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Overview
The Chicago Department of Public Health’s Healthcare Settings Team is reaching out to facilities across the spectrum of care, including federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) within our jurisdiction. Our mission is to provide infection prevention guidance and support that maximizes the delivery of safe care across the city of Chicago in a way that is both equitable and resilient. All our partnerships are constructive and non-punitive, and we work closely with Infection Preventionists, frontline staff, clinical leaders and administrative leadership to provide evidence-based, practical recommendations.
ACHOO Team | Name | Contact Information |
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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 (EMS, Outpatient Settings and Dialysis) |
Kim Goitia | Phone: 312-742-8021 Kimberly.Goitia@cityofchicago.org |
Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) Guidelines and Resources
- Infection Control Basics
- CDC's Core Infection Prevention and Control Practices for Safe Healthcare Delivery in All Settings
- Disinfection and Sterilization Guideline
- Environmental Infection Control Guidelines
- Guideline for Hand Hygiene in Healthcare Settings (2002)
- Guide to Infection Prevention for Outpatient Settings
- Guideline for Disinfection and Sterilization in Healthcare Facilities
- Guideline for Isolation Precautions: Preventing Transmission of Infectious Agents in Healthcare Settings
- Guidelines for Environmental Infection Control in Health-Care Facilities
- Guideline for Hand Hygiene in Healthcare Settings
- Guidelines for the Prevention of Intravascular Catheter-Related Infections
- Isolation Precautions Guideline
- Surveillance Case Definitions for Current and Historical Conditions
- Patient Movement Checklist
- A Gap Analysis Survey of US Aircraft Rescue and Fire Fighting (ARFF) Members to Determine Highly Infectious Disease Training and Education Needs.
- Standard Precautions for All Patient Care
- Transmission-based Precautions
EMS Biosafety
- EMS Biosafety - Identify, Isolate, Inform
- Biosafety First: Transporting Novel Respiratory Pathogen Patients
- Transport of a Proned/Intubated Patient
- National Model EMS Clinical Guidelines
- EMS Pandemic Influenza Guidelines for Statewide Adoption
- Q&A’s about the Transport of Pediatric Patients (<18 years of age) Suspected or with Confirmed Viral Hemorrhagic Fever (VHF)
- PPE Selection Matrix for Occupational Exposure to Ebola Virus
- Interim Guidance for EMS Systems and 9-1-1 Answering Points: Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers (VHFs)
- Example: Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for Air-to-Ground (Air-Ground) Patient Handoff
- Transportation of Patients in a Bioemergency
- EMS Model PPE Donning and Doffing Procedure for Suspected VHF Case without Active Bleeding, Vomiting, or Diarrhea
- EMS Model PPE Donning and Doffing Procedure for Confirmed or Suspected VHF Case with Active Bleeding, Vomiting, or Diarrhea
- EMS Provider Down Procedure
- EMS PPE Breach: High Consequence Infectious Disease Patient Transport
- EMS Biohazard Spill
- EMS Ambulance Operations High Consequence Infectious Disease Waste Management
- EMS Ambulance Modification Procedure
- EMS Ambulance Cleaning and Disinfection
- EMS Biosafety Transport for Operators
- 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 institution.
- EMS Guidelines for Marburg Virus Disease
- EMS Biosafety Transport: Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers: Ebola Virus Disease
- EMS Strategies for Ebola
- EMS Response to the Current Outbreak of Mpox
- EMS Considerations for Mpox: Identify, Isolate, and Inform
- Transport of a Proned/Intubated Patient
- Code Blue for a Pandemic Situation
- Biosafety First: Transporting COVID-19 Patients
- First Responder Resiliency ECHO 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 institution.
- Bio Isolation Transfer Card (BIT) - Kings County Hospital Example
- Bio Isolation Transfer Card (BIT) - Bellevue Hospital Center Example
- EMS Transport from Ambulatory Site Checklist
- Bio Isolation Transfer Card (BIT) - Emory Example
- Guidance for Developing a Plan for Interfacility Transport of Persons Under Investigation or Confirmed Patients with Ebola Virus Disease in the United States
- Review of Literature for Air Medical Evacuation High-Level Containment Transport.
- Need for Aeromedical Evacuation High-Level Containment Transport Guidelines.
- Health Sector Resilience Checklist for High-Consequence Infectious Diseases
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): CDC's Response to the West African Ebola Epidemic
- ISOPOD Basics: TVI Model 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 institution.
- ISOPOD Basics: IRT Model 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 institution.
- ISOPOD Basics: Patient Care 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 institution.
- EMS Infectious Disease Playbook
Safe Injection Practices
- Injection Safety | CDC
- Risks of Healthcare-associated Infections from Drug Diversion | Injection Safety | CDC
- Antineoplastic & Other Hazardous Drugs in Healthcare, 2016 | NIOSH | CDC
- USP Compounding Standards
- Preventing Unsafe Injection Practices|CDC
- CDC Clinical Reminder: Spinal Injection Procedures Performed without a Facemask Pose Risk for Bacterial Meningitis Injection Safety | CDC
Hand Hygiene
- Related Resources | Hand Hygiene | CDC
- Sink-Related Outbreaks and Mitigation Strategies in Healthcare Facilities | SpringerLink
- Characterizations of handwashing sink activities in a single hospital medical intensive care unit - Journal of Hospital Infection
- Hand Hygiene | Guidelines Library | Infection Control | CDC
- Fire Safety and ABS | Hand Hygiene | CDC
Environmental Cleaning
- EMS Ambulance Cleaning and Disinfection
- Environmental Guidelines | Guidelines Library | Infection Control | CDC
- Options for Evaluating Environmental Cleaning | HAI | CDC
- Options for Evaluating Environmental Cleaning | HAI | CDC
- Reduce Risk from Surfaces | HAI | CDC
- Guidelines for Environmental Infection Control in Health-Care Facilities | CDC
- Environmental Cleaning 101 | CDC
- Environmental Cleaning 102 | CDC
- Selected EPA-Registered Disinfectants | US EPA
- CDC’s Core Infection Prevention and Control Practices for Safe Healthcare Delivery in All Settings | Infection Control | CDC
- ANSI/ASHRAE/ASHE Standard 170-2017, Ventilation of Health Care Facilities
Transmission Based Precautions
- Occupationally-Acquired Infections in Healthcare Settings | Infection Control | CDC
- Transmission-Based Precautions | Basics | Infection Control | CDC
- Precautions | Appendix A | Isolation Precautions | Guidelines Library | Infection Control | CDC
- Isolation Precautions | Guidelines Library | Infection Control | CDC
- Transmission Precautions | Appendix A | Isolation Precautions | Guidelines Library | Infection Control | CDC
- Guideline for Isolation Precautions: Preventing Transmission of Infectious Agents in Healthcare Settings (2007) | CDC
- 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
- Healthcare Respiratory Protection Resources | NPPTL | NIOSH | CDC
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 COVID-19 Webinar Series (6/19/20)/Online Course: Challenges, Strategies, and Lessons Learned: COVID-19 in EMS
- HHS/ASPR COVID-19 CLINICAL ROUNDS
- High-Consequence Infectious Disease Workshop
- Regional Treatment Center Special Pathogen [Airborne] 10 Patient Tabletop Exercise Template
- Ebola: Knowledge resources for responders
- EMS & Prehospital
- State-Designated Treatment Center Ebola Drill, Functional & Full Scale Exercise Template
- State-Designated Treatment Center Special Pathogen [Airborne] Tabletop Exercise Template
- Regional Ebola and Special Pathogen Treatment Centers & Regional Partners - Ebola Drill, Functional & Full Scale Exercise Template + 2 Patient template
- Regional Transport Special Pathogen [Airborne] Tabletop Exercise Template
- Health Care Coalition Special Pathogen [Airborne] Tabletop Exercise Template
- Assessment Hospital Ebola Drill, Functional & Full Scale Exercise Template
- Frontline Facility Ebola Tabletop Exercise Template
- Frontline Facility Ebola Drill, Functional & Full-Scale Exercise Template
- Frontline Facility Special Pathogen [Airborne] Tabletop Exercise Template
- Assessment Hospital Special Pathogen [Airborne] Tabletop Exercise Template
- NETEC