Project Firstline – A Strong Team Approach
Building a Culture of Safety and Prevention
Implementing a multidisciplinary approach to infection control can be powerful. Through Project Firstline, AHA offers hospitals and health systems the tools and resources needed to engage all stakeholders – from bedside nurses to administrators to environmental staff – to identify areas of improvement, commit to an action plan, monitor practices and adjust as needed.
Our Goal
Support facilitators tasked with leading IPC improvements, guide standardization and inspire everyone to understand and take ownership of the vital role they play in preventing HAIs across your organization.
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Health Care Facilities
Risk assessment checklists and training on proper ventilation and safety for building engineers.
Infection Control Training
Community College Training Program
AHA is partnering with the CDC and the League for Innovation in the Community College on a new pilot program to train future health professionals to prevent and control infections through community colleges nationwide.
Featured Resources
EVS Cleaning & Disinfecting Job Aids
AHE has developed cleaning and disinfecting matrices for frontline EVS professionals and their supervisors. The job aids support the practice of proper cleaning and disinfection in a variety of health care settings. Available in English and Spanish.
ASHE Ventilation Guidance and Quick Guides - Now Available in Spanish
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.
ASHE Ventilation Education for Clinicians – Available in Spanish
Check out ASHE’s new education videos on preventing the spread of infection through proper ventilation.
ASHE Ventilation e-Learning Course for Clinicians and Facility Staff
Check out this Ventilation e-Learning Course to help clinicians and facility staff understand why ventilation is critical to the health care environment and ways to partner with each other to make improvements.
EVS Front-line Staff Educational Videos
Check out AHE’s new educational video series on the role EVS technicians play in preventing infections and creating a contamination-free environment.
News and Insights
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Lookbook: Responding with Resilience and Service to Community
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ASHE/AAP Podcast: Pediatrics Research Roundup, Improving Ventilation in Clinical Settings – Ep. 83
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What the Pandemic Taught Us about Infection Control
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Antimicrobial Stewardship and HAI Infection Prevention: Insights from COVID-19
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CDC Updates COVID-19 Infection Control Guidance
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Infection Control Is Everyone’s Job, by Jay Bhatt, D.O.
Other Resources
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ASHE Ventilation Assessment Tool
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ASHE Ventilation Guidance and Quick Guides
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Ventilation Series for Clinicians
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AHE Pathogen Match-up Tool
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Taking Care of the Patients: A Geisinger and Project Firstline Video
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AHA's Project Firstline - Resource Handout
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Providing Safe Care to COVID-19 Patients
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Infection Prevention and Environment of Care
“It's the men and women walking through the door and into the patient's room that determine if we are a high reliable and safe organization. Knowing how to connect and communicate with that population is important. At the AHA Advancing Care Conference, featuring Project Firstline, that theme is consistent.”
Children’s Hospital Colorado
“Project Firstline is one of the great things that we have seen come out of this pandemic. It is the basic infection prevention and control skills we need at the front line to protect patient safety and to protect our health care workers.”
Tennessee Hospital Association
“I really appreciate Project Firstline and the American Hospital Association for their commitment to bringing leaders together to make positive change.”
Providence St. Joseph Hospital-Eureka
“Being from Fairbanks Alaska, it has been invaluable to have the opportunity to learn about additional resources being created that can help our movement and progression towards the best patient care possible.”
Foundation Health Partners - Tanana Valley Clinic
Partners
Project Firstline is a collaborative between CDC and a diverse group of organizations
American Academy of Pediatrics, American Medical Association, American Nurses Association, Asian and Pacific Islander American Health Forum, Health Research and Educational Trust, National Association of County and City Health Officials, National Council on Urban Indian Health, National Indian Health Board, National Network of Public Health Institutes.
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.
Want to learn more about Project Firstline? Contact ProjectFirstline@aha.org.
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.