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	Infection Control Sites of Interest Associations/Organizations Journals/Publications Communications

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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.
  U.S. center for infectious disease, with a vast reference site, up to the minute news on outbreaks, etc.
  • CDC's Infection Prevention and Control Website
• Certification Board in Infection Control and Epidemiology (CBIC)
• Communicable Disease Surveillance Protocols for Ontario Hospitals
• Dialysis Resources
• Dialysis-Associated Infections - information from the CDC
• RenalWEB
• Flu Watch
• Food Safety
• Hand Hygiene Resource Center
• Headlice.org
• Henry The Hand (great for kids!)
• Hepatitis Information Network
• Home Hygiene and Health
• Canadian Hospital Infection Control Sites
  If your hospital has a great Infection Control site, contact us to add it to the list!
  • Kingston General Hospital Infection Control
    Fact sheets, patient brochures, teaching resources, bioterrorism resources, lists of national guidelines, and lots & lots of links.
  • 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.
• 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.
• International Federation of Infection Control (IFIC)
• 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.
• Legionnaire's Disease, Waterborne Bacteria Control Information
• 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.)
• TBST Administration and Reading Video
  Good video resource from the Grey Bruce Health Unit (Ontario)
• University Health Network - Infection Prevention and Control Website
• Web Pages That Perform Statistical Calculations  
  A wonderful resource for the mathematically challenged...!

Associations/Organizations

• Accreditation Canada
• American Public Health Association (APHA)
• American Society for HealthCare Risk Management (ASHRM)
• American Society for Microbiology (ASM)
• Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI)
• Association of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Disease Canada (AMMI)
• Association of Perioperative Registered Nurses (AORN)
• Canadian Association for Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (CACMID)
• Canadian Committee on Antibiotic Resistance (CCAR)
• Canadian Intravenous Nurses Association (CINA)
• Canadian Institute of Public Health Inspectors (CIPHI)
• Canadian Lung Association
• Canadian Nurses Association (CNA)   
  • Hepatitis C Nursing Guide
• Canadian Paediatric Society (CPS)
• Canadian Patient Safety Institute (CPSI)
  • Safer Healthcare Now!
  • Canadian Patient Safety Institute Communities of Practice
• Canadian Public Health Association (CPHA)
• Canadian Standards Association (CSA)
  • Health Care Standards
  • Health Care Facility Engineering Standards
  • Occupational Health and Safety Standards
• College of Nurses of Ontario (CNO)
• Food and Drug Administration (FDA) - U.S.
• Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA)
• Infusion Nurses Society (INS)
• International Federation of Infection Control (IFIC)    
  • 2009 Conference Info
• International Society for Infectious Diseases
• International Society for Peritoneal Dialysis (ISPD)
• Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) - U.S.
• The Lung Association
• National Institute for Occupational Safety & Health (NIOSH) - U.S.
• Occupatonal Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) - U.S.
• Ontario Agency for Health Protection and Promotion (OAHPP)
• Ontario Association of Community Care Access Centres
• Ontario Hospital Association (OHA)
  • Health Promotion Calendar 2009-2010
• Ontario Long Term Care Association (OLTCA)
• Ontario Ministry of Health
• Ontario Public Health Association (OPHA)
• Provincial Infectious Diseases Advisory Committee (PIDAC) - Ontario
• Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA)
• Hospital Infection Society (U.K.)
• World Health Organization (WHO)

Journals/Publications

Infection Control Journals:

• American Journal of Infection Control (AJIC)
• British Journal of Infection Control (BJIC)
• Canadian Immunization Guide
• Canadian Journal of Infection Control (CJIC)
• Hospital Infection Control Online (HIC)
• Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology (ICHE)
• Infection Control Today Magazine
• International Journal of Infection Control (IJIC)
• The Journal of Hospital Infection
• The Journal of Infection

Other Medical Journals:

• American Journal of Public Health (AJPH)
• Annals of Internal Medicine
• Antimicrobial Agents & Chemotherapy
• Association of Perioperative Registered Nurses (AORN)
• British Medical Journal (BMJ)
• Canada Communicable Disease Report (CCDR)
• Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology (CJID)
• Canadian Journal of Public Health (CJPH)
• Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ)
• Clinical Infectious Diseases (CID)
• Clinical Microbiology Reviews
• Emerging Infectious Diseases (EID)
• Federal Register (U.S.)
• HealthCare Information and Communications Canada
• Infection and Immunity
• Infectious Diseases Journal Watch
  Edited and reviewed by more than 80 physicians, JWatch regularly combs 180 medical journals for important findings in Infectious Diseases.
• Journal of Clinical Microbiology (JCM)
• Journal of Infectious Diseases(JID)
• Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA)
• Journal of Virology
• Lancet
• MedBioWorld - Look up any medical journal!
• Medline - Do a literature search
• Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• Nature
• New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM)
• NNIS Report - Benchmark statistics
• The Online Journal of Cardiology
• The Quarantine Act (Canada)

COMMUNICATIONS

• 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)
• Epi-Info - Epidemiology program (shareware) from the CDC. Windows version now available.
• Medbroadcast - Canada's leader in consumer health care communications.
• Mythbusters - Using evidence to debunk common misconceptions in Canadian healthcare from the Canadian Health Services Research Foundation
• Translation Online - Quick and easy translation - type into the text box and choose from a drop down list to have it translated into any language. Or type a URL into the box and choose what language you would like the webpage translated to.

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