Project Firstline


An Infection Prevention and Control Training Collaborative

Project Firstline is a CDC national training collaborative offering timely infection control training to front line health care workers and the public health workforce in the fight against infectious disease threats. As a key partner in this initiative, TPS is pleased to help bring this critical training opportunity to the health care field and champion sound decision-making and positive behaviors in a time of crisis. Want to learn more about Project Firstline or looking for infection prevention and control resources? Contact Alix Bronner

TPS Infection Prevention and Control Ambassador: Dr. Claire Bocchini

TPS Webinar Series

   
Optimizing Infection Prevention and Control in Pediatric Care
Speakers: Claire Bocchini, MD and Marc Mazade, MD
Immunization and Infection Prevention & Control Town Hall
Speakers: Claire Bocchini, MD and Peter J. Hotez, MD, PhD
How Respiratory Droplets Spread COVID-19
Speaker: Sarmistha B. Hauger, MD, FAAP
How COVID-19 Spreads: A Review
Speaker: Manjusha Gaglani, MD

Inside Infection Control Vlog Series

Check out the new Inside Infection Control vlog series where CDC discusses critical infection control topics every frontline health care worker needs to know. The short CDC videos feature Dr. Abby Carlson, an infectious diseases doctor with experience on the frontlines of COVID-19 and a Project Firstline staffer. Videos are being released each week on Facebook and later on YouTube.

Purpose

CDC’s Project Firstline is a collaborative of diverse healthcare and public health partners that aims to provide engaging, innovative, and effective infection control training for millions of frontline U.S. healthcare workers as well as members of the public health workforce.

Project Firstline’s innovative content is designed so that—regardless of a healthcare worker’s previous training or educational background— they can understand and confidently apply the infection control principles and protocols necessary to protect themselves, their facility, their family, and their community from infectious disease threats, such as COVID-19. 

Key Features

Project Firstline reaches healthcare workers in a variety of healthcare settings, including:

  • hospitals,
  • outpatient clinics,
  • dialysis centers, and
  • nursing homes

Project Firstline training materials and educational activities help to empower healthcare workers in building their foundational knowledge of infection control.

  • EMPOWERINGCore Training to address immediate workforce infection control training needs, delivered via short and accessible training videos. Practical Tools to support everyone working in a healthcare facility as they implement infection control protocols and procedures throughout their workday.
  • IMMERSIVEPartner Engagement to share information across all healthcare settings through trusted partners and channels, ensuring that training content and tools are delivered to healthcare workers who need them. Mentorship to connect infection control experts with their local healthcare community so that they may become an ongoing resource.
  • LASTING RESULTSPublic Health Technical Capacity Building to leverage the public health workforce to facilitate knowledge and tool sharing between public health departments and their local clinical communities. Innovation to deepen knowledge to better inform infection control recommendations. Project Firstline develops innovative content to provide infection control training to a diverse range of adult learners.
  • Check out our Project Firstline Promotional Resources page to help spread the word. Project Firstline Factsheet

Project Firstline Collaborative Partners

American Academy of Pediatrics, American Medical Association, American Nurses Association, Asian and Pacific Islander American Health Forum, Health Research and Educational Trust, National Association of County and City Health Officials, National Council on Urban Indian Health, National Indian Health Board, National Network of Public Health Institutes.

The Project Firstline program is a national training collaborative led by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in partnership with the Texas Pediatric Society .

Project Firstline is a national collaborative led by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to provide infection control training and education to frontline health care workers and public health personnel. TPS is proud to partner with Project Firstline. CDC is an agency within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The contents of this webpage do not necessarily represent the policies of CDC or TPS, and should not be considered an endorsement by the Federal Government.