Non-Acute Care Resources
Quick Index
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]
- 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
- Reprocessing of Critical and Semi Critical Devices in Community Healthcare Settings (November 2019)
Community Care
- Home and Community Health Care (PHAC)
- 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
- Infection Prevention and Control for Clinical Office Practice - PIDAC
- Best Practices for Long Term Care, Home and Community Care including Health Care Offices and Ambulatory Clinics - CCAR/PHAC
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 - SBAR Tool for UTI
- Mental Health Atlas 2011 (WHO)
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
Laboratory
- Procedure for Nasopharyngeal Swabs and Aspirates -Nova Scotia Capital District Health Authority
General Resources
- Canadian Immunization Guide - PHAC
- Canadian Tuberculosis Standards - 2014 -PHAC
- Best Practices for Cleaning, Disinfection and Sterilization -PIDAC
- Best Practices for Environmental Cleaning for Prevention and Control of Infections - PIDAC
- Best Practices for Hand Hygiene -PHAC
- Best Practices for Hand Hygiene in All Health Care Settings, 4th edition -PIDAC
- Best Practices for Infection Prevention and Control Programs in Ontario -PIDAC
- Essential Resources for Effective Infection Prevention and Control Programs: A Matter of Patient Safety - A Discussion Paper (2010) -PHAC
- FluWatch -PHAC
- Guide to Infection Prevention for Outpatient Settings: Minimum Expectations for Safe Care -CDC
- Guideline for Disinfection and Sterilization in Healthcare Facilities -CDC
- Guideline for Environmental Infection Control in Health-Care Facilities - CDC
- Guideline for Hand Hygiene in Health Care Settings - CDC
- Guideline for Isolation Precautions: Preventing Transmission of Infectious Agents in Healthcare Settings -CDC
- Guideline for Preventing Health Care-Associated Pneumonia - CDC
- Guidelines for the Prevention and Treatment of Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs) in Continuing Care Settings - Saskatchewan Ministry of Health
- Guidelines for Preventing the Transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Health-Care Settings - CDC
- Global Vaccine Safety -WHO
- Prevention of Occupational Infections Guideline Revision (PHAC -2018) English French
- Routine Practices and Additional Precautions - PIDAC
- Annex A: Screening, Testing and Surveillance for Antibiotic-Resistant Organisms - PIDA
- Annex B: Prevention of Transmission of Acute Respiratory Infection - PIDAC
- Annex C: Testing, Surveillance and Management of Clostridium difficile - PIDAC
