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To advance infection prevention and control by advocating for our members and providing access to evidence-based resources, education and networking opportunities.

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Learn all about IPAC Canada’s long history, starting with our founding meeting in Montreal in 1976.

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An Infection Prevention and Control Professional (ICP) is an individual who is primarily responsible for development, implementation and evaluation of, and education related to policies, procedures, and practices that impact the prevention of infections.

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Guardians of the Invisible. A Tribute.

IPAC Canada Board of Directors

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IPAC Canada’s complete list of news releases and briefs.

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Meet IPAC Canada’s honourary members.

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Meet IPAC Canada’s past presidents.

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Your donation will add to the resources IPAC Canada requires to provide its members with the support they need to ensure the safety of patients, residents, and staff, and to advocate for stronger infection prevention and control programs across the continuum of care.

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Find out how to get in touch with IPAC Canada.

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This hybrid online and in-person course will offer intensive training for IPAC professionals, focusing on Long Term Care (LTC). Although this regulatory requirement is specific to Ontario, the skills and knowledge gained from this course will be valuable for professionals in all provinces.

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An Infection Prevention and Control Professional1 (ICP) is an individual who is employed with the primary responsibility for development, implementation, evaluation, and education related to policies, procedures, and practices that impact the prevention of infections.

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Being prepared makes all the difference. Join our mission to advance infection prevention and control. You may renew an existing IPAC Canada membership via your personal Online Membership Account if you created one for yourself in the past.

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Employment Opportunities will be posted to this page, included in bi-monthly e-news, and forwarded to a regional chapter or sector of membership (if appropriate).

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Our annual report archives contain all of IPAC Canada’s current and previous reports.

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Complete information about our annual general meeting, elections and reports.

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The Mentorship Program not only serves to assist mentees progressing through various stages of knowledge in their career, and also those considering moving into leadership roles within IPAC Canada, such as chapter executive positions, or board member positions.

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Important Dates and Deadlines

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The IPAC Program Audit Tool (PAT©) is designed for internal auditing of a health care organization’s IPAC program, to verify that the IPAC program standards are being met. The PAT© may also be used as part of an organization’s ongoing quality improvement program and/or to prepare for external audits (audits carried out by outside agencies such as Accreditation Canada). The audit tool has been condensed into a standalone workbook for the convenience of the auditor.

Click the PAT icon at left to find out more, and download this valuable tool.
HandyMetrics and IPAC Canada have partnered to transform the IPAC Canada Audit Toolkit into an easy-to-use App. The App is free to members who are affiliated with an organization that provides healthcare directly to patients in Canada.

Click the icon at left to find out more and get started.
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Dione Kolodka

I joined IPAC as soon as I entered into the role of ICP in December 2012.  It was the ‘season’ of IPAC Canada renewal and I was told to open my wallet and I was expected to join.  Although I wasn’t super clear on what anything was at that point, with those first local chapter meetings I gained a comradery outside of my workplace role and access to experience immediately.  This did wonders to alleviate my anxiety with arriving in a new role.

The longer I engage with my local chapter, national colleagues at interest groups and conferences the more embedded I feel in our community of infection control professionals.  Knowing that I can reach out to anyone in our member guide and get a thoughtful, welcoming response provides true continuity to our practice within the profession.

Moving forward through time within the organization I have had the great good fortune to have been a local chapter member dipping my toes into the local organizational workings, core committee member of Standards and Guidelines actively providing my ‘insights’ to what went on to be published national Position Statements and Practice Recommendations, webmaster to our local chapter, chapter council member for BC/AB and, most recently, IPAC Canada board member as the Secretary/Director of Membership.  These roles have not only upped my professionalism game but have expanded my understanding of what we do in our day-to-day work and the organization’s capacity to support us all in the various aspects of this highly integrated, necessarily impactful, foundation of health care. Although I do not often put such thoughts together, what we do saves people (patients/clients/staff) the many, very personal effects of infections (and superbug infections), saves time within the healthcare system knowing that healthcare acquired infections lead to longer stays in hospitals as well as greater requirement for additional healthcare interactions (doctors, rehab, pharmacy, specialty services, etc.) and the direct (to healthcare systems) and indirect (to workplace sick days, leaves of absence, time away from family/ responsibilities, mental health associated consequences of infections) cost savings.

Man’s Search for Meaning is the means by which we are enabled to continue on in life.  What we do has meaning. And we should each be proud of our efforts on behalf of our fellow citizens.

Colette Ouellet