PHF Offers Resources That Aid in
Cold and Flu Prevention |
Hand Hygiene Poster and Button Package |
 Proper hand hygiene is the best way to prevent outbreaks and transmission of the cold and flu and reduce overall infection rates in your health department or facility.
Use the CDC's hand hygiene poster and button package to remind personnel of the importance of washing hands regularly. Place the Clean Hands Save Lives poster throughout your facility to convey your commitment to clean hands and patient safety, and wear the Hand Hygiene Saves Lives button as a constant reminder to practice appropriate hand hygiene.
The hand hygiene poster and button package is also available in Spanish. |
Get Smart: Know When Antibiotics Work Campaign Resources |
The CDC's Get Smart: Know When Antibiotics Work campaign aims to reduce the rise of antibiotic resistance by educating patients and providers on the appropriate use of antibiotics.
1. Antibiotics only treat bacterial infections.
2. Antibiotics are life-saving drugs.
Use these materials in a physician's office, clinic, health department, or healthcare facility.
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Epidemiology and Prevention of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases, 12th Edition,
2nd Printing "The Pink Book" |
 "The Pink Book", developed by the CDC, offers comprehensive immunization information on diseases such as influenza, pertussis, and rotavirus. Use it to find pertinent information on: 1. Immunization strategies for providers. 2. Vaccine safety. 3. Child/adult immunization schedules.
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2013 "I'm Your Community Guide!" Contest |
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PHF Promotes CDC's Winnable Battles |
CDC's Winnable Battles are public health priorities with large-scale impact on health and with known, effective strategies to address them.
PHF offers resources, public health training courses, and other tools that can be used by public health and other professionals to build the capacity to be successful in Winnable Battles areas.
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About PHF's Learning Resource Center |
The Public Health Foundation's Learning Resource Center (LRC) is where public health, health care, and others can find high quality training materials at an affordable price. These informative materials cover areas such as quality improvement, performance management, infectious diseases, epidemiology, diabetes, preparedness, and immunization. Materials are available in a variety of formats, including print, software, resource manuals, physician guides, and patient brochures.
LRC also specializes in promoting public health products. Contact Antoinette Barber if your organization would like to partner with LRC.
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| What's Hot This Month? |
The current hottest selling products at PHF's Learning Resource Center are:
1.Public Health Quality Improvement Encyclopedia
3. Cold or Flu. Antibiotics Don't Work For You. Brochure |
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PHF Spotlight |
This encyclopedia includes 75 quality improvement tools and a glossary to help you fulfill your missions, apply for accreditation, improve the health of communities, and become more efficient and effective.
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PHF Website |
Explore www.phf.org, which features information and resources on public health performance management, quality improvement, and workforce development. Search TRAIN which contains over 28,000 training courses.
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