GNYHA Foundation received funding from the New York State Departments of Health and Labor under the Health Workforce Retraining Initiative (HWRI) grant program to conduct several workforce training programs. Starting in 2012, the Infection Prevention Coach (IPC) Training Program will provide managers and frontline staff with the skills to facilitate team-based approaches to minimize infections and promote patient safety. This program was orginally developed in collaboration with 1199 SEIU, and GNYHA will coordinate the replication and expansion of the program. The new IPC training program will focus on developing strategies to improve communication, teamwork, and the workflow as well as creating a culture in which all health care workers understand their valuable role in eliminating infections. It will also enhance the skills of frontline staff, particularly on hand hygiene and environmental cleanliness, which are considered to be the most important and effective interventions in the infection prevention effort. Participants will learn coaching skills to enable them to influence peers and promote improvements on a range of quality issues, particularly relating to reducing hospital acquired infections. Coaches will be encouraged to lead, support, mentor, and inform other health care team members regarding ways to improve clinical outcomes.