Acute Care Facilities - HAN
Jump To:
Overview
A paragraph is a self-contained unit of a discourse in writing dealing with a particular point or idea. Paragraphs are usually an expected part of formal writing, used to organize longer prose.
Our Team
| Acute Care Team | Name | Contact Information |
|---|---|---|
| Medical Director | Dr. Michelle Funk DVM, MPH | Michelle.Funk@cityofchicago.org |
| Projects Administrator | Shane Zelencik | Phone: 312-744-3434 Shane.Zelencik@cityofchicago.org |
| Infection Prevention Specialist (Acute Care) | Andrea Castillo | Phone: 312-744-2014 Andrea.Castillo@cityofchicago.org |
| Infection Prevention Specialist (Acute Care) | Karen Branch-Crawford | Phone: 312-746-6035 Karen.Branch-Crawford@cityofchicago.org |
| Infection Prevention Specialist (All Outpatient Settings: FQHC, Dental, Surgical, Dialysis, Therapies, Home Health, Infusion Centers, EMS, etc.) | Kim Goitia | Phone: 312-742-8021 Kimberly.Goitia@cityofchicago.org |
| Public Health Administrator II | Maggie Li | Phone: 312-743-0317 Maggie.Li@cityofchicago.org |
Infection Control Assessment and Response Tools (ICARs)
Purpose: ICAR tools are used to systematically assess a healthcare facility’s IPC practices and guide quality improvement activities (e.g., by addressing identified gaps).
How CDPH can help: The ACHOO team is engaged in comprehensive visits to acute care facilities throughout Chicago, during which they perform ICARs based on the facilities' preferences. Upon concluding an ICAR, the team provides post-report recommendations, equipping these facilities to proactively address any regulatory inspections. It is essential to emphasize that their visits are inherently non-regulatory and non-punitive. Instead, the primary objective is to foster collaboration among departmental teams within each facility and identify areas for enhancement.
Partner with Us:
Step 1: Complete the Demographics- Acute Care Form
Step 2:
How CDPH can help: The ACHOO team is engaged in comprehensive visits to acute care facilities throughout Chicago, during which they perform ICARs based on the facilities' preferences. Upon concluding an ICAR, the team provides post-report recommendations, equipping these facilities to proactively address any regulatory inspections. It is essential to emphasize that their visits are inherently non-regulatory and non-punitive. Instead, the primary objective is to foster collaboration among departmental teams within each facility and identify areas for enhancement.
Partner with Us:
Step 1: Complete the Demographics- Acute Care Form
Step 2:
Or Scan QR Code
Step 3: A CDPH Infection Prevention Specialist will confirm and send next steps.
IPC Guidance and resources
1. Core Practices
- CDC's Core Infection Prevention and Control Practices for Safe Healthcare Delivery in All Settings | Infection Control | CDC
- Infection Control Basics | Infection Control | CDC
- Environmental Infection Control Guidelines | Infection Control | CDC
- Options for Evaluating Environmental Cleaning | Infection Control | CDC
- Considerations for Reducing Risk: Surfaces in Healthcare Facilities | HAIs | CDC
- Guidelines for Environmental Infection Control in Health-Care Facilities (cdc.gov)
- Environmental Cleaning 101 (cdc.gov)
- Environmental Cleaning 102 (cdc.gov)
- Selected EPA-Registered Disinfectants | US EPA
- CDC's Core Infection Prevention and Control Practices for Safe Healthcare Delivery in All Settings | Infection Control | CDC
- APIC STRIVE Environmental Services Training Modules and Tools
- Module 1: Basic Principles of Infection Control for EVS Technicians
- This module defines an infection, reviews the chain of infection, and discusses how important environmental cleaning is to breaking the chain of infection.
- Tools and Resources In English and Spanish
- A ready-to-use presentation for trainers English | Spanish
- Learners’ version in PowerPoint format English | Spanish
- Presentation facilitator notes and guidelines for trainers, for use in live sessions English
- Narrated audio version of the presentation English | Spanish
- Flashcards English | Spanish
- Infographics English | Spanish
- Checklists for discharge and daily cleaning inspection processes
- Module 2: PPE and EVS: Keeping EVS Team Members, Patients, and Caregivers Safe
- This module provides information on what basic personal protective equipment (PPE) is, how to don and doff it, and when and how to use it during routine EVS activities.
- Tools and Resources In English and Spanish
- A ready-to-use presentation in PowerPoint format English | Spanish
- Narrated audio version of the presentation English | Spanish
- Flashcards English | Spanish
- Infographics depicting “Do’s and Don’ts” of glove use English | Spanish
- Checklist for donning and doffing PPE and fit-checking respirator English | Spanish
- Module 3: Chemical Safety for EVS
- This module covers safety practices EVS personnel should follow to protect themselves, other staff, patients, and visitors when using chemical disinfectants.
- Tools and Resources In English and Spanish
- Module 4: Surface Cleaning and Disinfection Procedures and Techniques in EVS
- This module covers best practices for cleaning and low-level disinfection of environmental surfaces in occupied patient’s rooms and at the time of patient discharge or transfer, as well as how to evaluate adequate cleaning.
- Tools and Resources In English and Spanish
- A ready-to-use presentation in PowerPoint format English | Spanish
- Narrated audio version of the presentation English | Spanish
- Flashcards English | Spanish
- Infographic on cleaning occupied rooms English | Spanish
- Checklists for monitoring room cleanliness using ATP technology and UV light inspection
- Implementation Guides and Tools
- APIC Text (subscription required)
- Resources
- Guidelines for Environmental Infection Control in Healthcare Facilities - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, MMWR
- Upping the Game for OR Cleaning with Monitoring and Partnerships - OR Manager article
- Module 1: Basic Principles of Infection Control for EVS Technicians
- Infection Control Guidance: Candida auris | Candida auris (C. auris) | CDC
- Infection Control in Healthcare Personnel: Epidemiology and Control of Selected Infections Transmitted Among Healthcare Personnel and Patients (cdc.gov)
- Transmission-Based Precautions | Infection Control | CDC
- Appendix A: Type and Duration of Precautions Recommended for Selected Infections and Conditions | Infection Control | CDC
- Isolation Precautions Guideline | Infection Control | CDC
- Appendix A: Table 2. Clinical Syndromes or Conditions Warranting Empiric Transmission-Based Precautions in Addition to Standard Precautions | Infection Control | CDC
- Guideline for Isolation Precautions: Preventing Transmission of Infectious Agents in Healthcare Settings (2007) (cdc.gov)
- Prevention Strategies for Seasonal Influenza in Healthcare Settings | CDC
- Duration of Contact Precautions for Acute-Care Settings (Cambridge.org)
- Inter-Facility Infection Control Transfer Form for States Establishing HAI Prevention Collaboratives (cdc.gov)
- Healthcare Respiratory Protection Resources | NPPTL | NIOSH | CDC
- Clean Hands Count Materials | Clean Hands | CDC
- Sink-Related Outbreaks and Mitigation Strategies in Healthcare Facilities | Current Infectious Disease Reports (springer.com)
- Characterizations of handwashing sink activities in a single hospital medical intensive care unit - Journal of Hospital Infection
- Guideline for Hand Hygiene in Healthcare Settings (2002) | Infection Control | CDC
- Clinical Safety: Hand Hygiene for Healthcare Workers | Clean Hands | CDC
- Implementation Guides and Tools
- APIC Patient Hand Hygiene Toolkit
- Strategies to Prevent Healthcare-Associated Infections through Hand Hygiene—Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (APIC collaborated with SHEA and other organizations on development of this resource)
- Wash or clean your hands—Infection Prevention and You
- APIC Text (subscription required)
- Chapter 27, “Hand Hygiene”
- Chapter 28, “Standard Precautions”
- Chapter 29, “Isolation Precautions (Transmission-based Precautions)”
- Chapter 30, “Aseptic Technique”
- Prevention Strategist articles
- 5 moments for hand hygiene—Winter 2014
- AJIC articles
- External resources
- Vital Signs: Protect Patients from Antibiotic Resistance, March 2016—Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Hand hygiene in healthcare settings—Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Clean care is safer care—World Health Organization
- Tool Kits
- Safe Injection Practices and Your Health | Injection Safety | CDC
- Clinician Brief: Drug Diversion | Injection Safety | CDC
- Antineoplastic & Other Hazardous Drugs in Healthcare, 2016 | NIOSH | CDC
- USP Compounding Standards
- Preventing Unsafe Injection Practices | Injection Safety | CDC
- Vaccines Storage and Handling Toolkit | CDC
- CDC Clinical Reminder: Spinal Injection Procedures Performed without a Facemask Pose Risk for Bacterial Meningitis | Injection Safety | CDC
CLABSI
Implementation Guides and Tools
IV & Central Line Care
- Catheter Types
- Intravascular Catheter-related Infection (BSI) Prevention Guidelines
- Guidelines for the Prevention of Intravascular Catheter-Related Infections (2011)
- Strategies for Prevention of Catheter-Related Infections in Adult and Pediatric Patients
- Central Line-associated Bloodstream Infection (CLABSI) Basics
- Checklist for Prevention of CLABSI
- TAP CLABSI Implementation Guide
- National Healthcare Safety Network : Tracking CLABSIs
- Epidemiology and Microbiology in Adult and Pediatric Patients
- Guide to Preventing Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections—Implementation Guide
- Strategies to Prevent Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections in Acute Care Hospitals: 2014 Update—Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (APIC collaborated with SHEA and other organizations on development of this resource)
- TAP CLABSI Implementation Guide
- APIC Text (subscription required)
- Chapter 17, “Performance Measures”
- Chapter 34, “Intravascular Device Infection”
- Chapter 44, “Infection Prevention in Oncology and Other Immunocompromised Patients”
- Chapter 59, “Intensive Care”
- Vital Signs: Protect Patients from Antibiotic Resistance, March 2016—Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- CDC’s Antibiotic Resistance Patient Safety Atlas—Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- NHSN: Surveillance of Central Line-associated Bloodstream Infections (CLABSI)—Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- CLABSI Event: Device-Associated Module—Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Multistate Point-Prevalence Survey of Health Care–Associated Infections—The New England Journal of Medicine
- On the CUSP: STOP BSI—Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Ventilator-Associated Infections (VAE/VAP)
- CDC Resources
- CDC HAI Checklists
- CDC Ventilator-associated Pneumonia Basics
- VAE Calculator
- VAE Data Collection Worksheet – January 2015 [PDF – 180 KB]
- VAE Antimicrobial Worksheet
- 2025 Patient Safety Component Summary of Updates
- Chapter 10: Ventilator-Associated Event (VAE) Protocol
- Ventilator-associated Event (VAE) form (57.112) [PDF – 180 KB]
- VAE Data Collection
- Denominator Forms
- ACH
- LTACH and IRF
- Custom Event Form
- HAI Custom Event form (57.115) [PDF – 180 KB]
- Customizable form [DOCX – 80 KB]
- **Not to be used for CLABSI, CAUTI, SSI, PedVAE, VAE, pediatric VAP, or LabID events.**
- To be used in conjunction with Chapter 17: CDC/NHSN Surveillance Definitions for Specific Types of Infections [PDF – 2 MB] in the NHSN Patient Safety Manual.
- Customizable form [DOCX – 80 KB]
- HAI Custom Event form (57.115) [PDF – 180 KB]
- NHSN Resources
- CMS Resources
- SHEA Resources
- AHRQ Resources
- AHRQ Toolkit to Improve Safety for Mechanically Ventilated Patients
- AHRQ Toolkit Modules
- The toolkit consists of four modules and other resources to help ICUs uncover local defects, implement interventions to prevent ventilator-associated events, and build a sustainable safety culture.
- Module on How To Apply CUSP for Mechanically Ventilated Patients
- Technical Bundles Module
- Ventilator-Associated Events and Outcome Measures Module
- Sustainability Module
- Other Resources
- AHRQ Monitoring Ventilator-Associated Events Slide Presentation: PowerPoint
- AHRQ Monitoring Ventilator-Associated Events: Facilitator Guide
- AHRQ Facilitator Guide: Word
- Training
- YouTube Video
- VAE Trainings
CAUTI Prevention
APIC Implementation Guides and Tools
- Guide to Preventing Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections (2025)
- Strategies to Prevent Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections in Acute Care Hospitals: 2014 Update—Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (APIC collaborated with SHEA and other organizations on development of this resource)
- Guide to Preventing Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections—Implementation Guide
- On the CUSP: Stop CAUTI—APIC’s role in the national implementation of CUSP to eliminate HAIs
- Federal HAI Reporting To NHSN—PowerPoint
- The Importance of Surveillance Technologies in the Prevention of Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs)—APIC Position paper
- APIC Text (subscription required)
- Chapter 33, “Urinary Tract Infection”
- APIC Education & Training
- Stop catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI) in critically ill patients—APIC/HRET infographic
- The power of 10: Your role in preventing catheter-associated urinary tract infections in nursing homes—APIC/HRET infographic to educate consumers
- Preventing CAUTI: A patient-centered approach
- Other Resources
- CAUTI resources: Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP)—Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
- Vital Signs: Protect Patients from Antibiotic Resistance, March 2016—Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- CDC’s Antibiotic Resistance Patient Safety Atlas—Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection (CAUTI) Event—Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Healthcare Safety Network
- TAP Facility Assessments
- TAP Implementation Guides
- TAP CAUTI Toolkit Implementation Guide: Links to Example Resources
- Find an Infection Prevention Champion at your healthcare facility to help lead the charge against HAIs
- Targeted Assessment for Prevention of Healthcare-Associated Infections: A New Prioritization Metric – Journal article by Soe et al. published in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology describing the cumulative attributable difference (CAD) metric used within NHSN
- TAP Training Guide
Water Safety
- Water Infection Control Risk Assessment (WICRA) for Healthcare Settings (cdc.gov)
- Considerations for Reducing Risk: Water in Healthcare Facilities | HAIs | CDC
- Considerations for Healthcare-Associated Legionnaires Disease Outbreaks | CDC
- Toolkit: Developing a Legionella Water Management Program | Control Legionella | CDC
- SC17-30. Legionella Risks in Healthcare. Revised 6-09-17 (cms.gov)
- Toolkit: Developing a Legionella Water Management Program | Control Legionella | CDC
- Private Water Systems | Private Water Systems | Drinking Water | Healthy Water | CDC
- Deciding Whom to Test in Healthcare Settings | LD Investigations | CDC
- Laboratory Testing for Legionella | Legionella | CDC
- OSHA3818.pdf
- Guidelines for Preventing Health-Care-Associated Pneumonia, 2003 (cdc.gov)
- Emergency Water Supply Planning Guide for Hospitals and Healthcare Facilities (cdc.gov)
- Cleaning Supplies and Equipment | HAIs | CDC
- environmental-cleaning-RLS-508.pdf (cdc.gov)
- Environmental Cleaning in Global Healthcare Settings | HAIs | CDC
- Reduce Risk from Water | HAI | CDC
- Legionella: Developing a Water Management Program | CDC
- Legionnaires Disease Diagnosis, Treatment, and Prevention | CDC
- OSHA Information on Eyewash Stations -OSHA3818.pdf
- Water Use in Dialysis
- Dialysis Wall Boxes and Drains
- Multicenter Outbreak of Gram-Negative Bloodstream Infections in Hemodialysis Patients
- Water Systems in Health-Care Facilities in the Guidelines for Environmental Infection Control in Health-Care Facilities
- Guidelines for Environmental Infection Control in Health-Care Facilities (MMWR June 6, 2003)
MDROs
IPC Resources and Guidance
- Preventing MDROs|CDC
- CDC Health Advisory: New Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae Warrant Additional Action by Healthcare Providers
- About Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales (CRE)
- CRE Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales Handout
- CRPA Carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa Handout
- CRAB Carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii Handout
- Antimicrobial Resistance Laboratory Networks
- Inter-Facility Infection Control Transfer Form for States Establishing HAI Prevention Collaboratives
- Candida auris
- Candida auris General Information
- Clinical Treatment of C. auris infections
- Guidance for Detection of C. auris Colonization
- Infection Prevention and Control for Candida auris | Candida auris | Fungal Diseases | CDC
- Prevention of Invasive Infections
- Safety Guidelines for Working with C. auris isolates
- Laboratory Information for C. auris
- Screening Recommendations for Healthcare Facilities
- C. auris Screening; Patient Swab Collection
- Interim Guidance for a Public Health Response to Contain Novel or Targeted Multidrug-resistant Organisms (MDROs)
- Interim Guidance for Public Health Strategies to Prevent the Spread of Novel or Targeted Multidrug-resistant Organisms (MDROs)
- APIC Implementation guides and tools
- Strategies to Prevent Clostridium difficile Infections in Acute Care Hospitals: 2014 Update—Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (APIC collaborated with SHEA and other organizations on development of this resource)
- Guide to Preventing Clostridium Difficile Infections—Implementation Guide
- Antimicrobial stewardship: A collaborative partnership between infection preventionists and health care epidemiologists—APIC and the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America, March 2012
- 2013 Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) Pace of Progress Survey
- Preventing transmission of Clostridium difficile in healthcare settings, Fishbone diagram
- FAQ on Testing Asymptomatic Patients for C. difficile
- APIC Text (subscription required)
- Chapter 26, “Antimicrobials and Resistance”
- Prevention Strategist articles
- Clostridium difficile infection: Meeting the challenge (summary of APIC’s March 2013 C. difficile Educational and Consensus Conference)
- Infection prevention + antimicrobial stewardship = synergy
- Vital Signs: Protect Patients from Antibiotic Resistance, March 2016—Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- CDC’s Antibiotic Resistance Patient Safety Atlas—Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Menu of Strategies to Prevent Clostridium difficile Infections—Illinois Campaign to Eliminate Clostridium difficile
- Reducing C. difficile infections Toolkit—Greater New York Hospital Association United Hospital Fund
- On the Way to Achieving 100% Compliance with the C. difficile bundle—University of Florida
- Guidance for Industry: Fecal transplantation to treat C. diff—FDA
- Multistate Point-Prevalence Survey of Health Care–Associated Infections—The New England Journal of Medicine
- Stopping C. difficile Infections—CDC Vital Signs
- CDI TAP Facility Assessment Tool v6.0 – April 2022
- CDI TAP Facility Assessment Tool v6.0 - Spanish
- EVS CDI TAP Facility Assessment Tool v1.0 – March 2022
- CLABSI TAP Facility Assessment Tool v4.0 - May 2022
- TAP CDI Implementation Guide: Links to Example Resources
GI Illnesses
Norovirus Resources
- CDC Norovirus Overview
- Norovirus Prevention and Control Guidelines for Healthcare Settings
- CDC GUIDELINE FOR THE PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF NOROVIRUS GASTROENTERITIS OUTBREAKS IN HEALTHCARE SETTINGS
- CDC Norovirus Prevention
- CDC Norovirus Testing
- CDC Norovirus Outbreaks
- CDC Norovirus Reporting
- CDC Norovirus Facts
- Toolkit for Control of Norovirus Outbreaks in Long-Term Care Facilities
- Norovirus in healthcare facilities fact sheet
- NIH Burden of norovirus in healthcare facilities and strategies for outbreak control
- CORHA Principles & Practices for Outbreak Response
- EPA Norovirus Cleaning Products List G
- C. diff Resources
- CDC C. diff Fact for Clinicians
- CDC Clinical Guidance for C. diff Prevention in Acute Care Facilities
- CDC C. diff clinical Testing and Diagnosis
- CORHA C DIFF
- CORHA Clostridioides difficile Infection (CDI): Recommendations for Healthcare Outbreak Response
- California DPH slide: Investigation of Clostridium difficile Infections
- CDC C. diff Healthcare Resources
- EPA C. diff Cleaning Products List K
- Guidelines
- CDC Isolation Precautions Guideline
- CDC Disinfection and Sterilization Guideline
- CDC Environmental Infection Control Guidelines
- CDC Guideline for Hand Hygiene in Healthcare Settings (2002)
- NCBI Strategies to Prevent Clostridium difficile Infections in Acute Care Hospitals: 2022 Update
- Clinical Practice Guideline by the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) and Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA): 2021 Focused Update Guidelines on Management of Clostridioides difficile Infection in Adults | Clinical Infectious Diseases | Oxford Academic (oup.com)
- SHEA Clinical Practice Guidelines for Clostridium difficile Infection in Adults and Children: 2017 Update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) and Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA)
- SHAE Duration of Contact Precautions for Acute-Care Settings (SHEA)
- APIC Rationale for Hand Hygiene Recommendations after Caring for a Patient with Clostridium difficile Infection
- APIC Guide to Preventing Clostridium difficile Infections
- STRIVE CDI Guide to Patient Safety Tool
- Assessment Tools
- Antibiotic resources
- Long-term care facilities resources
- Publications
- CDC commentaries and blogs
- Posters
Dialysis
Catheter Care
- AV Fistula & Graft Cannulation and Decannulation Audit Tool
- Arteriovenous Fistula & Graft Cannulation Checklist
- Arteriovenous Fistula & Graft Decannulation Checklist
- Catheter Connection and Disconnection Audit Tool
- Hemodialysis Catheter Disconnection Checklist
- Hemodialysis Catheter Connection Checklist
- Hemodialysis Central Venous Catheter Scrub-the-Hub Protocol
Vaccines
- APIC Implementation Guides and Tools
- Healthcare Personnel Immunization Toolkit—Practice resource
- APIC Text (subscription required)
- Chapter 36, “Pneumonia”
- Chapter 71, “Bordetella pertussis”
- Chapter 82, “Influenza”
- Chapter 86, “Measles, Mumps, Rubella”
- Chapter 97, “Viral Hepatitis”
- Chapter 103, “Immunization of Healthcare Personnel”
- Resources
- Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) recommendations—Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Training and education: Vaccines and immunizations—Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Vaccine position papers—The World Health Organization
- Professional Practice Toolkits—National Foundation for Infectious Diseases
- Call to Action: Improving Healthcare Personnel Immunization Rates – National Foundation for Infectious Diseases
- Vaccines Storage and Handling Toolkit | CDC
-
Emerging Diseases (Measles, Ebola, etc.)
- Measles
- CDPH Measles HAN Page
- CDPH Measles Preparedness Checklist for Healthcare Systems
- CDC Be Ready for Measles Toolkit
- CDPH Measles Algorithm
- Measles Testing Recommendations
- IDPH MITIGATING THE IMPACT OF COMMUNITY MEASLES IN YOUR CLINIC
- Submitting Testing Samples to IDPH Lab
- Presumptive Evidence of Immunity
- Recommendations for Travel
- AAP Project Firstline Measles Poster
- CDC Measles Isn't Just a Little Rash Infographic
- Guidelines for Management of Measles in Healthcare Settings
- Prevention of Measles, Rubella, Congenital Rubella Syndrome, and Mumps, 2013: Summary Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP)
- Interim Measles Infection Prevention Recommendations in Healthcare Settings | CDC Measles
- Table B1 “Air changes/hour (ACH) and time required for airborne-contaminant removal by efficiency” from the 2003 Guidelines for Environmental Infection Control in Health-Care Facilities.
- CDC Measles Appendix A.
- Project Firstline "Think Measles" Poster
- IDPH Lab Measles PCR Submission Instructions
- IDPH Lab Email
- Ebola
- Ebola
- PPE Selection Matrix for Occupational Exposure to Ebola Virus
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): CDC's Response to the West African Ebola Epidemic
- CDC Ebola Disease Basics
- Regional Ebola and Special Pathogen Treatment Centers & Regional Partners - Ebola Drill, Functional & Full Scale Exercise Template + 2 Patient template
- Infectious Disease Resources
- Emerging Infectious Disease Playbooks
- MEDICAL-TECHNICAL SPECIALIST: BIOLOGICAL/INFECTIOUS DISEASE
- Example only; NETEC/CDPH provides this item for reference purposes but does not endorse its content. Newer versions may be in place at the providing institutions.
- Assessment Hospital Special Pathogen [Airborne] Tabletop Exercise Template
Ventilation
- ASHE
- Infection Control Guide on Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning for Healthcare Facility Managers (Spanish Version)
- ASHE Guidebook for Nurse Managers
- ASHE Guidebook for Facilities Managers
- Facilities Director Guidance (Spanish)
- Nurse Manager Ventilation Guidance (Spanish)
- PFL HVAC Technicians Guidance (Spanish)
- ANSI/ASHRAE/ASHE Standard 170-2021, Ventilation of Health Care Facilities
- NOTE: All documents linked from this page are in PDF-format.
- ANSI/ASHRAE/ASHE Addendum a for Standard 170-2017 (September 2, 2020)
- ANSI/ASHRAE/ASHE Addendum b for Standard 170-2017 (March 2, 2020)
- ANSI/ASHRAE/ASHE Addendum c for Standard 170-2017 (March 2, 2020)
- ANSI/ASHRAE/ASHE Addendum d for Standard 170-2017 (December 15, 2020)
- ANSI/ASHRAE/ASHE Addendum e for Standard 170-2017 (December 15, 2020)
- ANSI/ASHRAE/ASHE Addendum g for Standard 170-2017 (January 6, 2020)
- ANSI/ASHRAE/ASHE Addendum h for Standard 170-2017 (April 1, 2020)
- ANSI/ASHRAE/ASHE Addendum i for Standard 170-2017 (March 2, 2020)
- ANSI/ASHRAE/ASHE Addendum j for Standard 170-2017 (December 15, 2020)
- ANSI/ASHRAE/ASHE Addendum k for Standard 170-2017 (August 3, 2020)
- ANSI/ASHRAE/ASHE Addendum l for Standard 170-2017 (February 26, 2021)
- ANSI/ASHRAE/ASHE Addendum m for Standard 170-2017 (August 3, 2020)
- ANSI/ASHRAE/ASHE Addendum n for Standard 170-2017 (March 3, 2020)
- ANSI/ASHRAE/ASHE Addendum p for Standard 170-2017 (March 2, 2020)
- ANSI/ASHRAE/ASHE Addendum q to Standard 170-2017 (December 13, 2019)
- ANSI/ASHRAE/ASHE Addendum r for Standard 170-2017 (November 2, 2020)
- ANSI/ASHRAE/ASHE Addendum s for Standard 170-2017 (October 30, 2020)
- NOTE: All documents linked from this page are in PDF-format.
- The Joint Commission Guidance on Temperature and Humidity in Storage of Sterile Supplies
- CDC Appendix B. Air
Sterilization and HLD
- AAMI TIR17:2024—Sterilization of Health Care Products
- ANSI/AAMI ST58:2024—Health Care Facility Sterilization
- ANSI/AAMI ST67:2019
- Sterilization of health care products - Requirements and guidance for selecting a sterility assurance level (SAL) for products labeled “sterile”
- ANSI/AAMI ST79
- Comprehensive Guide to steam sterilization and sterility assurance in healthcare facilities
- CDC Sterilization and Disinfection
- CDC Best Practices for Sterilization in Dental Settings
- FDA Reprocessing Medical Devices in Health Care Settings: Validation Methods and Labeling | FDA
- CDC Disinfection and Sterilization Guideline
- CDC Recommendations for Disinfection and Sterilization in Healthcare Facilities
- CDC Disinfection of Healthcare Equipment
- CDC A Rational Approach to Disinfection and Sterilization
- CDC Introduction, Methods, Definition of Terms
- CDC Observation Form – High-level Disinfection and Sterilization
- CDC Table 1. Methods of sterilization and disinfection
- CDC Chemical Disinfectants | Infection Control
- CDC Guidelines: Sterilization Disinfection Table
- CDC Guideline for Disinfection and Sterilization in Healthcare ...
- TJC Quick Safety 33: Improperly sterilized or HLD equipment
- AJIC High-level disinfection, sterilization, and hand hygiene: What do accreditation surveyors want to see?
- AORN Revised Manual HLD
- AORN Guidelines in Practice: Manual High‐Level Disinfection
- AORN Policies & Procedures: Other: High-Level Disinfection
- AORN Manual HLD: Guideline Update 2024 | AORN Periop Today
- AORN Competency: Practice-Specific: High-Level Disinfection
- APIC Science Behind Endoscopes
Medical Product Investigations
Medical Product Investigation Resources
- CORHA Medical Product Investigations
- FDA MedWatch Online Voluntary Reporting Form
- FDA Medical Devices
- Food and Drug Administration (FDA) — Biologics
- Food and Drug Administration (FDA) — Tissue Safety
- CDC Outbreak Investigations in Healthcare Settings
- Resources for Investigations of Blood, Biologic, Tissue, and Organ Contamination Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) — Blood Safety
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) — National Healthcare Safety Network — Biovigilance Component
- CDC Reuse of Single-Use Medical Devices
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) — Clinical Guidance for Transplant Safety
- Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) — Organ Procurement & Transplantation Network (OPTN)
- American Journal of Infection Control
- American Journal of Infection Control
- Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology
- Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology
Observation Tool Kits
- Area Exterior to Airborne Isolation Rooms Transmission-Based Precautions
- Area Exterior to Isolation Rooms: Transmission-Based Precautions
- Central Catheter-Device-Associated Infections
- Centralized Medication Area Medication Areas
- Clean Area High-Level Disinfection
- Cough Courtesy: Waiting Room Ambulatory Settings
- Dirty Area High-Level Disinfection Download
- Hand Hygiene Provision of Supplies Standard Precautions
- Isolettes / Bassinets NICU Patients
- Needlestick Prevention and Care of Laundry Standard Precautions
- Neonatal Central Catheters NICU Patients
- Nutritional Preparation Areas NICU Patients
- Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Supply Provision Standard Precautions
- Point of Care Testing Ambulatory Settings
- Portable Medication Systems Medication Areas
- Urinary Catheters Device-Associated Infections
- Vaccine Storage Areas Medication Areas
- Ventilator-Associated Infections
- Visitor Areas NICU Patients
- CDC Observation Form – High-level Disinfection and Sterilization
- Ambulatory Care Suite (full tool suite)
- Critical Access Hospitals Suite (full tool suite)
- Device-Associated Infections Suite (full tool suite)
- High-Level Disinfection Suite (full tool suite)
- Intensive Care Unit (ICU) Suite (full tool suite)
- Medical or Surgical Acute Care Suite (full tool suite)
- Medication (Preparation/Dispensing) Areas Suite (full tool suite)
- Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) Suite (full tool suite)
- Post-Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU) Suite (full tool suite)
- Standard Precautions Suite (full tool suite)
- Transmission-Based Precautions (Isolation) Suite
-
-
-
Technical Assistance (I-NEDSS, NHSN, XDRO, Auto Alerts)
The Chicago Department of Public Health Healthcare Settings team now provides several types of education trainings, including foundational Infection Prevention and Control topics (e.g. I-NEDSS, NHSN, XDRO, REDCap, etc.) and many more. If you are interested in signing up for a training, please fill out this survey: CDPH Training Session Request Form. For more information email CDPHHAIAR@cityofchicago.org
Registering for I-NEDSS and XDRO
ACH Guide to Reporting Applications
Getting started with NHSN
NHSN Training Slides May 2023
Contact
Please contact Maggie Li, MPH for assistance with registering for XDRO.
Phone: 312-743-0317
Email: Maggie.Li@cityofchicago.org
Registering for I-NEDSS and XDRO
ACH Guide to Reporting Applications
Getting started with NHSN
NHSN Training Slides May 2023
Contact
Please contact Maggie Li, MPH for assistance with registering for XDRO.
Phone: 312-743-0317
Email: Maggie.Li@cityofchicago.org
COVID-19
- Interim Infection Prevention and Control Recommendations for Healthcare Personnel During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19 Pandemic)
- COVID-19 Dashboard- Latest Data
- Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) (illinois.gov)
- Healthcare Workers: Information on COVID-19 | CDC
- Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) | CDC
- Protect yourself from COVID-19, Flu, and RSV | CDC
- CDC Respiratory Virus Updates | CDC
-
IP&C Roundtable with the CDPH Healthcare Settings Team
- Join us for our IP&C Roundtable, a monthly gathering of dedicated Infection Preventionists working in facilities across the city of Chicago. These meetings are designed to facilitate knowledge sharing and collaboration in the field of infection prevention. We encourage open discussions, networking, and a shared commitment to keeping our healthcare community safe.
To be added to the roundtable directory, please email CDPHHAIAR@cityofchicago.org.
- Meeting Details:
- Platform: Microsoft Teams (Virtual)
- Frequency: Occurs every third Thursday of the month from 2 :00 PM to 3:00 PM
- In-Person Meetings: Held twice a year
- Next In-Person Meeting: TBD
- Key Highlights:
- Guest speakers from various departments within CDPH and accrediting agencies.
- General presentations from IPs at acute care hospitals.
- Networking with IPs across the city.
- Provide directory to IPs to facilitate communication.
- Previous Roundtable Slides
- 2025
- 2024
- 01.18.24 Acute Care IP&C Roundtable Presentation
- Preventing CLABSI: the Relationship between Insertion, Products and Care and Maintenance: The Jamboree
- Guidelines for Prevention and Management of Varicella in Healthcare Settings
- 02.15.2024 Acute Care IP&C Roundtable Presentation
- 03.28.2024 Acute Care IP&C Roundtable Presentation
- 04.18.24 Acute Care IP&C Roundtable Presentation
- 06.20.24 Acute Care IP&C Roundtable Presentation
- 07.25.24 Acute Care IP&C Roundtable Presentation
- 05.16.24 Acute Care IP&C Roundtable Presentation
- Solving the HAI Equation
- 08.15.24 Acute Care IP&C Roundtable Presentation
- 09.19.24 Acute Care IP&C Roundtable Presentation
- 10.17.24 Acute Care IP&C Roundtable Presentation
- 11.21.24 Acute Care IP&C Roundtable Presentation
- 2023
- 01.27.23 Acute Care IP&C Roundtable Presentation
- 02.24.23 Acute Care IP&C Roundtable Presentation
- 03.31.23 Acute Care IP&C Roundtable Presentation
- 04.28.23 Acute Care IP&C Roundtable Presentation
- 06.09.23 Acute Care IP&C Roundtable Presentation
- 07.28.23 Acute Care IP&C Roundtable Presentation
- 09.29 23 Acute Care IP&C Roundtable Presentation
- 10.20.23 Acute Care IP&C Roundtable Presentation
- 12.01.23 Acute Care IP&C Roundtable Presentation
-
Other Key Departments in CDPH
Congregate Settings
CDPH Disease Reporting Hotline (TB, STI, Legi, CS, Hep-A, Rabies, Varicella, Measles, Mumps, Pertussis)
Healthcare-Associated Infection (HAI)/Antibiotic Stewardship
Immunization Program
Long-term Care Facilities
Project Firstline
- Email: specialpop@cityofchicago.org
CDPH Disease Reporting Hotline (TB, STI, Legi, CS, Hep-A, Rabies, Varicella, Measles, Mumps, Pertussis)
- Phone: 312-743-9000
- After hours, weekends, and holidays, call 311 and ask for the communicable disease physician on-call (or 312-744-5000 if outside the City of Chicago)
- Fax Number: 312-746-5134 (TB pertinent patient records)
Healthcare-Associated Infection (HAI)/Antibiotic Stewardship
- Email: CDPHHAIAR@cityofchicago.org
- Phone: 312-743-0410
Immunization Program
- Email: chicagovfc@cityofchicago.org
- Fax: 312-746-6220
- Phone: 312-746-5385
Long-term Care Facilities
- Email: CDPHHAIAR@cityofchicago.org
- Phone: 312-744-1100
Project Firstline
Trainings
- Request Free On-Site Trainings
- Project Firstline
- CDC/STRIVE Infection Control Training
- Training: EVS and the Battle Against Infection
- Tune in to Safe Healthcare: A CDC Webinar Series
- CDC Train (web-based trainings)
- NETEC
- NACCHO IPC University
- AMA/PFL Webinar - Measles on the Rise: How to Prepare and Respond in Your Clinic
- AMA Measles Resources
Acute Care Facilities Contact Information
For general questions please use general inbox:
CDPHHAIAR@cityofchicago.org
Phone: 312-744-1100
Disease Reporting
For detailed reporting information please refer to the Reporting section of the HAI/AR page Here.
