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.

Annex A: Screening, Testing and Surveillance for Antibiotic-Resistant Organisms - PIDAC
Annex B: Prevention of Transmission of Acute Respiratory Infection - PIDAC
Annex C: Testing, Surveillance and Management of Clostridium difficile - PIDAC

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The Personal Protection Strategy Teaching Aid
The Personal Protection Strategy - poster
Video: Bon IPAC Bad IPAC: Protection Now or Paperwork Later

BloodBorne Pathogen Training Manual Online
University of Wisconsin APIC ICP has made this training manual available for review.
Guidelines for Establishment of a Post-exposure Notification Protocol for Emergency Responders - PHAC
Kid's Guide to Emergency Services
Paramedic Association of Canada
St. John Ambulance Canada

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

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Accreditation Infection Prevention and Control Standards
Best Practices for Long Term Care, Home and Community Care including Health Care Offices and Ambulatory Clinics - CCAR/PHAC
Infection Control Guidelines for Health Care Workers in the Community - Manitoba Health
Providing Health Care to the Client Living in the Community - PICNeT
Infection Prevention and Control Reference Tool for Health Care Providers in the Community Setting - Ontario
CA-MRSA
Camps
- Guidelines for Prevention and Management of Novel H1N1 Influenza Virus in Summer Camps
- Infection Control Manual for Summer Camps (Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit)
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)

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Best Practices for Long Term Care, Home and Community Care including Health Care Offices and Ambulatory Clinics - CCAR/PHAC

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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, Spring 2009
SBAR Tool for UTI
Mental Health Atlas 2011 (WHO)

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Infection Control Guidelines for Early Learning and Child Care - Manitoba
MRSA in Schools - CDC
Health and Medical Library: Games for Kids!

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'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
Procedure for Nasopharyngeal Swabs and Aspirates
Nova Scotia Capital District Health Authority
A Tour of the Microbiology Lab (RICN) - short movies

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