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CDC Project Firstline

About Project Firstline

The Illinois Department of Public Health is partnering with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s infection control training initiative, Project Firstline, to empower every frontline health care worker in every health care setting with the knowledge and confidence needed to follow infection control principles and protocols. This collaboration aims to safeguard not only health care workers but also their patients, families, and communities.

For Health Care Workers

Are you a health care worker? Earn free CEUs while learning the basic ideas behind infection control, how they work to prevent and control transmission of COVID-19 and other infections, and how using infection control actions while you’re at work can protect you, your patients, your coworkers and your community. and how you can apply these to help protect yourself, patients, and coworkers from transmission of COVID-19 and other infections in your health care facility.

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For questions, please email the Illinois Department of Public Health's Division of Patient Safety and Quality at DPH.DPSQ@illinois.gov.

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