Other Links
CHICA–Canada offers these links for additional resources for
infection control professionals.
Links presented here do not imply
endorsement by CHICA–Canada.
Infection Control Sites of Interest
- American Dental Association Infection Control
- Association
des Infirmières en Prévention des Infections (AIPI)
L'Association des Infirmières en Prévention des Infections est une association
regroupant des infirmières du Québec en majorité francophone.
- Association
for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC)
Our sister organization for infection control professionals in the U.S. Now
available - 2005 edition of the APIC
text. 
- Join
APIC Listserv
Once registered you can post your burning questions and get responses from
all over the world.
- The Bad Bug Book
Foodborne pathogenic microorganisms and toxins from the FDA (U.S.)
- BloodBorne
Pathogen Training Manual Online
University of Wisconsin APIC ICP has made this training manual available for
review.
- British
Columbia Centre for Disease Control
Centre for infectious diseases for the province of British Columbia.
- Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
U.S. center for infectious disease, with a vast reference site, up to the
minute news on outbreaks, etc.
- Dialysis
Resources
The CDC's website collates information about dialysis-associated infections.
- Division
of Healthcare Quality Promotion (DHQP)
The CDC's site for infection prevention, antimicrobial resistance, adverse
events and more (previously known as HIP - Hospital Infection Program).
- Flu Watch
- Food Safety
- Hand Hygiene Resource Center
- Headlice.org
- Henry The Hand (great for kids!)
- Home Hygiene and Health
- Hospital
Web
A global listing of hospital websites. Drill down to country, province, city,
etc. of your choice.
- Infection Control Information Centre (Dentistry)
- Infection
Control Nurses Association (ICNA)
Interesting infection control site from the U.K.
- Infection
Control on the Web
Large collection of infection control-related links.
- Infection
Control Online
Infection Control resources for the general public.
- Infusion Nurses Society (INS)
- International Federation of Infection Control (IFIC)
- Kingston
General Hospital Infection Control
Fact sheets, patient brochures, teaching resources, bioterrorism resources,
lists of national guidelines, and lots & lots of links.
- Knowledge is Infectious
Resource for clinicians, nurses and associated health care professionals interested in learning more about hospital acquired infection, with a focus on catheter related blood stream infections.
- London
Health Sciences Centre Infection Control Website
The People, Places and Things of Infection Control - check it out!
- Mt.
Sinai Hospital Infection Control (Toronto)
Well developed site with good research data available from provincial studies.
- National Network for Immunization Information (NNII)
- PEP
(Post Exposure Prophylaxis)
Post Exposure Prophylaxis Protocol from the CDC. The latest with great one
pager info sheets to print off.
- Prevention of Cross Infection in the Physician's Office (British Columbia)
- Provincial Infectious Diseases Advisory Committee (PIDAC) (Ontario)
- Public Health Agency of Canada
Resources for Infection Control include national guidelines, CCDR, surveillance
information, organism fact sheets and more.
-
Program for Monitoring Infectious Diseases (ProMED)
Subscribe to this digest to receive daily updates on emerging infectious diseases
from around the globe.
- Reuse of single-use medical devices in Canadian acute-care healthcare facilities - 2001 (report)
- Selecting, Evaluating and Using Sharps Disposal Containers (from NIOSH)(U.S.)
- The Soap and Detergent Association
- Sterilants & High Level Disinfectants Approved by FDA (U.S.)
- University Health Network - Infection Prevention and Control Website
- Web Pages That Perform Statistical Calculations
A wonderful resource for the mathematically challenged...!
Associations/Organizations
Journals/Publications
Infection Control Journals:
Other Medical Journals:
Computerization/Web Skills
- Agency
for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) - This section of
the U.S. Dep't of Health and human Services is now providing
an audio newscast series to help keep you informed of the latest
health care research findings, news and information. Hear the
newscasts through your computer or download to a portable digital
player.
- Canadian
Network for the Advancement of Research, Industry and Education (CANARIE)
- Download.com
Vast source of downloadable programs
- Epi-Info
Epidemiology program (shareware) from the CDC. Windows version now available.
- Forum
Building on Nicenet
This is a free service designed on an educational model, but lends itself
very well to any type of group work.
- Learn
The Net
An excellent educational site to learn any or all aspects of the web. Good
for newbies or cybernaughts. Excellent links to specific web skill topics.
-
KeyScreen Previewer
If you have ventured into downloading freeware or free demos from the web,
it can be confusing. This site nicely categorizes the types of programs and
reviews and rates them. But the unique feature is that it also provides "snapshots"
of several of the particular programs actual screens, so you can get a real
feel for what the "freebie" really is.
-
Translation Online
The alta-vista search engine now offers this site. You can type into the text
box and choose from a drop down list to have it translated. Or type a URL
into the box and choose what language you would like the webpage translated
to. When searching with alta-vista there is a translation hotlink offered
with your results as well.
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Tucows Downloads
Good choice of downloadable programs
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