский (PDF)Tagalog (PDF)Tiếng Việt (PDF) | Ukrainian (PDF) 

Cleaning and Disinfection

Job aids for Contact Time

Contact Time Chart
English (PDF) | Amharic (PDF)Español (PDF) | Korean (PDF)Русский (PDF)Tagalog (PDF)Tiếng Việt (PDF) | Ukrainian (PDF)

Job aids for Cleaning and Disinfection

Cleaning vs. Disinfection
English (PDF) | Amharic (PDF)Español (PDF) | Korean (PDF)Русский (PDF)Tagalog (PDF)Tiếng Việt (PDF) | Ukrainian (PDF)

Enhanced Barrier Precautions

The True Cost of an MDRO Outbreak (PDF)

Job aids for Enhanced Barrier Precautions

Enhanced Barrier Precautions Pocket Guide (PDF)

Amharic (PDF) | Español (PDF) | Korean (PDF) | Русский (PDF) | Tagalog (PDF)Ukrainian (PDF) | Vietnamese (PDF)

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Podcast

The Project Firstline Podcast, hosted by the Washington State Department of Health, is for frontline healthcare workers to:

  • grow their awareness of infection prevention and public health practices.
  • identify the impact of infection prevention on our lives and the lives of our community.
Episodes
Antimicrobial Stewardship (AMS) Mini-Series

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