Infection Prevention and Control

Reducing the spread of disease

Infection prevention and control measures aim to reduce the spread of disease to vulnerable individuals in both the general community and in healthcare facilities.

Basic principles include hygiene (such as hand washing and covering your cough), immunizations, environmental cleaning and appropriate precautions in healthcare settings.

Resources

• Cleaning up vomit and other unpleasant tasks (pdf)
• Flu prevention
• Getting immunized
• Handwashing: Clean hands save lives (CDC)
• Infection Control Guidelines for Healthcare Settings (from HICPAC)
  
• Prevention of Communicable Disease in Schools (pdf) Oregon Dept of Education School Health Services Manual
  

Print materials

• "Cover Your Cough" posters (pdf)
• Flu prevention print materials (CDC)
  
• Hygiene-related posters (CDC)

See Also

• Healthcare-associated infections (HAI)
• Oregon FoodNet
• Tuberculosis infection control
• Veterinary public health
• Vaccines and Immunization