Infection Prevention and Control

Project Firstline

Offering infection prevention and control (IPC) education, training, and resources to OMA members and their healthcare teams.

Project Firstline, developed in partnership with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), provides infection prevention and control (IPC) education and resources for all types of frontline healthcare workers. The American Medical Association (AMA), Oregon Medical Association (OMA) and Oregon Health Authority (OHA) are additional collaborators.

The COVID-19 pandemic emphasized the need to improve education among healthcare workers, who are at high risk for contracting infectious diseases. These gaps include staying up-to-date on infection control practices, maintaining consistent cleaning standards, and educating others on IPC topics.

Through Project Firstline, physicians, physician assistants and their teams have access to short, useful educational resources, which include webinars with CME credit, links to additional resources, and information to access local infectious disease experts.

Review and share these resources with your healthcare teams to keep up-to-date on infection control practices.

WEBINAR | What is Project Firstline?




Course Description:
This training aims to equip clinicians with essential infection control knowledge and resources, including identifying contagious patients, implementing isolation precautions, and safeguarding against infectious exposures.  Learn how the Oregon Project Firstline initiative and its educational offerings enhance infection prevention practices among healthcare professionals.

CME Accreditation and Credit Designation Statements 

The Oregon Medical Association is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. 

The Oregon Medical Association designates this enduring materials activity for a maximum of 0.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. 

For more CME information please click here.

WEBINAR |How to Identify and Isolate Contagious Patients




Course Description:
This training focuses on teaching clinicians to recognize high-risk, contagious infectious diseases in patients, select suitable isolation measures based on their symptoms, and implement measures to safeguard against infectious exposures. Additionally, it covers protocols for effectively communicating information about patients suspected of having infectious diseases to relevant individuals within healthcare settings.

CME Accreditation and Credit Designation Statements 

The Oregon Medical Association is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. 

The Oregon Medical Association designates this enduring materials activity for a maximum of 0.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. 

For more CME information please click here.

WEBINAR |Breaking the Chain of Infection in the Ambulatory Care Patient




Course Description:

In this training, learners will be informed about the Chain of Infection framework, showcase the common infection prevention strategies in the outpatient population and describe how human behaviors impact the Chain of Infection.


CME Accreditation and Credit Designation Statements 

The Oregon Medical Association is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. 

The Oregon Medical Association designates this enduring materials activity for a maximum of 0.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. 

For more CME information please click here.
Disclosures Statement
The Oregon Medical Association (OMA) requires that all those involved the planning of and with the ability to control content of an accredited continuing education activity disclose all financial relationships within the past 24 months. All conflicts of interest have been mitigated prior to this activity.

Mr. William Witmer discloses employment with Genentech during the past 24 months, but that relationship ended in May 2023.

The faculty, planners, or others involved in the planning, development, or otherwise in a position to control content disclosed no financial relationships with an ineligible company whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.
 

Printable Resources

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Infection Prevention Champions

For More Information: 

Email: projectfirstline.oregon@odhsoha.oregon.gov
Visit: tinyurl.com/oregonprojectfirstline

Project Firstline is a national collaborative led by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to provide infection control training and education to frontline health care workers and public health personnel. AMA has partnered with Project Firstline, as supported through Cooperative Agreement CDC-RFA-CK20-2003. The Oregon Medical Association is proud to collaborate with AMA and Project Firstline in this educational activity. CDC is an agency within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The contents of this event do not necessarily represent the policies of CDC or HHS, and should not be considered an endorsement by the Federal Government.