Maryland Department of Health (MDH) Project Firstline, developed in partnership with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), is an innovative outreach program designed to promote foundational knowledge on infection prevention and control for all types of frontline healthcare workers across Maryland.
MD Project Firstline offers FREE online training courses on a variety of topics to increase your infection prevention and control knowledge and understanding.
Project Firstline offers a selection of FREE training and resources in multiple languages to accommodate busy schedules and different learning preferences. Learn in Chinese, English, Haitian Creole, Russian, Spanish or Tagalog! Earn continuing education credits and gift cards through our various training opportunities.
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Join us for an open conversation where we will review the MD Project Firstline EBP Scavenger Hunt interactive training tool, designed for facilities that have implemented Enhanced Barrier Precautions.
After we review how to access and use the Scavenger Hunt, we will answer any other questions you have about Maryland Project Firstline.
Dr. Abby Carlson reviews PPE best practices for eye protection, gloves and gowns. This webinar is the third of seven webinars offering continuing education for physicians and physician assistants (CME), pharmacists (CPE) and nurses (CNE).
Join us as we explain the four Escape Room stations we can provide your team: Hand Hygiene, Source Control, PPE and Cleaning and Disinfection. We will show you some of the materials we use and how we conduct this fun, interactive training experience. We will answer any questions you have about hosting an Escape Room at your facility so we can get you scheduled.
Dr. Abby Carlson describes the difference between cleaning and disinfecting, and why they are so important in healthcare. This webinar is the fourth of seven webinars offering continuing education for physicians and physician assistants (CME), pharmacists (CPE) and nurses (CNE).
Join MD Project Firstline for an open discussion about our available resources and training. Bring questions about continuing education credits and incentives, too!
Dr. Abby Carlson explains respirators and N95s, as well as how to seal your N95. This webinar is the fifth of seven webinars offering continuing education for physicians and physician assistants (CME), pharmacists (CPE) and nurses (CNE).
Dr. Abby Carlson outlines key information about how air (which can carry germs) moves in and out of spaces, how to stop germs at their source to keep them from spreading, and hand hygiene in healthcare settings. This webinar is the sixth of seven webinars offering continuing education for physicians and physician assistants (CME), pharmacists (CPE) and nurses (CNE).
Dr. Abby Carlson helps us understand how respiratory droplets can spread germs, how people can be sick even if they don’t have symptoms, and a recap of the infection control habits that keep germs from spreading in healthcare. This webinar is the last of seven webinars offering continuing education for physicians and physician assistants (CME), pharmacists (CPE) and nurses (CNE).
You asked for more interactive training tools, so we developed these two activities to get your team up and moving! Print and hang the posters in the breakroom, at a nurses’ station or throughout the hallways then hand staff the quiz to start the hunt!
Complete online courses and earn a $50 e-gift card. Alternatively, attend Project Firstline webinars, or complete an online course, for a chance to earn a $25 e-gift card.
You must be a frontline healthcare worker or an environmental services staff member in a healthcare setting in Maryland to qualify.