Healthcare Associations/Organizations Websites

IPAC Canada offers these links for additional resources for infection control professionals. Links presented here do not imply endorsement by IPAC Canada.

• Accreditation Canada
• Accreditation Canada Infection Prevention and Control Standards -Qmentum Program
• American Public Health Association (APHA)
• American Society for HealthCare Risk Management (ASHRM)
• American Society for Microbiology (ASM)
• Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI)
• Association of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Disease Canada (AMMI)
• Association of Perioperative Registered Nurses (AORN)
• Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC)
• BC Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC)
• British Infection Association (BIA)
• Canadian Agency for Drugs & Technologies in Health (CADTH)
• Canadian Association for Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (CACMID)
• Canadian Association of Medical Device Reprocessing (CAMDR)
• Canadian Association of Foot Care Nurses -National Competencies for Advanced Nursing Foot Care in Canada
• Canadian Vascular Access Association (CVAA)
• Canadian Institute of Public Health Inspectors (CIPHI)
• Canadian Lung Association
• Canadian Nurses Association (CNA)
• Canadian Paediatric Society (CPS)
• Healthcare Excellence Canada (formerly Canadian Patient Safety Institute)
• Canadian Public Health Association (CPHA)
• Canadian Standards Association (CSA)
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) - U.S.
• Certification Board in Infection Control and Epidemiology (CBIC)
• College of Nurses of Ontario (CNO)
• Food and Drug Administration (FDA) - U.S.
• Healthcare Infection Society (HIS) - U.K.
• Immunize Canada
• Infection Prevention Society - U.K.
• Infectious Disease Society of America
     • Compendium of Strategies Update: Hand Hygiene, SSI, Strategies to prevent MRSA transmission and infection, Strategies to prevent CDI, CLABSI and VAP, VAE and NV-HAP
• Infusion Nurses Society (INS)
• International Federation of Infection Control (IFIC)   
• International Society for Infectious Diseases (ISID)
• International Society for Peritoneal Dialysis (ISPD)
• National Institute for Occupational Safety & Health (NIOSH) - U.S.
• Norwich University, Nurses Week Resource
• Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) - U.S.
• One Health Initiative (OHI)
• Ontario Association of Community Care Access Centres
• Ontario Hospital Association (OHA)
• Ontario Long Term Care Association (OLTCA)
• Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
• Ontario Public Health Association (OPHA)
• Provincial Infectious Diseases Advisory Committee (PIDAC) - Ontario
• Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC)
• Public Health Ontario (PHO)
• Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA)
     • SHEA Guidelines and Expert Guidance Documents
• World Health Organization (WHO)
     • Global Infection Prevention and Control Network