healthcare-associated infectiOns (hAI) PROGRAM

Train your EVS staff on Hand Hygiene for EVS Staff

Hand hygiene is a core IPC practice. Review the moments for hand hygiene specific to EVS staff. Tailor the below trainings to your facility needs.

Project Firstline Hand Hygiene Module

Use the following to provide a comprehensive hands-on training to EVS staff (e.g., onboarding or maintaining competency for experienced staff). Training focuses on the role of hand hygiene in stopping the spread of germs and maintaining a safe environment of care. Select topics from the instructor checklist and activity cards to customize your training. See additional resources in the Project Firstline Training Toolkit for EVS staff*.

Pre-/post-test questions with answer key in English (PDF), Spanish (PDF)
Curriculum slides in English (PDF), Spanish (PDF)
Curriculum slides with instructor notes in English (PPT), Spanish (PPT)
Instructor checklist in English (PDF), Spanish (PDF)
Activity cards and worksheets in English (PDF), Spanish (PDF)

Hand Hygiene for Frontline Staff

Use the following introductory material to train and educate staff on the core infection prevention practice of hand hygiene. Note the following also includepersonal protective equipment and environmental cleaning and disinfection trainings.

Hand Hygiene training slides in English (PDF) and Spanish (PDF)
Hand Hygiene flipchart: The flipchart provides hand hygiene content for on the go training. We recommend printing on ledger sized (11" x 17") paper, double-sided. Available in English (PDF) and Spanish (PDF).
Pre-/post-test questions with answer keys in English (PDF), Spanish (PDF)

Infection Prevention Fundamentals

The fundamentals course gives educators a comprehensive background on hand hygiene.