Home Health Care
Prehospital Care/EMS
- Guide to Infection Prevention in Emergency Medical Services – APIC
- Environmental Cleaning and Disinfection for Emergency Medical Vehicles and Equipment (July 2022)
- The Personal Protection Strategy Teaching Aid
- National Occupational Competency Profile (Paramedic Association of Canada)
- Infection Control and Prevention for Healthcare Workplaces (St. John Ambulance Canada)
Long-Term Care/Nursing Homes
- Clostridium Difficile Infection – Infection Prevention and Control Guidance for Management in Long-term Care Facilities – PHAC
- Long Term Care Surveillance Toolkit In Collaboration with Public Health Ontario (Sept. 2023)
- Resources for Nursing Homes and Assisted Living (Long-term Care Facilities) – CDC
- Best Practices for Surveillance of Health Care-Associated Infections in Patient and Resident Populations – PIDAC
- Prevention Strategies for Seasonal Influenza in Healthcare Settings -CDC
- Guidelines for Preventing the Transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Health-Care Settings – CDC
- Infection Prevention Guide to Long-Term Care, 2nd edition -APIC (available for purchase)
- Vancomycin resistant Enterococci: prevention and control measures for long term care facilities – Quebec INSPQ
- Infection Prevention and Control for Long-Term Care Homes Summary of Key Principles and Best Practices -PHO
- Orientation for Infection Prevention and Control Leads in Long-Term Care -PHO
Home Health Care
- Home Care Audit Tool – IPAC Canada [available to members only]
- Infection Prevention and Control for Home and Community Care (PHO)
- Definitions for Surveillance of Infections in Home Health Care and Home Hospice – APIC
- Seasonal Influenza – Infection Prevention and Control Guidance for Management in Home Care Settings (PHAC)
Community Care
- Reprocessing of Critical and Semi Critical Devices in Community Healthcare Settings (November 2019)
- Infection Prevention and Control for Home and Community Care (PHO)
- Infection Control Guidelines for Community Shelters & Group Homes – Manitoba
- Providing Health Care to the Client Living in the Community (PICNeT)
- Prevention of Occupational Infections Guideline Revision (PHAC -2018) English French
- Community-acquired MRSA: a practitioner’s guide CMAJ 2006;175(2):145-14
- Guidelines for Prevention and Management of Community-associated Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA): A Perspective for Canadian Health Care Practitioners (AMMI)
- Environmental Control Best Practices: Guidelines to Reduce TB Transmission in Homeless Shelters and Drop-In Centres (Toronto Public Health)
- Sexually Transmitted Infections (PIDAC)
- Infection Control Manual for Summer Camps (Haliburton Kwartha Pine Ridge Health District)
Clinic/Ambulatory Care
Physician/Dental Offices
- Best Practices for Long Term Care, Home and Community Care including Health Care Offices and Ambulatory Clinics – CCAR/PHAC
- Infection Prention and Control in Paediatric Office Settings (CPS)
- IPAC Checklist for Dental Practice – Core Elements -PHO
- IPAC Checklist for Dental Practice – Reprocessing of Dental/Medical Equipment/Devices -PHO
- Infection Prevention and Control for Clinical Office Practice – PIDAC
- Best Practices for Cleaning, Disinfection and Sterilization of Medical Equipment/Devices In All Health Care Settings -PIDAC
- Infection Prevention and Control (IPAC) Guidelines -CDHO
- Infection Prevention and Control Guidelines -College of Dental Hygienists of British Columbia
- Checklist: IPAC Core Elements in Dental Practice Settings (Ontario)
- Checklist: Reprocessing in Dental Practice Settings (Ontario)
- Guidelines for Infection Prevention and Control in the Physician’s Office – BCCDC
- Infection Prevention and Control Standards in the Oral Health Care Facility –Saskatchewan IPC Standards
- Guidelines for Infection Control in Dental Health Care Settings – CDC
- Infection Prevention and Control in the Dental Office – Royal College of Dental Surgeons of Ontario
- Bringing the CDC Guidelines Infection Prevention Guidelines to the Dental Office -Canadian Dental Association
- Infection Control Practice Guidelines in Dental Hygiene -Can. J. Dent. Hygiene
- Infection Prevention and control in the Dental Office -Canadian Dental Association
Mental Health
- Special considerations for those with losses in brain function
- Design Guide for the Built Environment of Behavioral Health Facilities National Association of Psychiatric Health Systems
Paediatric and Child Care
- Infection Prention and Control in Paediatric Office Settings (CPS)
- Infection Control Manual for Child Care Facilities – Saskatchewan Ministry of Health
- Infection Control Guidelines for Early Learning and Child Care – Manitoba
- Health and Medical Library: Games for Kids!
- Preventing hospitalizations for respiratory syncytial virus infection – Canadian Paediatric Society
- Management of acute otitis in children six month of age and older – Canadian Paediatric Society