Implementation

• Effectiveness of bundled behavioural interventions to control healthcare-associated infections: a systematic review of the literature (article)
• Raising the Bar with Bundles (article) 
• Infection prevention and control competencies for hospital-based health care personnel (article)
• What is MRSA and How Does It Impact Me? (booklet)
• MRSA Fact Sheet
• Community-associated Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA):  Fact Sheet for Healthcare Providers
• Community-associated Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA):  Information for the public (document)
• Guide to the Elimination of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Transmission in Hospital Settings
• Execution of Strategic Improvement Initiatives To Produce System-Level Results (booklet)
• Infection Prevention and Control Competencies for Hospital Based Healthcare Workers (check list)
• Healthcare-Associated MRSA (overview)
• CDC information about MRSA for healthcare personnel. (document)

Risk Assessment

• A Compendium of Strategies to Prevent Healthcare-Associated Infections in Acute Care Hospitals (document)
• Conducting a Hazard Risk Assessment (document)
• Sample Infection Control Risk Assessment (spreadsheet)
• Instructions for Using Sample Infection Control Risk Assessment (document)
• Dispelling the Myths: The True Cost of Healthcare-Associated Infection (article)

Cleaning

• Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report: Guidelines for Environmental Infection Control in Healthcare Facilities (booklet)
• CDC: Guidelines for Disinfection and Sterilization in Healthcare Facilities
• Addressing Environmental Contamination (video)
• Environmental Checklist
• Measure Information: Compliance with Room Cleaning (document)

Isolation

• Guidelines for Isolation Precautions: Preventing Transmission of Infectious Agents in Healthcare Settings
• Management of Multidrug-Resistant Organisms In Healthcare Settings (document)
• Sample Isolation Policy
• Standard Precautions Sign
• Contact Precautions Sign
• Droplet Precautions Sign
• Airborn Precautions Sign
• Isolation Precaution Overview
• Hand Hygiene Isolation Observation Tool

Hand Hygiene

• IHI: Improving Hand Hygiene (document)
• Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report: Guidelines for Hand Hygiene in Healthcare Facilities (booklet)
• WHO: Guidelines on Hand Hygiene in Healthcare
• Sample Hand Hygiene Policy
• CDC: Hand Hygiene Interactive Educational Course
• CDC: Patient Admission video
• Measure Instructions for Hand Hygiene Compliance
• Measure Information: Compliance with Room Cleaning
• Measuring Hand Hygiene Adherance
• Hand Hygiene Sign
• Hand Hygiene Isolation Observation Tool

Antimicrobial

• Antimicrobial Stewardship Guidelines: Guidelines for Developing an Institutional Program to Enhance Antimicrobial Stewardship
• CDC: 12 Steps for Hospitalized Adults
• CDC: 12 Steps for Hospitalized Children
• CDC: 12 Steps for Surgical Patients
• CDC: 12 Steps for Dialysis Patients
• CDC: 12 Steps for Long Term Care Patients
• Specimen Collection: Guidelines for Best Practices
• 2007 Antimicrobial Susceptibilities (%) - ICU Patients (document)
• Principles for the Use of Antimicrobials:  2008
• Evaluation of Antimicrobial Stewardship Program

Outcomes

• Getting Started Kit: Reduce Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Infection How-to Guide
• Sample Blood Culture Policy
• Proper Collection of Blood Cultures (video)
• Measure Information: MRSA Bloodstream Infections per 1000 Admissions
• Measure Information: MRSA Bloodstream Infections per 1000 Patient Days