CDC's Infection Prevention and Control (IPC)
Practical IPC Considerations in the Fight Against COVID-19
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the World Health Organization (WHO), the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (EGPAF), IPC professional societies and Project ECHO are hosting a weekly webinar series for IPC in healthcare settings. Speakers from CDC, WHO, and IPC professional societies around the world will focus on practical advice and implementation considerations for IPC for COVID-19. These 90-minute sessions will give equal time for presentations and for answering questions. IPC professionals, Ministry of Health staff, partner organizations, and any interested healthcare workers are encouraged to participate.
- Sessions are every other Thursday.
- Please contact IPCECHO@salud.unm.edu for more information.
Interpretation is available in Spanish, French, Russian, Arabic and Portuguese
Session Topics
- Triage of COVID-19 patients: Operational Considerations and Practical Examples
- Healthcare facility readiness and monitoring
- Healthcare worker risk assessment, monitoring, and other staff considerations
- Hand hygiene in the context of COVID-19
- IPC considerations for outpatient settings during COVID-19
- Health worker infections: understanding the epidemiology, risk factors, and best management approaches
- COVID-19 isolation precautions and supplies of personal protective equipment
- Impact of COVID-19 on antimicrobial resistance and healthcare-associated infections
- Antimicrobial stewardship in the context of COVID-19
- Assessing SARS-CoV-2 infection among healthcare workers and inpatients
- Cleaning and disinfection in the context of COVID-19
- WASH in healthcare settings in the context of COVID-19
- Limiting the introduction of COVID-19 in healthcare settings
- Rational use of personal protective equipment and emergency strategies
- Advice on the use of medical and non-medical masks
- IPC in nursing homes and long-term care settings
- Considerations for SARI treatment centers
- Post-mortem considerations in context of COVID-19
December 3, 2020
- Antimicrobial Stewardship in the context of COVID-19 (English)
- Antimicrobial Stewardship in the context of COVID-19 (French)
- Antimicrobial Stewardship in the context of COVID-19 (Spanish)
- Antimicrobial Stewardship in the context of COVID-19 (Portuguese)
- Antimicrobial Stewardship in the context of COVID-19 (Arabic)
- Slides: Antibiotic Stewardship Practices during COVID-19: US Experience; Emily L. Heil, PharmD, BCIDP; University of Maryland
- Slides: AMS in the Era of COVID-19 - Challenges and Opportunities: Italy Experience; Alessandro Bartoloni MD; Careggi University Hospital of Florence, Italy
Nov 18, 2020
- New WHO core competencies for infection prevention and control professionals; Benedetta Allegranzi, Universal Health Coverage & Life Course Division, WHO HQ (English)
- New WHO core competencies for infection prevention and control professionals; Benedetta Allegranzi, Universal Health Coverage & Life Course Division, WHO HQ (Spanish)
- New WHO core competencies for infection prevention and control professionals; Benedetta Allegranzi, Universal Health Coverage & Life Course Division, WHO HQ (French)
- New WHO core competencies for infection prevention and control professionals; Benedetta Allegranzi, Universal Health Coverage & Life Course Division, WHO HQ(Portuguese)
- New WHO core competencies for infection prevention and control professionals; Benedetta Allegranzi, Universal Health Coverage & Life Course Division, WHO HQ (Russian)
- New WHO core competencies for infection prevention and control professionals; Benedetta Allegranzi, Universal Health Coverage & Life Course Division, WHO HQ (Arabic)
- Slides: New WHO core competencies for infection prevention and control professionals; Benedetta Allegranzi, Universal Health Coverage & Life Course Division, WHO HQ
Nov 12, 2020
- The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Antimicrobial Resistance and Healthcare-Associated Infections (English)
- The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Antimicrobial Resistance and Healthcare-Associated Infections (Spanish)
- The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Antimicrobial Resistance and Healthcare-Associated Infections (French)
- The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Antimicrobial Resistance and Healthcare-Associated Infections (Portuguese)
- The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Antimicrobial Resistance and Healthcare-Associated Infections (Arabic)
- Slides: Trends in antimicrobial use and antimicrobial resistance in 2020 in the United States: has the COVID-19 pandemic had an impact on AMR? – James Baggs, PhD; CDC
- Slides: Assessing the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on nosocomial transmission of Carbapenem-resistant organisms (CRO) – Dr. Kalisvar Marimuthu; Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore
- What is the potential impact of adapting to and managing COVID-19 on antimicrobial resistance? – Timothy Rawson, BSc (hons), MBBS, MRCP (UK), PDME, DTM&H, PhD; Imperial College London
Oct 29, 2020
- Isolation Precautions and Personal Protective Equipment Supplies (English)
- Isolation Precautions and Personal Protective Equipment Supplies (Spanish)
- Isolation Precautions and Personal Protective Equipment Supplies (Portuguese)
- Isolation Precautions and Personal Protective Equipment Supplies (Arabic)
- Isolation Precautions and Personal Protective Equipment Supplies (Russian)
- Isolation Precautions and Personal Protective Equipment Supplies (French)
- Slides: COVID-19 Infection Prevention and Control Isolation Precautions with a Focus on Immunocompromised Patients in Calgary, Canada; John Conly, University of Calgary, Canada
- Slides: Experience on Isolation Precautions for COVID-19 in a Public Hospital in Brazil; Regia Damous Feijo, HEVA, Brazil
- Slides: PPE Global Supply Process; Paul Molinaro
- Slides: WHO COVID-19 Essential Supplies Forecasting Tool; Constance McDonough-Thayer
Oct 15, 2020
- Health Worker Infections: Understanding the Epidemiology, Risk Factors, and Best Management Approaches (English)
- Health Worker Infections: Understanding the Epidemiology, Risk Factors, and Best Management Approaches (Arabic)
- Health Worker Infections: Understanding the Epidemiology, Risk Factors, and Best Management Approaches (French)
- Health Worker Infections: Understanding the Epidemiology, Risk Factors, and Best Management Approaches (Portuguese)
- Health Worker Infections: Understanding the Epidemiology, Risk Factors, and Best Management Approaches (Russian)
- Health Worker Infections: Understanding the Epidemiology, Risk Factors, and Best Management Approaches (Spanish)
- Slides: Risk Factors for Coronavirus Infections in Health Workers; Roger Chou, MD, Oregon Health University
- Slides: Understanding Risk Factors for COVID-19 in Health Workers; Alessandro Cassini, MD; WHO
- Slides: Health workers and COVID-19: insights from social and behavioural sciences; Nina Gobat, PhD; WHO
Oct 1, 2020
- Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) Global Webinar Series (English)
- Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) Global Webinar Series (French)
- Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) Global Webinar Series (Portuguese)
- Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) Global Webinar Series (Arabic)
- Slides: Challenges for IPC in outpatient settings during COVID-19 - Anna Maruta, WHO Sierra Leone
- Slides: COVID-19 Infection Prevention and Control in Outpatient Facilities during Community Transmission - Diya Surie, US CDC
Aug 6, 2020
- Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) Global Webinar Series (English)
- Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) Global Webinar Series (Russian)
- Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) Global Webinar Series (Portuguese)
- Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) Global Webinar Series (French)
- Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) Global Webinar Series (Arabic)
- Slides: Hand Hygiene for All to stop the spread of COVID-19 - Joanna Esteves Mills, WHO, UNICEF
- Slides: Reflecting on 12 years of Global Hand Hygiene in Health Care – the approach and lessons learned - Claire Kilpatrick, WHO HQ
- Slides: Hand hygiene in healthcare settings in the context of COVID-19 - David Simon, UNICEF, Venezuela
- Slides: Supporting hand hygiene improvements in Timor-Leste - Melissa Bingham, WCO Timor Leste, WHO
Jul 30, 2020
- CDC IPC July 30 (English)
- CDC IPC July 30 (Spanish)
- CDC IPC July 30 (Russian)
- CDC IPC July 30 (French)
- CDC IPC July 30 (Arabic)
- Slides: Long-term care facilities and COVID-19 - Zee-A Han, World Health Organization, Geneva
- Slides: Contrast to COVID-19 in nursing home and LTCF in Italy - Paolo D’Ancona, Italian National Public Health Institute
- Slides: Limiting the introduction of COVID-19 in long-term care facilities - Carlos Magno Fortaleza, São Paulo State University / São Paulo State Association for Infection Control, Brazil
Jul 23, 2020
- Session Video (English)
- Session Video (Russian)
- Session Video (Arabic)
- Session Video (Portuguese)
- Slides: Severe Acute Respiratory Infection (SARI) Treatment Facility - Luca Fontana, World Health Organization, Geneva
- Slides: Natural Ventilation - Yuguo Li, University of Hong Kong
- Slides: Ventilation Considerations during Aerosol Generating Procedures - Nizam Damani, Southern Health & Social Care Trust, United Kingdom
- Slides: HEPA and UVGI: Useful Tools in the Right Application - Jim Crabb, Mazzetti, United States of America
Jul 16, 2020
- Session Video (English)
- Session Video (Russian)
- Session Video (Portuguese)
- Session Video (Spanish)
- Session Video (Arabic)
- Session Video (French)
- Slides: Advice on Use of Masks in the context of COVID-19 - April Baller, World Health Organization
- Slides: Masks as Protective Tools in Confronting COVID-19: The Israeli Strategy - Mitchell Schwaber, Israel Ministry of Health
- Slides: Masking policy in South Africa – the rationale - Shaheen Mehtar, Stellenbosch University / Infection Control Africa Network
- Slides: Setting up production of high-quality community cloth facemask - Kelly Han, Independent mask maker
Jul 9, 2020
- Session Video (English)
- Session Video (French)
- Session Video (Russian)
- Session Video (Portuguese)
- Session Video (Arabic)
- Slides: PPE for healthcare personnel during care of COVID-19 patients - Altaf Ahmed, Pakistan Kidney and Liver Institute, Pakistan
- Slides: Reprocessing N95 Masks - Silvia Acosta-Gnass, Riverside University Health System Medical Center, USA
- Slides: Personal Protective Equipment: Regulatory and Supply Challenges during COVID-19 in the Region of the Americas - Alexandre Lemgruber, Health Technologies Management, PAHO
- Slides: Operational Considerations for Optimizing PPE use during COVID-19 – Molly Patrick, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Jul 2, 2020
- Session Video (English)
- Session Video (French)
- Session Video (Russian)
- Session Video (Portuguese)
- Session Video (Spanish)
- Session Video (Arabic)
- Slides: Operational Considerations for the Management of Visitors in Non-US Healthcare Facilities - Carolyn Herzig, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Slides: Limiting the Introduction of COVID-19 in Healthcare Settings - Carlos Magno Fortaleza, Sao Paulo State Univeristy, Brazil
- Slides: Limiting the Introduction of COVID-19 in Healthcare Settings - Namita Jaggi, Artemis Hospital, India
Jun 25, 2020
- Session Video (English)
- Session Video (French)
- Session Video (Russian)
- Session Video (Portuguese)
- Session Video (Spanish)
- Session Video (Arabic)
- Slides: Environmental cleaning and disinfection in hospitals in the context of COVID-19: Brazil – Maria Clara Padoveze, School of Nursing, University of Sao Paulo
- Slides: Environmental cleaning and disinfection in South Africa – evidence or ritual – Shaheen Mehtar, Infection Control Africa Network and Stellenbosch University, Cape Town
- Slides: Environmental cleaning in healthcare facilities in the context of COVID-19 – Molly Patrick, US CDC
Jun 18, 2020
- Session Video (English)
- Session Video (French)
- Session Video (Russian)
- Session Video (Portuguese)
- Session Video (Spanish)
- Session Video (Arabic)
- Slides: Dr. Joao Toledo, Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)
- Slides: Burial Practices During COVID: Role of autopsies and limitations - Dr. Adebola Tolulope Olayinka, WHO Nigeria
- Slides: Responding to the COVID-19 Pandemic in Humanitarian Settings - Oran Finegan, International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
- Slides: New York City Office of the Chief Medical Examiner Response to COVID-19 – Frank DePaolo and Jason Graham, MD
Jun 11, 2020
- Session Video (English)
- Session Video (French)
- Session Video (Russian)
- Session Video (Portuguese)
- Session Video (Spanish)
- Session Video (Arabic)
- Slides: Operational Considerations for the Identification of Healthcare Workers and Inpatients with Suspected COVID-19 – Matthew Westercamp, PhD, BSN, US CDC
- Slides: Identification of SARS-CoV-2 Infection among Health Care Workers (HCW) and Inpatients – Dr. Vijaya Lakshmi Nag, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur, India
- Slides: Identification of SARS-CoV-2 Infection among Healthcare Workers – Silvia Figueiredo Costa, MD, PhD, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Slides: Monitoring and Investigating COVID-19 Infection in HWs: The Nigerian Experience – Tochi Okwor, Nigeria Center for Disease Control
Jun 4, 2020
- Session Video (English)
- Session Video (French)
- Session Video (Russian)
- Session Video (Portuguese)
- Session Video (Spanish)
- Session Video (Arabic)
- Slides: Experiences from the Field, India – Dr. Pratibha Singh, UNICEF
- Slides: WASH in Healthcare settings in the context of COVID-19: Mozambique – Ana Cardoso, MISAU and Corrie Kramer, UNICEF Mozambique
- Slides: WASH in health care facilities: why it is important and what can be done – Maggie Montgomery, WHO
May 28, 2020
- Session Video (English)
- Session Video (French)
- Session Video (Spanish)
- Slides: Global Guidance and Operational Considerations for Management of Healthcare Workers Exposed to COVID-19 - Amber Vasquez, MD, MPH, US CDC
- Slides: Healthcare Worker Risk Assessment and Monitoring - Anna S. Levin, University of Sao Paulo
- Slides: Health Workforce in the COVID-19 Response - Giorgio Cometto, WHO
- Slides: Protecting the Healthcare Workforce in the Context of COVID-19 : The Israeli Strategy - Mitchell J. Schwaber, MD, MSc, MOH State of Israel
May 21, 2020
- Session Video (English)
- Session Video (French)
- Session Video (Portuguese)
- Session Video (Russian)
- Session Video (Arabic)
- Slides: IPC Monitoring and Facility Readiness for COVID-19, Benedetta Allegranzi, MD
- Slides: Monitoring Facility Readiness for COVID-19 in non-US Healthcare Settings, Paul Malpiedi, MPH, CDC
- Slides: COVID-19 National Cancer Grid and Tata Memorial Centre Response, C S Pramesh, MS, FRCS
- Slides: Facility Readiness Assessment for COVID-19 Using Electronic Tools: Lessons from Kenya, George Owiso, Country Representative, I-TECH Kenya
May 14, 2020
- Session Video (English)
- Session Video (French)
- Session Video (Portuguese)
- Session Video (Spanish)
- Session Video (Russian)
- Slides: Practical IPC Considerations in the Fight Against COVID-19 - Fernanda Lessa, MD, MPH, US CDC
- Slides: Experience of a center in Brazil - Ícaro Boszczowski, University of Sao Paulo
- Slides: Example from an Indian Tertiary care hospital - Dr. Purva Mathur, AIIMS, New Delhi
- Slides: Operational Considerations for Triage of Suspected COVID-19 Patients in non-US Healthcare Settings - L. Ulzii-Orshikh Luvsansharav, MD, PhD, US CDC