Health & Human services

TRAINING RESOURCES

The below list of infection prevention resources is designed to assist facilities with infection prevention strategies.  All the below resources include links to materials, time estimates for training, and key information about each resource. You can also download the resource list in (PDF) format. For more information about these trainings, contact the HAI Program at LBHAI@longbeach.gov.

NETEC Infection Prevention Learning Journey Course

This accredited continuing education activity is intended primarily for healthcare workers and teams which may include but are not limited to, medical and nursing staff, administration, education/training leadership, and infection control leadership. Staff specializing in emergency management, communications, specialized clinical areas, laboratory, facilities management and environmental services are also welcome. To obtain this course please register and create an account here.  

Infection Prevention Fundamentals Training Series for Ventilator-Equipped Skilled Nursing Facilities (vSNF)  

For vSNFs or SNFs with subacute units, the following webinars were developed and shared as part of the vSNF Workgroup to Prevent MDROs.  For access to the webinar series please click here.  

CDC Train Healthcare Outbreak Response Training Course  

The Healthcare Outbreak Response Training introduces learners to key concepts needed to investigate a healthcare outbreak. You will learn how outbreaks are detected and the fundamental components that comprise a typical healthcare outbreak investigation including how to complete an initial assessment; collect, organize, and interpret relevant information; develop hypotheses; and use data to inform control measures. To access this training please register and create an account here.  

Project Firstline 

Project Firstline is a CDC-funded initiative that provides infection prevention and control education and training to frontline healthcare personnel. In California, Project Firstline focuses specifically on Certified Nursing Assistants (CNA) and Environmental Services (EVS) staff in skilled nursing facilities (SNF). In coordination with public health infection prevention partners, Project Firstline offers competency-based health education and training, and support for facility educators. To access these trainings please click here. 

Infection Preventionist Training for Acute Care Hospitals (ACH) Course 

This 20-hour self-paced course is designed for healthcare professionals to work around their schedule and does not have to be completed in one session. There is no cost to attend the course; preregistration is required. Twenty continuing education credits will be granted to those who complete the entire course and pass the post test for each module (no partial credit will be issued). To access this course please click here.  

CDC/STRIVE Infection Control Training

The CDC/STRIVE curriculum was developed by national infection prevention experts led by the Health Research & Educational Trust (HRET) for CDC. Courses address both the technical and foundational elements of healthcare-associated infections (HAI) prevention. To access this training please click here.  

CDC Infection Control Training and Education Resources

The CDC offers an array of infection control training and education resources and CE Accreditation, for more information please click here.

Infection Preventionist Training for Skilled Nursing Facilities Online Course  

This 18-hour self-paced course is designed for busy healthcare professionals in order that they can work around their work and home life schedules. This course can be completed in a manner to fit the student’s schedule, if it is completed within the deadline. The modules are not required to be completed all at one time. To access this training please click here.  

Health Alerts 

The Long Beach Health Alerts provide critical and time-sensitive disease information for medical providers and clinicians to access recent health alerts, please click here.  

HAI Monthly Newsletters

For previous HAI newsletters up to March 2024, please click here. For newsletters following the April 2024 issue please use the past issues link.  

IPC Training Web Series  

The City of Long Beach Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAI) Program hosted a 9-part virtual infection prevention and control (IPC) training series in Spring 2024. Sessions were hosted by Emily Gaddam MHDS, RN, CIC. This Training was designed to equip long term care facility’s (LTCF) infection prevention and control (IPC) leadership with core knowledge and practices for an effective IPC program. To access resources and recordings from the training series please use this link.