Surveillance & Epidemiology Resources
IPAC Canada offers these links for additional resources for infection control professionals. Links presented here do not imply endorsement by IPAC Canada.
Tools and websites to help you carry out surveillance and analyze the results.
Long‐Term Care Surveillance Toolkit (IPAC Canada in Collaboration with Public Health Ontario)
- Long Term Care Surveillance Toolkit In Collaboration with Public Health Ontario (Sept. 2023)
- Appendix A – Surveillance definitions for infections in Canadian long-term care homes: 2023 update. (Dec. 2023)
- Appendix B – Long-Term Care Surveillance Reporting Form (Excel – Sept. 2023)
- Appendix C – Surveillance of Infections in Long-Term Care (PowerPoint – Sept. 2023)
- Webinar – Surveillance of Infections in Long Term Care: An IPAC Canada Toolkit by Public Health Ontario. September 29, 2020. View webinar here OR click here for more information.
Other Surveillance and Statistics Resources
- Best Practices for Surveillance of Health Care-associated Infections -PIDAC-IPC
- Best Practices for Infection Prevention and Control Programs in Ontario -PIDAC-IPC
- Canadian Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Surveillance System (CJDSS) – PHAC
- Canadian Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Program (CNISP)
- Concepts and Applications of Inferential Statistics -Vassar College
- Epi Info – Epidemiology shareware from the CDC
- Eurosurveillance Weekly
- CDC/NHSN Surveillance Definitions for Specific Types of Infections National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) & CDC)
- Infectious Diseases Surveillance Protocols -Ontario Ministry of Health and Long Term Care
- Patient Safety & Hosptial Harms -Healthcare Excellent Canada
- Surveillance of Health Care-Associated Infections in Patient and Resident Populations – PIDAC
- VICNISS – Nosocomial Infections Surveillance System from Victoria, Australia has tailored the NNIS system to incorporate specific targeted modules into their hospital surveillance.
- Web Pages That Perform Statistical Calculations
A wonderful resource for the mathematically challenged…!