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Related Topics

  • Hand Hygiene
  • Cover Your Cough
  • Infection Prevention and Control
  • Infection Control Assessment and Response Program (ICAR)
  • Patient Safety
  • Antimicrobial Resistance and Stewardship
  • Reporting Infectious Disease

Project Firstline

  • Project Firstline Home
  • Training and Resources

Related Topics

  • Hand Hygiene
  • Cover Your Cough
  • Infection Prevention and Control
  • Infection Control Assessment and Response Program (ICAR)
  • Patient Safety
  • Antimicrobial Resistance and Stewardship
  • Reporting Infectious Disease
Contact Info
Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Prevention and Control Division
651-201-5414
IDEPC Comment Form

Contact Info

Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Prevention and Control Division
651-201-5414
IDEPC Comment Form

Project Firstline Training and Resources

Project Firstline's innovative content is designed, regardless of the previous training or educational background, to empower workers in building their foundational knowledge of infection prevention and control.

Upcoming webinars

Future topics

  • Interactive Infection Prevention and Control Scenarios
  • Home Care and Hospice Infection Prevention and Control

Registration information will be posted two weeks prior to each webinar.

Recorded webinars

You must register before viewing the recording.

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Risk & reservoirs

Recognizing risk using reservoirs
  • What Does it Mean to Recognize a Risk? (31 minutes)
    Recorded on Sept. 7, 2022
  • How Germs Make People Sick (34 minutes)
    Recorded on Sept. 28, 2022
  • Recognizing Risk Using Reservoirs (A Review) (34 minutes)
    Recorded on Oct. 19, 2022
Reservoirs: Where germs live
  • Body Reservoirs (33 minutes)
    Recorded on Nov. 9, 2022
    • Body Reservoirs Word Cloud
  • Health Care Environment Reservoirs (35 minutes)
    Recorded on Nov. 29, 2022
  • Body and Health Care Environment Reservoirs: Synthesis (31 minutes)
    Recorded on Dec. 13, 2022

COVID-19 and infection prevention & control

Personal protective equipment (PPE)
  • PPE Part 1: Eye Protection (26 minutes)
    Recorded on Dec. 9, 2021
    Includes demonstration and more information on eye protection fogging
    Supplemental CDC video:
    • What is Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)? (YouTube)
  • PPE Part 2: Gloves and Gowns (22 minutes)
    Recorded on Nov. 2, 2021
    Supplemental CDC video:
    • Why are Gowns Recommended for COVID-19? (YouTube)
  • PPE Part 3: Respirators (25 minutes)
    Recorded on Nov. 16, 2021
  • N95 User Seal Check (21 minutes)
    Recorded on Nov. 30, 2021
Components of infection prevention & control
  • The Concept of Infection Control (25 minutes)
    Recorded on Feb. 9, 2022
  • Hand Hygiene (25 minutes)
    Recorded on Dec. 1, 2021
  • Source Control (24 minutes)
    Recorded on Jan. 18, 2022
  • Environmental Cleaning and Disinfection (29 minutes)
    Recorded on Dec. 14, 2021
    Supplemental CDC video and handout:
    • Why Do Cleaning and Disinfection Matter in Healthcare? (YouTube)
    • How to Read a Disinfectant Label (PDF)
  • Ventilation (32 minutes)
    Recorded on March 8, 2022
    Supplemental CDC handout:
    • Ventilation in Healthcare Settings (PDF)
Viruses and how COVID-19 spreads
  • Basic Science of a Virus (29 minutes)
    Recorded on May 4, 2022
  • Virus Strains (27 minutes)
    Recorded on May 18, 2022
    Supplemental CDC handout:
    • Virus Strains (PDF)
  • How Respiratory Droplets Spread COVID-19 (33 minutes)
    Recorded on March 22, 2022
  • How Viruses Spread From Surfaces to People (33 minutes)
    Recorded on April 5, 2022
  • Asymptomatic Spread of COVID-19 (31 minutes)
    Recorded on April 20, 2022
Multi-dose vials
  • Multi-Dose Vials (30 minutes)
    Recorded on June 8, 2022
    Supplemental CDC video and handout:
    • How Do I Safely Use a Multi-Dose Vaccine Vial? Part 2 (YouTube)
    • How Do I Safely Use a Multi-Dose Vaccine Vial? (PDF)

Feedback and resources

  • Project Firstline Session Feedback Form (PDF)
    To submit feedback on any of the trainings above, fill out this form and email it to Project.Firstline.MDH@state.mn.us.
  • Fact sheets for download/print:
    • Germs live on the skin (PDF)
    • Germs live in the gut (PDF)
    • Germs can live in the respiratory system (PDF)
    • Germs can live in blood (PDF)
    • Germs live in water and on wet surfaces (PDF)
    • Germs can live on dry surfaces (PDF)
    • Germs can live on devices (PDF)
    • Germs can live in dirt (PDF)
    • Project Firstline Risk Poster (PDF)
  • CDC: About Project Firstline
    CDC’s National Training Collaborative for Healthcare Infection Prevention & Control.
  • CDC: Project Firstline Multimedia Resources
    Social media graphics, print materials, event recordings, and more.
CDC: Infórmese sobre el control de infecciones en la atención médica
New infection control educational materials and resources (videos, posters, training toolkits, and more) for Spanish-speaking frontline health care workers.
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Last Updated: 01/23/2023

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