IPC Consultation & Education
Self-Led Infection Control Evaluation
IPC Support
The SLICE Tool
The Self-Led Infection Control Evaluation tool, developed by The Nebraska Medical Center and funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), empowers Infection Preventionists in small and rural acute care facilities to evaluate and strengthen their IPC programs by:
- Providing customizable IPC assessments based on standardized criteria to assess their IPC programs
- Providing specific, vetted resources to aid in improvement efforts.
Take a peek at The SLICE Tool here:
Infection Prevention & Control Program
Non-critical Device Reprocessing
Semi-critical Device Reprocessing
Critical Device Reprocessing
Injection Safety
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
Standard & Transmission-Based Precautions
Environment of Care
Environmental Cleaning
Healthcare-associated Pneumonia (Non-ventilator)
Ventilator-associated Events
Clostridioides difficile (CDI)
Surgical Site Infections (SSI)
Catheter-associated Urinary Tract Infection (CAUTI)
Central Line-associated Bloodstream Infections (CLABSI)
Surveillance
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The Function of the Tool
Choose Your Assessment Type
Complete the Assessment
Review Your Summary Report
The summary report provides a specific score for each domain. The summary report will also provide generalized and question-specific guidance and resources to assist in gap mitigation and identifying areas of opportunity.
Access Resources For Remediation
Resources vetted by IPC subject matter experts are linked to individual questions and domains for the IP to access directly. The resources provided include guidelines, regulatory requirements, standards, and professional organization recommendations.
Acknowledgements: Kate Tyner BSN, RN, CIC; Jody Scebold MSN, RN, CIC; Salman Ashraf MBBS, Richard Hankins MD, QAT Global, Dynamo; Jacqueline Zikmund BSN, RN a-IPC; Terry Micheels MSN, RN, FAPIC; , Project Firstline