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  • 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

Please register for the session that best fits your schedule. Training content is the same for each offering.

Project Firstline Training Session: Hand Hygiene

  • Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023 | 10-10:40 a.m. CST
  • Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2023 | 1-1:40 p.m. CST

Recorded webinars

You must register before viewing the recording.

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Long-term care and home care setting

Enhanced Barrier Precautions
  • Enhanced Barrier Precautions (36 minutes)
    Recorded on October 4, 2023
Traveling to a home near you
  • Infection Prevention and Control: Traveling to a Home Near You (47 minutes)
    Recorded on June 6, 2023

Interactive resources

Interactive infection prevention and control scenarios
  • Diarrhea Dilemma (39 minutes)
    Recorded on March 7, 2023
    • MDH Project Firstline Table Talk: Diarrhea Dilemma (PPT)
      Interactive PowerPoint presentation for facility education.
      • El dilema de la diarrea (Spanish) (PPT)
    • CDC Diarrhea Dilemma Interactive Resource | El dilema de la diarrea (Spanish)
      Optimized for handheld devices.
  • Fidgeting Felix (36 minutes)
    Recorded on March 28, 2023
    • MDH Project Firstline Table Talk: Fidgeting Felix (PPT)
      Interactive PowerPoint presentation for facility education.
      • A Beto el inquieto le ponen una vía intravenosa (Spanish) (PPT)
    • CDC Fidgeting Felix gets an IV Interactive Resource | A Beto el inquieto le ponen una vía intravenosa (Spanish)
      Optimized for handheld devices.
  • Where Germs Live in Health Care (39 minutes)
    Recorded on June 21, 2023
    • CDC Where Germs Live in Healthcare Interactive Infographic
      Optimized for handheld devices.
Mini series: I spy with my infection control eyes
  • What's Wrong with this Picture? Emergency Room (19 minutes)
    Recorded on May 2, 2023
    • What's Wrong with this Picture: Emergency Room (PPT)
      Interactive PowerPoint presentation for facility education.
      • ¿Qué está mal en esta foto? Sala de emergencias (Spanish) (PPT)
    • CDC Project Firstline Interactive Resource: What’s Wrong with This Picture? Emergency Room | ¿Qué está mal con esta imagen? Sala de emergencias (Spanish)
      Optimized for handheld devices.
  • What's Wrong with this Picture? Nurses Station (20 minutes)
    Recorded on May 9, 2023
    • What's Wrong with this Picture: Nurses Station (PPT)
      Interactive PowerPoint presentation for facility education.
      • ¿Qué está mal en esta foto? Estación de enfermería (Spanish) (PPT)
    • CDC Project Firstline Interactive Resource: What’s Wrong with This Picture? Nurses Station | ¿Qué está mal con esta imagen? Estación de enfermería (Spanish)
      Optimized for handheld devices.
  • What's Wrong with this Picture? Outpatient Exam Room (19 minutes)
    Recorded on May 16, 2023
    • What's Wrong with this Picture: Outpatient Exam Room (PPT)
      Interactive PowerPoint presentation for facility education.
      • ¿Qué está mal en esta foto? Sala ambulatoria (Spanish) (PPT)
    • CDC Project Firstline Interactive Resource: What’s Wrong with This Picture? Outpatient Exam Room | ¿Qué está mal con esta imagen? Sala ambulatoria (Spanish)
      Optimized for handheld devices.

Risk & reservoirs

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

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)
  • 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
    • CDC Inside Infection Control Participant Booklet: The Concept of Infection Control (PDF)
  • 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
    • CDC Inside Infection Control Participant Booklet: Basic Science of a Virus (PDF)
  • 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
    • CDC Inside Infection Control Participant Booklet: How Respiratory Droplets Spread COVID-19 (PDF)
  • How Viruses Spread From Surfaces to People (33 minutes)
    Recorded on April 5, 2022
    • CDC Inside Infection Control Participant Booklet: How Viruses Spread from Surfaces to People (PDF)
  • Asymptomatic Spread of COVID-19 (31 minutes)
    Recorded on April 20, 2022
    • CDC Inside Infection Control Participant Booklet: How COVID-19 Spreads (A Review) (PDF)
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.
  • Minnesota Department of Health Project Firstline (PDF)
    General flyer about MDH PFL trainings and resources. 
  • Project Firstline Hand Hygiene Steps (PDF)
    Detailed handwashing steps for infection prevention and control among frontline staff in health care and other settings.
  • 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: 11/30/2023

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