Infection Prevention Websites and Associated Organizations
IPAC Canada offers these links for additional resources for infection control professionals. Links presented here do not imply endorsement by IPAC Canada.
Other Infection Prevention Websites
- Alberta Health Services (AHS)
- Association des Infirmières en Prévention des Infections (AIPI) L'Association des Infirmières en Prévention des Infections est une association regroupant des infirmières du Québec en majorité francophone.
- Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) Our sister organization for infection prevention and control and epidemiology professionals in the U.S. - Now available: APIC Text, 4th edition.
- British Columbia Centre for Disease Control - Infection Prevention
- Canadian Nurses Association Choosing Wisely Canada Nursing List
- Canadian Association of Foot Care Nurses -National Competencies for Advanced Foot Care in Canada
- CDC's Infection Prevention and Control Website
- Certification Board in Infection Control and Epidemiology (CBIC)
- Infection Prevention Society (IPS) Interesting infection control site from the U.K.
- Infection Control on the Web Large collection of infection control-related links.
- International Federation of Infection Control (IFIC)
- Infection Prevention and Control Nova Scotia (IPCNS)
- International Consortium for Prevention and Infection Control A wide variety of resource links, such as infection control guidelines, scientific meetings, glossary and scientific societies.
- London Health Sciences Centre Infection Control Website The People, Places and Things of Infection Control - check it out!
- Mt. Sinai Hospital Infection Control (Toronto) Well developed site with good research data available from provincial studies.
- National electronic Library of Infection (NeLI) (U.K.)
- National Resource for Infection Control (NRIC) (U.K.)
- Provincial Infectious Diseases Advisory Committee (PIDAC) (Best Practices for infection prevention and control - Ontario)
- Provincial Infection Control Network (PICNet) (BC)
- Public Health Agency of Canada Nosocomial and Occupational Infections Resources for Infection Control include national guidelines, CCDR, surveillance information, organism fact sheets and more.
- Public Health Ontario Resources for infection prevention and control include Just Clean Your Hands, PIDAC best practices and Regional Infection Control Networks (RICN)
- University Health Network - Infection Prevention and Control Website
Websites Related to Specialized Infection Prevention
- Dialysis Infection Resources
- Food Safety
- Headlice.org
- Health and Medical Library: Games for Kids!
- Hepatitis Information Network (HepNet)
- Infection Control Information Centre (Dentistry)
- RenalWEB
- Reuse of single-use medical devices in Canadian acute-care healthcare facilities - 2001 (report)
- Sterilants & High Level Disinfectants Approved by FDA (U.S.)
Healthcare Associations/Organizations Websites
- 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
