Coordinated by the Virginia Healthcare-Associated Infections Advisory Group, VIPTA is a partnership among Virginia's healthcare, congregate care, and public health groups that aims to build a statewide infection prevention & control (IPC) education collaborative.
These new posters offer tailored guidance to fit different settings. Whether you’re working with patients in outpatient clinics or managing complex procedures in hemodialysis, these posters highlight the critical moments to clean your hands: before patient contact, before a clean procedure, after exposure to body fluids, after patient contact, and after touching patient surroundings.
Ways to Use This Resource
Update your orientation and trainings with the “My 5 Moments for Hand Hygiene” poster that best matches your work environment.
Post education posters (with a wipeable surface) in spaces where staff do hand hygiene.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is updating the Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting (IQR) Program to require acute care hospitals and critical access hospitals to electronically report information via NHSN about COVID-19, influenza, and RSV beginning November 1, 2024. This reported information will help provide situational awareness of the impact of these respiratory diseases.
Updates and recommendations for healthcare providers on pertussis, avian influenza A(H5N1), invasive Group A Streptococcus, and mpox in Virginia.
Cheers for Peers
✨ Ready for Anything: EVMS and Compassionate Crisis Care
The COVID-19 pandemic showed us the tough challenges faced by long-term care residents and their caregivers. It also led to a great team effort that we’re excited to share. Dr. Paul Aravich from Eastern Virginia Medical School of Macon and Joan Brock Virginia Health Sciences at Old Dominion University led a group from all over Virginia to create the Compassionate Crisis Care video series.
These videos are a valuable tool for healthcare workers, caregivers, and emergency responders. They teach how to provide compassionate care during emergencies like disasters and pandemics. The videos offer practical techniques for handling tough situations with empathy and skill. The Compassionate Crisis Care team has made a big impact by focusing on this important part of infection prevention and control.
We encourage you to watch these helpful videos and celebrate the Compassionate Crisis Care team’s important work. Congratulations to everyone involved for their outstanding contribution to improving crisis care!
Behind the scenes peek of VPM videographers and actor preparing to do a nasal swab on a nursing home resident with dementia (not seen).
VIPTA Resource Library
Search the VIPTA library of curated infection prevention and control (IPC) education and training resources. The IPC Education & Training Resource Library includes state and national resources related to healthcare-associated infections, antimicrobial resistance and/or IPC.
