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Non-acute Care Resources

CHICA–Canada offers these links for additional resources for infection prevention and control professionals and others in health care. Links presented here do not imply endorsement by CHICA–Canada.

For links to additional evidence-based guidelines, see CHICA-Canada's Guidelines webpage.

General Resources for All Non-acute Care Settings

Prehospital Care/EMS

Long Term Care/Nursing Homes

Home Health Care

Best Practices for Long Term Care, Home and Community Care including Health Care Offices and Ambulatory Clinics (CCAR)
Definitions for Surveillance of Infections in Home Health Care (APIC)
Foot Care by Health Care Providers
Home Care in Canada: From the Margins to the Mainstream (Canadian Healthcare Association)
Home Hygiene and Health

Community Care

Accreditation Infection Prevention and Control Standards
Best Practices for Long Term Care, Home and Community Care including Health Care Offices and Ambulatory Clinics (CCAR)
Infection Control Guidelines for Health Care Workers in the Community (Manitoba Health)
Providing Health Care to the Client Living in the Community (PICNeT)
CA-MRSA
- Community-acquired MRSA: a practitioner's guide (CMAJ 2006;175(2):145-146)
- Fact Sheet from Canadian Committee on Antibiotic Resistance (CCAR)
- Guidelines for Prevention and Management of Community-associated Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA): A Perspective for Canadian Health Care Practitioners (CCAR)
- MRSA in Schools (CDC)
- Overview of Community-Associated MRSA (CDC)
Camps
- Guidelines for Prevention and Management of Novel H1N1 Influenza Virus in Summer Camps
Pet Visitation
- Areas OTHER than Acute Care (courtesy of the Vancouver Island Health Authority)
Shelters
- Infection Control Guidelines for Community Shelters & Group Homes (Manitoba)
- Infection Control Manual for Homeless and Housing Service Providers (Toronto)
Surveillance
- STI Case Management and Contact Tracing (PIDAC - Ontario)

Clinic/Ambulatory Care

Best Practices for Long Term Care, Home and Community Care including Health Care Offices and Ambulatory Clinics (CCAR)

Physician/Dental Offices

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, Sprin 2009)
SBAR Tool for UTI

Early Learning and Child Care

Childhood Diseases Poster
Infection Control Guidelines for Early Learning and Child Care (Manitoba)
MRSA in Schools (CDC)

Laboratory

'It's In The Bag: Specimen Collecting Like a Champion' (RICN)
A 20-minute movie that can be used as a visual tool to teach proper specimen collection - available in English and French
Procedure for Nasopharyngeal Swabs and Aspirates (Nova Scotia Capital District Health Authority)
A Tour of the Microbiology Lab (RICN) - short movies
Infection Control for Medical Laboratory Technologists (Kingston General Hospital) - A PowerPoint presentation that may be used as a self-learning tool by MLTs