Project Firstline provides free infection control training for frontline healthcare workers. It was developed by the CDC in partnership with over 75 organizations. It offers various educational resources in different formats to meet diverse learning needs. Project Firstline training covers topics like PPE, hand hygiene, and COVID-19 transmission. It is available in English and Spanish online and can be integrated into existing curriculums. The training aims to help healthcare workers protect patients and themselves from infectious diseases.

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Dianne Kaschak, MA
Lynne Layug, MPH
Health Quality Innovators

2. What is Project Firstline?
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• CDC’s NCDC’s National Training Collaborative for
• Project Firstline provides innovative and accessible infection control education for all frontline
healthcare workers – so they can protect their patients, their coworkers and themselves from
infectious disease threats.
• As a collaborative, Project Firstline brings together more than 75 healthcare, academic, and
public health partners to reach a wide range of healthcare audiences and settings across the
country.
• Project Firstline offers educational resources in a variety of formats to meet the diverse
learning needs and preferences of the healthcare workforce.
• Resources are designed using adult learning principles, educational best practices, CDC
recommendations, and the science that informs them.

3. • PFL is intended for students in the Allied Health Sciences to supplement
their existing infection control training prior to entering the workforce.
• We all agree infection control is more than just procedures. It’s a crucial part
of caring for and protecting patients.
• When students understand why it is needed, they will be prepared to face
the infection control challenges in their careers.
Who Will Benefit from PFL?
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5. • The CDC-developed training materials cover infection control topics that can be delivered as
individual topics, or several related topics can be combined into a course.
• An example of a combined course would be PPE where we would review the topics of Eye
Protection, Gowns, Gloves, and Respirators because these topics are all related. However,
they can always be presented as individual topics depending on your learning needs
• Training can be delivered individually, using on-line self-guided courses in your learning
management system, or as a PowerPoint presentation in a classroom setting, whatever
works for you and your students.
• You can choose to deliver the group training using the provided materials, or we can
facilitate the session for you. We are available for in-person or virtual sessions, all FREE!
How Can PFL Be Delivered?
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6. Project Firstline Topics:
Infection Control and COVID-19
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• The Concept of Infection Control
• The Basic Science of Viruses
• How Respiratory Droplets Spread
COVID-19
• How Viruses Spread from Surfaces to
People
• How COVID-19 Spreads: A Review
• Multi-Dose Vials and Injection Safety
• PPE: Eye Protection, Gloves and
Gowns, Respirators
• Hand Hygiene
• Virus Strains
• Environmental Cleaning & Disinfection
• Source Control
• Asymptomatic Spread of COVID-19
• Ventilation

7. New Project Firstline Topics:
Infection Control in Healthcare
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• NEW: Recognizing Risk Using Reservoirs
• NEW: Introduction to Reservoirs-Where Germs Live
The risk for germs to spread in health care is different than in other places.
The CDC designed this new content to be offered in a more interactive and
hands on way. We are working to add more interactive activities, including
an Escape Room Activity, to our training materials.

8. • Our Project Firstline courses are currently available in English as well as in
Spanish.
• We have a Spanish speaking consultant who facilitates our sessions that
are offered in Spanish.
• Webinars recorded in Spanish are accessible on our Learning Management
System.
• Coming soon to our Project Firstline Resources are translated topics in
Haitian Creole, Russian, Chinese and Tagalog.
Languages Offered
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10. Learning Management System
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11. Sample Course
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12. E-Learning Modules
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• Project Firstline e-Learning Modules SCORM files for all English courses
are available for download from our Coassemble learning management
system. SCORM files for the Spanish courses are currently being prepared
and will be made available to you.
• Each course’s zip folder contains multiple zip files for the modules, all of
which are needed to recreate the course in its entirety.

13. Using the SCORM Files
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The individual files within the course zip folder are named using a numerical
sequence. Please follow this order when uploading each learning element
into your learning management system.
Please note the courses were developed by the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention. They are not intended to be edited in any way.

14. PFL SCORM Files Course
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https://www.cdc.gov/infectioncontrol/projectfirstline/index.html
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Dianne Kaschak, MA 804.287.6211
Lynne Layug, MPH 804.287.0288
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