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Source* Policy / Guideline
HEALTH CARE - GENERAL
CDC Guideline for Disinfection and Sterilization in Healthcare Facilities, 2008
SHN MRSA - Getting Started Kit
PIDAC Best Practices for Infection Prevention and Control Programs in Ontario
PIDAC Best Practices for Hand Hygiene
SGNA Standards of Infection Control in Reprocessing of Flexible Gastrointestinal Endoscopes
PIDAC Flash Sterilization in Health Care Settings
CDC

Guideline for Isolation Precautions: Preventing Transmission of Infectious Agents in Healthcare Settings 2007

EHPU Community Hospital Infection Control Guidelines - Guidance on infection control in Community Hospitals
EHPU Care Homes Policy
Hospital Infection Society National Evidence-based Guidelines for Preventing Healthcare Associated Infections in NHS Hospitals in England 2007
Ontario MOHLTC Handwashing Guideline
CHICA CHICA-Canada Position Statement for Hand Hygiene
Health Canada Routine Practices and Additional Precautions for Preventing the Transmission of Infection in Health Care
PIDAC / CCPMI Routine Practices Fact Sheet for Health Care Settings
PIDAC / CCPMI Hand Hygiene Fact Sheet for Health Care Settings
MMWR Guideline for Hand Hygiene in Health-Care Settings
CDC Guideline for Isolation Precautions: Preventing Transmission of Infectious Agents in
Healthcare Settings 2007
PHAC Construction-related Nosocomial Infections in Patients in Health Care Facilities
PHAC Foot Care by Health Care Providers
PHAC Handwashing, Cleaning, Disinfection and Sterilization in Health Care
PHAC Prevention and Control of Occupational Infections in Health Care
PHAC Preventing the Transmission of Bloodborune Pathogens in Health Care and Public Service Settings
PHAC Routine Practices and Additional Precautions for Preventing the Transmission of Infection in Health Care
CDC Guideline for Environmental Infection Control in Health-Care Facilities
CDC Guideline for Hand Hygiene in Health-Care Settings
CDC Guidelines for Infection Control in Dental Health-Care Settings
CDC Guideline for Infection Control in Health Care Personnel
CDC Guideline for Isolation Precautions in Hospitals
APIC Implications of Service Animals in Health Care Settings
APIC Infection Prevention and Control in the long-term-care facility
APIC Multi-society Guideline for Reprocessing Flexible Gastrointestinal Endoscopes
APIC Role of Infection Control During Construction in Health Care Facilities

Ontario MOHLTC

Best Practices for Cleaning, Disinfection and Sterilization in all Health Care Facilities
RICN Fact Sheet for Cleaning, Disinfection and Sterilization in all Health Care Facilities
SHEA An Approach to the Evaluation of Quality Indicators of the Outcome of Care in Hospitalized Patients, With a Focus on Nosocomial Infection Indicators
SHEA Antimicrobial Resistance in Long-Term-Care Facilities
SHEA Antimicrobial Use in Long-Term-Care Facilities
SHEA/APIC Infection Prevention and Control in the Long-Term-Care Facility
SHEA Guidelines for the Prevention of Antimicrobial Resistance in Hospitals
PHAC Infection Control Guidance in a Non-Outbreak Setting, (In the Absence of SARS) When an Individual Presents to a Health Care Institution With a Respiratory Infection
PHAC Infection Control Guidance if there is a SARS Outbreak Anywhere in the World, When an Individual Presents to a Health Care Institution With a Respiratory Infection
CDC Recommendations for Preventing Transmission of Infections Among Chronic Hemodialysis Patients
CCAR Hygiene & Asepsis Guidelines
Capital Health Region Outbreak Prevention, Control and Management in Home Living and Supportive Living Sites
DISEASE OR ORGANISM SPECIFIC
SSSQ Mesures d’hygiène et de salubrité au regard du Clostridium difficile Lignes directrices
IICC Global consensus conference on infection prevention and control practice for Clostridium difficile associated disease (CDAD)
EPHU TB Policy 2005
PHAC The Canadian Pandemic Influenza Plan for the Health Sector
IFH Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), Clostridium difficile and ESBL-producing Escherichia coli in the home and community: assessing the problem, controlling the spread
Ontario MOHLTC Tuberculosis Protocol September 2006
APIC APIC MRSA Guideline March 2007
State of Virginia

Norovirus_Prevention_Guidance for_Institutions/Facilities_2007

Ontario MOHLTC

Best Practices for the Management of Clostridium difficile in all Health Care Settings
RICN Fact Sheet for Best Practices for the Management of Clostridium difficile in all Health Care Settings
Ontario MOHLTC Best Practices For Infection Prevention and Control of Resistant Staphylococcus aureus and Enterococci
PIDAC

Check List - Best Practices for Infection Prevention and Control of Resistant Staphylococcus aureus and Enterococci in All Health Care Settings

Ontario MOHLTC

Preventing Febrile Respiratory Illnesses: Best Practices in Surveillance and Infection Prevention and Control for Febrile Respiratory Illness (FRI), excluding Tuberculosis, for all Ontario Health Care Settings
RICN Fact Sheet for Preventing FRI: Best Practices for all Ontario Health Care Settings
PHAC Canadian Tuberculosis Standards (5th edition)
PHAC Infection Control for Creutzfeldt-Jacob Disease
PHAC Guidelines for Preventing the Transmission of Tuberculosis in Canadian Health Care Facilities and Other Institutional Settings
PHAC Guidelines for Prevention and Control of Meningococcal Disease
PHAC Hepatitis C - Prevention and Control: A Public Health Consensus
PHAC Preventing the Spread of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci (VRE) in Canada
CDC Recommendations for Prevention of HIV Transmission in Health-Care Settings
CDC Guidelines for Preventing the Transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Health-Care Settings
CDC Infection Control Measures for the Prevention and Control of Influenza in Health-Care Facilities
CDC Management of Influenza in Long-Term Care Settings
CDC Control and Prevention of Meningococcal Disease (outbreak management)
CDC Recommendations for Preventing the Spread of Vancomycin Resistance
ASM Infection Control in Cystic Fibrosis
BCCDC BCCDC Laboratory Services: A Guide to the Laboratory Investigation of Gastrointestinal Disease Outbreaks

CCAR/CHICA/

AMMI/CMAJ

New Guidelines Available to Assist Medical Community in Fight Against CA-MRSA

CFF Cystic Fibrosis Foundation - Stopping the Spread of Germs
Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare Antiobiotic Resistant Organisms (ARO) Admission Screening Tool
DENTAL
EHPU
BDA Infection Control in Dentistry
CDC Infection Control in Dentistry - Bloodborne Disease Transmission
CDC Infection Control in Dentistry - Airborne Disease Transmission
OSAP Guide for Safety and Infection Control for Oral Healthcare Missions
RCDSO Infection Control in the Dental Office
PHYSICIAN’S & REGULATED PROFESSIONAL OFFICES
CPSA
CPTA
BCCDC
CPSO
CASLPO
OCP
PERSONAL SERVICES AND ALTERNATE CARE
CANS Sanitation and Disinfection in the Salon
EHPU Infection Control Guidelines for Funeral Directors
EHPU Guidelines for the prevention and control of infection in Essex Ambulance Service
EHPU
EHPU
EHPU
PHAC
CADOH
INTA
LABORATORY
PHAC
CDC
BCCDC
EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES
EHPU
DOHWA
GRASSROOTS
CRUISE & VESSEL SANITATION
HPA
CDC
CDC
CDC
ENVIRONMENTAL
ME-DWO
GREEN SEAL
TORONTO
CEPA
CEPA
ECP
GREEN SEAL
CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES
EHPU

 

*Source Definition:

SSSQ - Santé et Services Sociaux Quebec

PHAC - Public Health Agency of Canada

CDC - Centers for Disease Control

APIC - American Professionals in Infection Control

SHEA - Society for Hospital Epidemiology of America

ASM -American Society for Microbiology

CFF - Cystic Fibrosis Foundation

OSAP - Organization for Safety and Asepsis Procedures

RCDSO - Royal College of Dental Surgeons of Ontario

BCCDC - British Columbia Centres for Disease Control

CPSO - College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario

CASLPA - College of Audiologists and Speech Language Pathologists of Ontario

OCP - Ontario College of Pharmacists

CADOH - California Department of Health

INTA - International Nail Technicians of America

DOHWA - Washington State Department of Health

CEPA - Canadian Environmental Protection Agency

ECP - Environmental Choice Program

RICN - Regional Infection Control Networks

CPTA - College of Physical Therapists of Alberta

IFH - International Scientific Forum

EHPU - Essex Health Protection Unit

ME-DWO - Ministry of the Environment, Drinking Water Ontario