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Inside Infection Control series
Check out these videos with CDC’s Dr. Abby Carlson to learn the basic ideas behind infection control, how they work to prevent COVID-19, and how using infection control actions while you’re at work can protect you, your patients, your coworkers and your community.
Videos
Episode 1: What’s the Goal of Infection Control?
Episode 2: Sars-Cov-2? Covid-19? What’s the Difference?
Episode 4: What’s a Respiratory Droplet? Why Does it Matter?
Episode 5: How do Viruses Make You Sick?
Episode 6: How Do Viruses Spread From Surfaces To People?
Episode 7: How does COVID-19 spread? A Review
Episode 8a: How Do I Safely Use a Multi-Dose Vaccine Vial? Part 1
Episode 8b: How Do I Safely Use a Multi-Dose Vaccine Vial? Part 2
Episode 9: What is Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)?
Episode 10: Why is Eye Protection Recommended for COVID-19?
Episode 11: Why are Gloves Recommended for COVID-19?
Episode 12: Why are Gowns Recommended for COVID-19?
Episode 13: What is a Respirator?
Episode 15: How Do I Test the Seal on my N95?
Episode 16: Cleaning? Disinfection? What is the Difference?
Episode 17: What is Ventilation?
Episode 18: Why Does Ventilation Matter?
Episode 19: What Do New COVID-19 Strains Mean for Infection Control?
Episode 20: Why Do Cleaning and Disinfection Matter in Healthcare?
Episode 21: Do We Really Have to Talk About Hand Hygiene? Again? Yes!
Episode 22: Why Does Contact Time Matter for Disinfection?
Episode 23: What is Source Control?
Episode 24: How Can COVID-19 Spread When You Don’t Feel Sick?
Continuing education information
Earn continuing education through Training and Continuing Education Online (TCEO) and a certificate of completion for watching Inside Infection Control episodes on CDC TRAIN. Launch the video from TRAIN to receive your certificate.
Group One – Introduction to Infection Control and Virus Basics
Group Four – Respirator Basics
Group Five – Environmental Cleaning and Disinfection Basics
Group Six – Ventilation, Source Control, and Hand Hygiene
Group Seven – How COVID-19 Spreads
Translated versions
Inside Infection Control Videos can also be viewed with subtitles in Bengali, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Tagalog, Vietnamese, Hmong, Samoan, and Tongan
Facilitator and participant resources
English
Project Firstline Facilitator Toolkit Guide
Inside Infection Control Participant Booklet
Spanish
Kit de herramientas del moderador
Dentro del control de infecciones: folleto del participante
The Concept of Infection Control
English
Spanish
The Basic Science of Viruses
English
10-Minute Session Slides (part one)
10-Minute Session Slides (part two)
Spanish
Diapositivas de 10 minutos (parte uno)
Diapositivas de 10 minutos (parte dos)
How Respiratory Droplets Spread COVID-19
English
Spanish
How Viruses Spread from Surfaces to People
English
Spanish
How COVID-19 Spreads: A Review
English
Spanish
Multi-Dose Vials
[](https://www.cdc.gov/project-firstline/media/pdfs/PFL-T6-JobAid-508.pdf)
Topic Six: Multi-Dose Vials (Job Aid)
How Do I Safely Use a Multi-Dose Vaccine Vial?
PPE Part 1 – Eye Protection
PPE Part 2: Gloves & Gowns
10-Minute Session Slides (Gloves)
10-Minute Session Slides (Gowns)
Hand Hygiene
Virus Strains
Topic Ten: Virus Strains (Job Aid)
PPE Part 3 – Respirators
10-Minute Session Slides (respirators & N95s)
10-Minute Session Slides (seal checks)
Environmental Cleaning and Disinfection
10-Minute Session Slides (why it matters)
10-Minute Session Slides (contact time)
Source Control
Asymptomatic Spread of COVID-19
Ventilation
[](https://www.cdc.gov/project-firstline/media/pdfs/Ventilation-508.pdf)
Ventilation in Healthcare Settings
Ventilation in Healthcare Settings
General educational videos
Watch Project Firstline’s educational videos to learn about different infection control topics, such as respiratory droplet basics and safe use of multi-dose vials.
Ventilation and Infection Control in Healthcare
Project Firstline events
Project Firstline Town Hall on IPC Guidance Updates for Healthcare Settings (September 17, 2021)
Virus strains job aid
COVID-19 Delta Variant Virus Strains Job Aid
Respiratory droplets flyer
Folleto sobre las gotitas respiratorias
Multi-dose vials job aid
[](https://www.cdc.gov/project-firstline/media/pdfs/PFL-T6-JobAid-508.pdf)
Topic Six: Multi-Dose Vials (Job Aid)
How Do I Safely Use a Multi-Dose Vaccine Vial?
[](https://www.cdc.gov/project-firstline/media/pdfs/es/PFL-Multi-dose-vial-checklist-ES-508.pdf)
¿Cómo uso un vial multidosis de vacuna de manera segura?
¿Cómo uso un vial multidosis de vacuna de manera segura?
Ventilation in healthcare settings one-pager
[](https://www.cdc.gov/project-firstline/media/pdfs/Ventilation-508.pdf)
Ventilation in Healthcare Settings
Ventilation in Healthcare Settings
[](https://www.cdc.gov/project-firstline/media/pdfs/es/ventilation-ES-508.pdf)
La ventilación en los entornos de atención médica
La ventilación en los entornos de atención médica
Interactive PPE scenarios
Choosing the Right PPE for COVID-19
COVID-19 PPE
Choosing the Right PPE Throughout Your Workday
Throughout Your Workday PPE
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