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) | President IPAC Canada 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 |
CSA Technical Subcommittee on HVAC Systems in HCFs
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Christine Moussa
Jessica Fullerton
Kathryn Wyndham |
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 |
Global Infection Prevention and Control Network (WHO | President, IPAC Canada, Executive Director, and Kim Allain |
Health Standards Association, IPC Recognition Program | Executive Director (interim) |
Health Standards Association, IPAC Simulation Training, Oversight Committee | Colette Ouellet |
Health Standards Organization, IPAC Simulation Training Working Group | Gwyneth Meyers |
Immunize Canada | Eleanor Paget |
International Federation of Infection Control (IFIC) | (Board) Barb Catt and President, IPAC Canada |
National Collaborating Centre for Infectious Diseases /Antibiotic Awareness Week | Nalini Agnihotri |
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 |
Sinai Health System/UHN Antimicrobial Stewardship Program, National Practice Guidelines for Community- acquired Pneumonia and Cellulitis | Madeleine Ashcroft |