Project Firstline - Outside Contractors and Technicians
You’re an expert in your field, but not fixed in a health care environment. Infection prevention and control are key critical in hospitals and health care organizations. ASHE offers resources specific to ventilation and negative pressure rooms to reinforce and build on your knowledge base in these areas.
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ASHE Ventilation Guidance and Quick Guides
Project Firstline offers two new guides on proper ventilation to contain and reduce airborne contamination. One guide is designed for health care facility managers and the other is for nurse managers and clinicians.
Watch Videos on Ventilation
ASHE has developed videos for clinicians and engineers working in a health care setting covering important topics on ventilation.
ASHE/AAP Podcast
Podcast: ASHE and AAP experts explain how to reduce the spread of COVID-19 by improving ventilation in clinical settings.
ASHE Ventilation Guidance and Quick Guides
Project Firstline offers two new guides on proper ventilation to contain and reduce airborne contamination.
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Videos on Ventilation
ASHE has developed a series of informational videos for clinicians on infection prevention and ventilation covering multiple topics. Watch the latest videos on ventilation.
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Inside Infection Control Vlog Series
Check out the Inside Infection Control vlog series where CDC discusses critical infection control topics every frontline health care worker needs to know. The short CDC videos feature Dr. Abby Carlson, an infectious diseases doctor with experience on the frontlines of COVID-19 and a Project Firstline staffer. Additional videos are available on Facebook and YouTube.
The Project Firstline program is a national training collaborative led by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in partnership with the American Hospital Association and the Health Research & Educational Trust (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 healthcare workers and public health personnel. AHA is proud to partner with Project Firstline, as supported through Cooperative Agreement CDC-RFA-OT18-1802. 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.
This content was funded in part by a cooperative agreement with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (grant number CK20-2003). The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is an agency within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The contents of this resource do not necessarily represent the policy of CDC or HHS, and should not be considered an endorsement by the Federal Government.