New Infection Preventionist Guidance

For Acute Care Hospitals and Long-Term Care Facilities

The Acute Communicable Diseases Team from the Division of Communicable Disease and Prevention works closely with Alameda County healthcare facilities to prevent the transmission of communicable diseases.

We encourage you to join the following two monthly Microsoft Teams calls:

1) Public Health and Provider Calls

Held monthly on the third Thursday of the month from 12:15pm – 1pm. Email to Shani Sims (shani.sims@acgov.org) for an invitation.

The objectives of these calls are to:

• Inform clinicians regarding infectious diseases topics that public health staff are working on

• Promote collaboration between clinicians and public health staff; and

• Increase awareness among public health staff about diagnosis, treatment, or prevention of infectious diseases in healthcare

2) Multidrug Resistant Organism (MDRO) Collaborative Calls

Held on the last Thursday of the month from 12pm – 1pm. Email acutecd@acgov.org for an invitation.

The objectives of these calls are to:

• Foster open dialogue among the Alameda County healthcare continuum

• Share experiences around infection control

• Foster peer-to-peer learning and partnerships

• Build partnership with Alameda County Public Health Department beyond outbreak management

• Highlight successes and challenges on infection control and prevention efforts

• Share data and resources to support efforts as available

Resource List

As a resource list for new Infection Preventionists, we recommend reviewing the following:

• Alameda County Health, Public Health Department’s Health Officer Order requiring reporting of certain CROs and isolate submittal

• Alameda County Health, Public Health Department’s Carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii Health Advisory

• Interfacility Transfer Form that is required for all patient/resident transfers

• CDPH Carbapenemase-Producing Organisms Quicksheet

• Enhanced Barrier Precautions: Additional Considerations for California Skilled Nursing Facilities (CDPH)

• CDPH Cohorting Guidance for Residents Infected or Colonized with MDROs for SNFs, 2023

• Alameda County Health, Public Health Department’s Emergence of Candida auris in Healthcare Facilities in Northern California and Increase in Incidence of Carbapenemase-Producing Organisms

• CDPH Prevention of Candida auris and Other Novel Multidrug-resistant Organisms in Healthcare Facilities: Slides and recorded webinar

• CDPH Candida auris Quicksheet

• CDPH Adherence Monitoring Tools

Additional Training Resources

• CDPH-HAI Program

• Learn About Infection Control in Health Care | Project Firstline | CDC

• Nursing Home Infection Preventionist Training Course (CDC TRAIN)

• Infection Prevention Online Course Training for SNFs (ca.gov)

• Health Services Advisory Group (HSAG): Training resources for Infection Prevention

• Wound care:

• Demonstrating Wound Care and the Clinician’s Role in Preventing Wound Colonization and Infection (CDC TRAIN)

• Infection Control Assessment and Response (ICAR) Tool for General Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) Across Settings (CDC)

• Section 3: Observation Form – Wound Care

• Module 8. Wound Care Facilitator Guide

Please reach out to acutecd@acgov.org to introduce yourself and ensure we have your contact information in the event that we need to reach you and your healthcare facility.