INFECTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL (IPC)

Training for every type of health care worker.

In Oregon, every health care employee is a fighter in the battle against germs and infectious disease. Whatever your role in a dental, medical or long-term care setting, Oregon Project Firstline offers free, professional resources to help you stay on top of your infection control training and education. Use these resources to strengthen your efforts to protect your patients, your facility and yourself.

Nurse making up a patient bed

Nurses

Students

Dentists

Hygienists

Office managers

Custodians

Doctors

Educators

Paramedics

Nurses Students Dentists Hygienists Office managers Custodians Doctors Educators Paramedics

  • Home case worker and patient
  • Dentist or hygienist working on a patient
  • Environmental services person with a cleaning cart
  • Portrait of an office manager
  • Portrait of a paramedic by the back of an ambulance
  • Physical therapist with a patient who is doing wrist exercises
  • Student in a classroom working on his laptop

Training resources designed for you

You're working harder than ever. You deserve infection control training that matches your role and works for your schedule.

Nurse or dental assistant pulling supplies from a supply area.

For health care employees

Infographics, videos, interactive guides and more time-saving tools for employees in all health care settings.

Health care employees
College professor pointing to screen in an auditorium-style classroom.

For trainers and managers

Step-by-step lesson plans, micro-learns and posters to help your team stay on top of training standards and requirements.

Trainers and managers
Health care student on her laptop in a library.

For students and all learners

Science-backed resources on a range of topics to help you apply infection prevention and control principles with confidence.

Students and all learners

Created for health care workers, by health care workers.

You understand that infection prevention and control is everyone’s job: From the clinic front desk to the dental chair, the health care classroom to the medical exam room. 

Oregon Project Firstline is an educational initiative that supports you as you learn and train:

  • Developed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Oregon Health Authority 

  • Free, foundational Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) training and education

  • Designed for all types of health care workers and students in medical, dental and long-term care settings 

  • Federally-funded and available at no cost to you