• ​Antibiotic Use Information

• What is Antibiotic-Resistant (AR) Bacteria? Infographic: Antibiotic resistance is explained using pictures
• AR Infographic 1 page (English version - PDF)
• AR Infographic 2 per page (English version - PDF)
• AR Infographic 1 page (Spanish version -PDF)
• AR Infographic 2 per page (Spanish version -PDF)
• Antibiotics Aren't Always the Answer Handout: Facts about the effects of using antibiotics inappropriately.
• AR Handout (English version - PDF)
• AR Handout (Spanish version -PDF)
• Do Antibiotics have side effects? Infographic: Side effects of antibiotic use explained using pictures.
• AR Infographic 1 page (English version - PDF)
• AR Infographic 2 per page (English version - PDF)
• AR Infographic 1 page (Spanish version -PDF)
• AR Infographic 2 per page (Spanish version -PDF)
• Questions to Ask Your Healthcare Professional Handout
• AR Handout (English version - PDF)
• AR Handout (Spanish version -PDF)

• Hand Hygiene

• Fact Sheet: Handwashing at Home, at Play, and Out and About (English version – PDF)
• Fact Sheet: Lavado de Manos en Casa, en Donde Jugamos, y Cuando Salimos (Spanish version – PDF)

• Videos

• Antibiotics Aren’t Always the Answer: Facts about the effects of using antibiotics inappropriately (English - opens in YouTube)

• Antibiotics Aren’t Always the Answer: Facts about the effects of using antibiotics inappropriately (Spanish - opens in YouTube)

• Antibiotic Stewardship Commitment Posters

  All resources in this section can be modified with your facility’s logo. Clinician commitment posters explain the prescribing caregiver’s commitment to antimicrobial stewardship. Poster templates allow for personalization with photos, signatures and corporate/facility logos.

• Commitment Poster Single Provider (English version - PDF)

•  Commitment Poster Single Provider (Spanish version - coming soon)

• Commitment Poster Multiple Clinicians (English version - PDF)

• Commitment Poster Multiple Clinicians Group Photo (English version - PDF)

• Commitment Poster Single Provider For Urology (English version - PDF)

• Commitment Poster Single Provider For Hematology-Oncology (English version - PDF)

• Antibiotic Stewardship Checklist 

• CDC facility checklist for core elements of outpatient antibiotic stewardship

• Communications Trainings

• ​Conversations for Health (Robert Wood Johnson Foundation) - Trainings for healthcare organizations, antibiotic stewardship leaders, healthcare professions, family support providers, patients, and parents.

• Dialogue Around Respiratory Illness Treatment (DART) Learning Modules (Mangione-Smith Lab, Seattle Children’s Hospital) - Training modules focus on pediatric setting and speaking with parents.

• Antibiotics and Outpatient Infections (Stanford) - Infection-specific online CME courses.

• Educational Resources and Articles

• Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA): Choosing Wisely - Five Things Physicians and Patients Should Question

• For Dental Clinics: California Dental Association Publications

• Hand Hygiene (Coming soon!)

• Infection Control Assessment tools

 CDC has infection control assessment tools for hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, outpatient settings, and hemodialysis facilities.

• Prescription Pads for Symptom Relief

  All resources in this section can be modified with your facility’s logo.

•  Symptom Relief for Viral Illnesses: Prescription pad listing non-pharmaceutical therapy and follow-up instructions for viral illness.

•  Symptom Relief (English version - PDF)

• Symptom Relief (Spanish version - PDF)

• Watchful Waiting:  Describes home treatments patients should try for a specified time before reevaluating for an antibiotic.

• Watchful Waiting (English version - PDF)

• Watchful Waiting (Spanish version - PDF) 

• Adherence Monitoring Tools

  How do you know if your facility is complying with best practices if you do not assess daily practice? Regular adherence monitoring allows a facility to evaluate strengths and gaps in care. The CDPH HAI Program adherence monitoring page provides a variety of free tools that outpatient facilities can use to improve infection prevention practices.
  Tools available include:

• Environmental Services (Housekeeping)
• Hand Hygiene
• Blood Glucose Monitoring
• Infection Safety
• Hemodialysis 
• Central Line Adherence Monitoring
• Device Reprocessing

• Interfacility Transfer Communication Form

Use this form for all transfers to another healthcare facility to communicate important infection control information. Establish contacts at your network of facilities to facilitate exchange of information.

• Interfacility Transfer Communication Form - Enhanced (PDF)

• Injection Safety: Train the Trainer Program

Use this training program to educate and re-educate staff on injection safety procedures.

• Train the Trainer Packet: A sample slide set and script are included in the Train the Trainer packet.
• Injection Safety Slide Set: The sample slide set can be modified to meet your facility needs.

• ​Project Plan and Timeline

  Tentative next in-person meeting:
  TBA

  Get on the distribution list! Email HAIProgram@cdph.ca.gov

• Meeting Agenda and Materials

• Session 1: May 11, 2018 Agenda (PDF)

• Session 1: May 11, 2018 Slide Presentation - AR Prevention Collaborative Background and Overview (PDF)

• Session 2: August 31, 2018 Agenda (PDF)

• Session 2: August 31, 2018 Slide Presentation - Assessment Overview, Introduction to Antibiotic Stewardship Materials (PDF)

• Session 3: November 14, 2018 Agenda (PDF)

• Session 3: November 14, 2018  Slide Presentation- Antibiotic Use Education Strategies in Imperial County Healthcare Facilities (PDF)

• Session 3: November 14, 2018 Webinar Recording - Antibiotic Use Education Strategies in Imperial County Healthcare Facilities (opens in YouTube)

• Session 4: February 7, 2019 Agenda (PDF)

• Session 4: February 7, 2019 Slide Presentation - Environmental Cleaning and Disinfection Strategies (PDF)

• Session 5: May 22, 2019 Agenda (PDF)

• Session 5: May 22, 2019 Slide Presentation – Standard and Transmission-Based Precautions (PDF)

• Assessment tools

CDC has infection control assessment tools for hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, outpatient settings, and hemodialysis facilities.