Partnerships With External Committees
Infection Prevention and Control Canada builds relationships with individuals, committees and institutions that influence and relate to infection prevention and control in Canada and globally. Below is a growing list of partnerships that reflect our involvement.
| Reporting To Board through Executive Director | |
| Committee/Task Group | Representative |
| Accreditation Canada | Director(MD) |
| Canadian Antimicrobial (AMR) Innovation Coalition (CAIC) | Zahir Hirji and Executive Director |
| Canadian Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Program (CNISP) | Senthuri Paramalingam |
| Canadian Nurses Association Network of Nursing Specialties | Madeleine Ashcroft |
| Canadian Standards Association | |
| CSA Perioperative Committee | Anne Bialachowski |
| CSA Sterilization Technical Committee TC-Z262 | Merlee Steele-Rodway |
| CSA Strategic Steering Committee on Healthcare Technologies and Systems | Murtuza Diwan |
| CSA Z8000 Health Care Design | Barb Shea |
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CSA Technical Subcommittee on HVAC Systems in HCFs
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Christine Moussa
Jessica Fullerton
Kathryn Wyndham |
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CSA Z317.13 Infection Control During Construction, Renovation and Maintenance of HCFs |
Jessica Fullerton |
| CSA Cleaning and Disinfection Standard | Ramona Rodrigues |
| Certification Board of Infection Control and Epidemiology (CBIC) | President, IPAC Canada |
| Chief Public Health Officer Health Professions Forum | President IPAC Canada and Executive Director |
| CPHO Subcommittee: Substance Use and Stigma | Jacqueline Hlagi |
| CPHO Subcommittee: Indigenous Health | Amanda Brizard |
| CPHO Subcommittee: Antibiotic Resistant Organisms | Molly Blake and Executive Director |
| Global Infection Prevention and Control Network (WHO | President, IPAC Canada and Executive Director |
| Health Standards Association, IPC Recognition Program | Executive Director (interim) |
| Healthcare Excellence Canada (formerly Canadian Patient Safety Institute) | President, IPAC Canada and Executive Director |
| Healthcare Excellence Canada (formerly Canadian Patient Safety Institute) Safety Improvement (Quality Assurance/ Knowledge Transfer) Projects | Anne Bialachowski |
| Immunize Canada | Alice Silva |
| International Federation of Infection Control (IFIC) | (Board) Barb Catt and President, IPAC Canada |
| National Collaborating Centre for Infectious Diseases /Antibiotic Awareness Week | Barbara Catt |
| National Patient Safety Roundtable | President, IPAC Canada |
| Ontario Ministry of Health Hospital Study Working Groups | President, IPAC Canada and Executive Director |
| Pan-Canadian Surveillance Advisory Group | Jennifer Happe, Anne MacLaurin (CPSI) |
| Public Health Agency of Canada - AMR IPAC Task Group | Tara Donovan |
| Sinai Health System/UHN Antimicrobial Stewardship Program, National Practice Guidelines for Community- acquired Pneumonia and Cellulitis | Madeleine Ashcroft |
