At a glance
The following tools are designed to help healthcare providers to implement infection control measures and prevent healthcare-associated infections.
Tools by setting
Tools by infection or pathogen
Quick Observation Tools (QUOTs) tools and suites
These QUOTs are easy-to-use checklists for infection preventionists and/or healthcare professionals whose primary responsibilities are at specific assessment locations. They are the result of a partnership between CDC and Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc. (APIIC).
Compiled checklists for: central venous catheter; urinary catheters; ventilators; hand hygiene provision of supplies; personal protective equipment provision; area exterior to contact isolation rooms; area exterior to airborne infection isolation rooms; needlestick prevention and care of laundry; centralized medication area; portable medication systems; neonatal central venous catheters; isolettes/basinets; nutritional preparation area; cough courtesy: waiting room; visitor areas; dirty areas; clean areas; vaccine storage areas; and point of care testing.
Individual tools
Suite of tools
Compiled checklists for: hand hygiene provision of supplies; personal protective equipment provision; area exterior to contact isolation rooms; area exterior to airborne infection isolation rooms; needlestick prevention and care of laundry; centralized medication area; cough courtesy: waiting room; vaccine storage areas; and point of care testing.
Suite of tools
Compiled checklists for: central venous catheter; urinary catheters; hand hygiene provision of supplies; personal protective equipment provision; area exterior to contact isolation rooms; area exterior to airborne infection isolation rooms; needlestick prevention and care of laundry; centralized medication area; portable medication systems; visitor areas; dirty areas; and clean areas.
Individual tools
Suite of tools
Compiled checklists for: central venous catheters, neonatal central venous catheters, urinary catheters and ventilators.
Individual tools
Suite of tools
Compiled checklists for: hand hygiene provision of supplies; dirty area; and clean area
Suite of tools
Compiled checklists for: central venous catheter; urinary catheters; hand hygiene; provision of supplies; personal protective equipment provision; area exterior to contact isolation rooms; area exterior to airborne infection isolation areas; needlestick prevention and care of laundry; centralized medication area; portable medication systems; and visitor areas.
Individual tools
Suite of tools
Compiled checklists for: centralized medication area; portable medication systems; and vaccine storage areas.
Individual tools
Suite of tools
Compiled checklists for: central venous catheter; hand hygiene provision of supplies; personal protective equipment provision; area exterior to contact isolation rooms; needlestick prevention and care of laundry; centralized medication area; isolettes/basinets; nutritional preparation area; and visitor areas.
Suite of tools
Compiled checklists for: hand hygiene provision of supplies; personal protective equipment provision; area exterior to contact isolation rooms; area exterior to airborne infection isolation rooms; needlestick prevention and care of laundry.
Individual tools
Suite of tools
Compiled checklists for: hand hygiene provision of supplies; personal protective equipment provision; needlestick prevention and care of laundry; and visitor areas.
Individual tools
Suite of tools
Compiled checklists for: area exterior to contact isolation rooms; and area exterior to airborne isolation rooms.