Non-Acute Care Resources
Quick Index
- Prehospital Care/EMS
- Long-Term Care/Homes
- Community Care -Camps/Shelters
- Home Care
- Clinic/Ambulatory Care
- Physician/Dental Offices
- Mental Health
- Paediatric/Childcare
IPAC Canada offers these links for additional resources for infection prevention and control professionals and others in health care. Links presented here do not imply endorsement by IPAC Canada. For links to additional evidence-based guidelines, see IPAC Canada's Guidelines webpage.
Prehospital Care/EMS
- Guide to Infection Prevention in Emergency Medical Services - APIC
- Environmental Cleaning and Disinfection for Emergency Medical Vehicles and Equipment (July 2022)
- The Personal Protection Strategy Teaching Aid
- National Occupational Competency Profile (Paramedic Association of Canada)
- Infection Control and Prevention for Healthcare Workplaces (St. John Ambulance Canada)
Long-Term Care/Nursing Homes
- Clostridium Difficile Infection - Infection Prevention and Control Guidance for Management in Long-term Care Facilities - PHAC
- Long Term Care Surveillance Toolkit In Collaboration with Public Health Ontario (Sept. 2023)
- Resources for Nursing Homes and Assisted Living (Long-term Care Facilities) - CDC
- Best Practices for Surveillance of Health Care-Associated Infections in Patient and Resident Populations - PIDAC
- Prevention Strategies for Seasonal Influenza in Healthcare Settings -CDC
- Guidelines for Preventing the Transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Health-Care Settings - CDC
- Infection Prevention Guide to Long-Term Care, 2nd edition -APIC (available for purchase)
- Vancomycin resistant Enterococci: prevention and control measures for long term care facilities - Quebec INSPQ
- Infection Prevention and Control for Long-Term Care Homes Summary of Key Principles and Best Practices -PHO
- Orientation for Infection Prevention and Control Leads in Long-Term Care -PHO
Home Health Care
- Home Care Audit Tool - IPAC Canada [available to members only]
- Infection Prevention and Control for Home and Community Care (PHO)
- Definitions for Surveillance of Infections in Home Health Care and Home Hospice - APIC
- Seasonal Influenza - Infection Prevention and Control Guidance for Management in Home Care Settings (PHAC)
Community Care
- Reprocessing of Critical and Semi Critical Devices in Community Healthcare Settings (November 2019)
- Infection Prevention and Control for Home and Community Care (PHO)
- Infection Control Guidelines for Community Shelters & Group Homes - Manitoba
- Providing Health Care to the Client Living in the Community (PICNeT)
- Prevention of Occupational Infections Guideline Revision (PHAC -2018) English French
- Community-acquired MRSA: a practitioner's guide CMAJ 2006;175(2):145-14
- Guidelines for Prevention and Management of Community-associated Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA): A Perspective for Canadian Health Care Practitioners (AMMI)
- Environmental Control Best Practices: Guidelines to Reduce TB Transmission in Homeless Shelters and Drop-In Centres (Toronto Public Health)
- Sexually Transmitted Infections (PIDAC)
- Infection Control Manual for Summer Camps (Haliburton Kwartha Pine Ridge Health District)
Clinic/Ambulatory Care
Physician/Dental Offices
- Best Practices for Long Term Care, Home and Community Care including Health Care Offices and Ambulatory Clinics - CCAR/PHAC
- Infection Prention and Control in Paediatric Office Settings (CPS)
- IPAC Checklist for Dental Practice - Core Elements -PHO
- IPAC Checklist for Dental Practice – Reprocessing of Dental/Medical Equipment/Devices -PHO
- Infection Prevention and Control for Clinical Office Practice - PIDAC
- Best Practices for Cleaning, Disinfection and Sterilization of Medical Equipment/Devices In All Health Care Settings -PIDAC
- Infection Prevention and Control (IPAC) Guidelines -CDHO
- Infection Prevention and Control Guidelines -College of Dental Hygienists of British Columbia
- Checklist: IPAC Core Elements in Dental Practice Settings (Ontario)
- Checklist: Reprocessing in Dental Practice Settings (Ontario)
- Guidelines for Infection Prevention and Control in the Physician's Office - BCCDC
- Infection Prevention and Control Standards in the Oral Health Care Facility -Saskatchewan IPC Standards
- Guidelines for Infection Control in Dental Health Care Settings - CDC
- Infection Prevention and Control in the Dental Office – Royal College of Dental Surgeons of Ontario
- Bringing the CDC Guidelines Infection Prevention Guidelines to the Dental Office -Canadian Dental Association
- Infection Control Practice Guidelines in Dental Hygiene -Can. J. Dent. Hygiene
- Infection Prevention and control in the Dental Office -Canadian Dental Association
Mental Health
- Special considerations for those with losses in brain function
- Design Guide for the Built Environment of Behavioral Health Facilities
National Association of Psychiatric Health Systems
Paediatric and Child Care
- Infection Prention and Control in Paediatric Office Settings (CPS)
- Infection Control Manual for Child Care Facilities - Saskatchewan Ministry of Health
- Infection Control Guidelines for Early Learning and Child Care - Manitoba
- Health and Medical Library: Games for Kids!
- Preventing hospitalizations for respiratory syncytial virus infection - Canadian Paediatric Society
- Management of acute otitis in children six month of age and older - Canadian Paediatric Society
