Infection Prevention and Control

Clinical Office Settings

• Public Health Ontario: Clinical Office Practice
• Public Health Ontario: Infection Prevention and Control Organizational Risk Assessment for Clinical Office Practice
• Public Health Ontario: Organizational Risk Assessment Clinical Office Practice Form
• Public Health Ontario: IPAC Checklist for Clinical Office Practice Core Elements
• Public Health Ontario: IPAC Checklist for Clinical Office Practice Reprocessing of Medical Equipment

Congregate Living Settings (CLSs)

• Public Health Ontario: COVID-19 Resources for CLSs 
• Public Health Ontario: IPAC Self-Assessment for CLSs
• Public Health Ontario: Action IPAC - Activities to Support IPAC in CLSs
• Public Health Ontario: Outbreak Preparedness, Prevention, and Management in CLSs
• Public Health Ontario: Cohorting in Respiratory Virus Outbreak

Long-Term Care Homes (LTCHs) and Retirement Homes (RHs) 

• Public Health Ontario: IPAC Checklist for Long-Term Care and Retirement Homes 
• Public Health Ontario: IPAC Self-Assessment Audit for Long-Term Care Homes and Retirement Homes
• Public Health Ontario: Infection Prevention and Control for Long-Term Care Homes (PHO, 2020)
• IPAC Canada: Long-Term Care Surveillance Toolkit
• PICNet Report Template

Acute Care Settings

• Public Health Ontario: Best Practices in IPAC
• Public Health Agency of Canada: Canadian Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Program (CNISP)

IPAC Training Resources 

• Public Health Ontario: Infection Prevention and Control - Online Learning
• Surge Learning: Learning Management System
• IPAC Canada: Canadian IPAC Courses
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Quick Learn Lesson - Create an Epi Curve

Reprocessing

• Public Health Ontario: Reprocessing
• IPAC Canada: Medical Device Reprocessing
• PIDAC: Best Practices for Cleaning, Disinfection and Sterilization of Medical Equipment/Devices in All Healthcare Settings

IPAC Canada and Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) Resources

• IPAC Canada: Non-Acute Care Resources
• IPAC Canada: National Infection Control Week
• IPAC Canada: Surveillance and Statistics Resources
• IPAC Canada: IPAC Resources
• IPAC Canada and APIC: Ethical Infection Prevention and Control (EIPAC) Decision-Making Framework
• APIC: Practice Guidance for Infection Prevention

Public Health Ontario (PHO) and Provincial Infectious Diseases Advisory Committee (PIDAC) Resources

• Public Health Ontario: Infection Prevention and Control
• Public Health Ontario: Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Auditing
• Public Health Ontario: FAQ - Significant Organisms in Environmental Cleaning
• PIDAC: Best Practices for Infection Prevention and Control Programs in Ontario
• PIDAC: Best Practices for Surveillance of Healthcare-Associated Infections in Patient and Resident Populations
• PIDAC: Best Practices for Infection Prevention and Control Programs in Ontario in All Healthcare Settings
• PIDAC: Best Practices for Environmental Cleaning for Prevention and Control of Infections in All Healthcare Settings
• PIDAC: Best Practices for Hand Hygiene in All Healthcare Settings
• PIDAC: Routine Practices and Additional Precautions in All Healthcare Settings
  • PIDAC: Annex A Screening, Testing, and Surveillance for Antibiotic-Resistant Organisms (AROs) in All Healthcare Settings
  • PIDAC: Annex B Best Practices for Prevention of Transmission of Acute Respiratory Infection in All Healthcare Settings
  • PIDAC: Annex C Testing, Surveillance, and Management of Clostridium difficile in All Healthcare Settings
• PIDAC: Best Practices for the Prevention of Acute Respiratory Infection Transmission in All Healthcare Settings
• See additional resources on the PIDAC webpage