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Whether you&#8217;re refreshing staff education, strengthening your wound care program, or looking for practical teaching tools, these free resources are ready to help you put infection prevention into practice.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What to Expect:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cdph.ca.gov\/Programs\/CHCQ\/HAI\/CDPH%20Document%20Library\/InfectionPreventionDuringWoundCare.pdf\">Wound Care Educational Handout<\/a><\/span>: A colorful, easy-to-follow visual resource that highlights key infection prevention practices before, during, and after wound care.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"http:\/\/va.train.org\/\">TRAIN Virginia Wound Care Series<\/a><\/span>: Start with &#8220;VDH: Wound Care Infection Risks and Your Infection Prevention Program&#8221; (Course ID 1127475) and continue through the full series exploring infection prevention principles, common infection transmission risks, and evidence-based practices through interactive scenarios and knowledge checks.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/174\/2023\/10\/VDH-Wound-Care-IPC-Tool-Checklist-External-Use-1.pdf\">VDH Wound Care Infection Prevention and Control Guidance &amp; Observation Tool:<\/a><\/span> A ready-to-use observation checklist that you can use for audits, competency validation, and helps standardize wound care practices across your facility.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How to use it:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Observe before you educate.<\/strong> Use the observation tool to identify your team&#8217;s strengths and opportunities, then tailor education to the practices you actually see instead of guessing where knowledge gaps exist.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Make observations less intimidating.<\/strong> Use the checklist as a coaching tool rather than an audit, creating opportunities for real-time feedback and discussion.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Who else should be trained?<\/strong> Anyone who assists during wound care, including nursing assistants and other healthcare personnel who provide an extra set of hands, should understand infection prevention practices that help protect the patient.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Target Audience: <span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/vipta\/resource-library-definitions\/\">Foundational &amp; Intermediate IPC Education Level <\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":22494,"template":"","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-22493","featured_training","type-featured_training","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Wrap It Up: Infection Prevention Wound Care Resources - VIPTA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/vipta\/featured_training\/wrap-it-up-infection-prevention-wound-care-resources\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Wrap It Up: Infection Prevention Wound Care Resources - VIPTA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"We&#8217;ve done the wrapping and you get to open the educational package! 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