Supplemental Infection Prevention and Control Considerations

From the Emergency Management Playbook: A Back-to-Basics Approach to Infection Control and More for Health Care Facilities

Health care facilities can face severe and lasting consequences from catastrophic events and public health emergencies, whether within or outside the facility. A multidisciplinary Emergency Management Program includes senior and operational leaders within the facility. This supplement focuses on the roles of two leaders—the Facility Engineer and the Infection Preventionist—and how they can collaborate in all mitigation, preparation, response, and recovery stages. The guide provides links and references to informative resources and procedures and complements the ��Թ�Emergency Management Playbook.

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The Project Firstline program is a national training collaborative led by the (CDC) in partnership with the American Hospital Association and the (HRET), an AHA 501(c)(3) nonprofit subsidiary.

Project Firstline is a national collaborative led by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to provide infection control training and education to frontline health care workers and public health personnel. AHA is proud to partner with Project Firstline, as supported through Cooperative Agreement CDC-RFA-OT18-1802 & CDC-RFA-CK20-2003. CDC is an agency within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The contents of this webpage do not necessarily represent the policies of CDC or HHS, and should not be considered an endorsement by the Federal Government.

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From the Emergency Management Playbook: A Back-to-Basics Approach to Infection Control and More for Health Care Facilities

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