Infection Control

Public Health Agency of Canada - The Biological MSDS
List for Organisms (predominantly bacteria and viruses). Includes Information on Pathogenicity, Epidemiology, Infectious Dose, and Mode of Transmission.

http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/msds-ftss/index.html

Infectious Disease Guidelines

CDC National Centre for Infectious Diseases

Bloodborne Pathogens

U.S. Occupational Safety & Health Administration

FDA Clears New H5N1 Test

http://ohsonline.com/Articles/2008/10/2FDA-Clears-Flu-Test.aspx

Tuberculosis

Occupational Safety & Health Administration - Hospital eTool

TB Respiratory Protection Program In Health Care Facilities - Administrator's Guide

http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/99-143.html

MDRO - Multidrug-Resistant Organisms

U.S. Occupational Safety & Health Administration

Facing Airborne Infections

Judith Green-McKenzie, M.D., MPH, FACOEM, David J. D'Souza, M.D., MPH, FACOEM · May 2006

Hospital Ventilation and Risk for Tuberculous Infection in Canadian Health Care Workers

Menzies D, Fanning A, Yuan L, FitzGerald JM. - Montreal Chest Institute

Respiratory Protection in Health Care: Opportunities for Risk Reduction

Don Wright, MD, MPH Director: Office of Occupational Medicine Occupational Safety and Health United States Department of Labor (PDF file)

NIOSH Safety and Health Topic: Tuberculosis

http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/tb/

Tuberculosis Links & Resources - New York Committee for Occupational Safety & Health

http://www.nycosh.org/workplace_hazards/Biosafety/tuberculosis.html

Clinical Guidelines - Antibiotic / Antimicrobial Resistance
Healthcare-Associated Infections

National Center for Infectious Diseases/Division of Bacterial and Mycotic Diseases

Prevention and Control of Occupational Infections in Healthcare

Canada Communicable Disease Report / Infection Control Guidelines (PDF file)

Centre for Disease Control - Infection Control in Healthcare Settings

http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dhqp/index.html

Links to Safe Needle Devices

State of Alaska Department of Labor

Preventing Respiratory Illnesses In Community Settings

Ontario (PDF file)

Infection Control and Surveillance Standards for Febrile Respiratory Illness in Non-Outbreak Conditions in Acute Care Hospitals

Ontario (PDF file)

Guidelines for Environmental Infection Control in Health-Care Facilitiesss

Centre for Disease Control and Prevention U.S.A. (PDF file)

Additional Precautions for Preventing the Transmission of Infection in Healthcare

Canada Communicable Disease Report (PDF file)

Hand Washing, Cleaning, Disinfection and Sterilization in Healthcare

Health Canada (PDF file)

Medline Plus / Infection Control Information

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/infectioncontrol.html

Practical Guidelines for Infection Control in Health Care Facilities

World Health Organization (PDF file)

Guidelines for Environmental Infection Control in Health-Care Facilities

Recommendations of CDC and the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee html

Construction-related Nosocomial Infections in Patients in Healthcare Facilities

Canada Communicable Disease Report (PDF file)

Clostridium difficile-associated disease: New challenges from an established pathogen

R. H. Sunenshine, MD, L.C. McDonald, MD, Centre for Disease Control U.S.A. (PDF file)))

Clostridium difficile General Information

Centre for Disease Control and Prevention U.S.A. html

Infection Control Guidelines

Centre for Disease Control and Prevention U.S.A. html

Management of Mulitdrug-Resistant Organisms in Healthcare Settings, 2006

Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (PDF file)

Community And Hospital Infection Control Association - Canada

Antibiotic-Resistant Organisms Links and Resources

Guidelines for Preventing the Transmission of Tuberculosis in Canadian Health Care Facilities and Other Institutional Settings

http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/publicat/ccdr-rmtc/96vol22/22s1/index.html

Best Practices Guidelines for the Cleaning, Disinfection and Sterilization of Medical Devices in Health Authorities

http://www.health.gov.bc.ca/library/publications/year/2007/
BPGuidelines_Cleaning_Disinfection_Sterilization_MedicalDevices.pdf

Calgary Health Region - Post Exposure Management Of Occupational Exposure To Blood & Body Fluids

http://www.calgaryhealthregion.ca/policy/docs/1465/PostExposureGuidelines.pdf

Legionellae Control in Health Care Facilities

http://www.hcinfo.com/ldbook.htm

CDC - Hand Hygiene in Healthcare Settings - National Stakeholders Meeting on Alcohol-Based Hand-Rubs and Fire Safety in Health Care Facilities, July 22, 2003

http://www.cdc.gov/handhygiene/firesafety/aha_meeting.htm

Canadian Standards Association - Infection Control During Construction, Renovation, and Maintenance of Health Care Facilities

http://www.csa-intl.org/onlinestore/GetCatalogDrillDown.asp?Parent=3392

LIST OF SAFETY-ENGINEERED SHARP DEVICES and other products designed to prevent occupational exposures to bloodborne pathogens

International Healthcare Worker Safety Center, University of Virginia Health System (PDF file)

Health Care Worker Safety - SafeHandS network

http://www.uow.edu.au/health/safehands/UOW024808.html

Yale New Haven Hospital Infection Control Manual- Methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA)

http://www.med.yale.edu/ynhh/infection/guidelines/mrsa/intro.html

CDC - Community-Associated Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA)

http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dhqp/ar_mrsa_ca.html

Medline Plus - Community-Acquired MRSA (CA-MRSA); Hospital-Acquired MRSA

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/007261.htm

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)

U.S. Occupational Safety & Health Administration

Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Study Results

Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc.

Infectious Diseases Information

The Johns Hopkins University, The Johns Hopkins Hospital and Johns Hopkins Health System

CDC - Infectious Disease Information - Norovirus Infection

http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/diseases/submenus/sub_norwalk.htm

CDC - VISA / VRSA: Vancomycin-Intermediate/Resistant Staphylococcus aureus

http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dhqp/ar_visavrsa.html

Infection Control Education Institute - WEBINAR - Fighting Healthcare-Acquired Infections in the Sterile Processing Department

http://www.iceinstitute.com/webinar_hai_oct.html

Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation

http://www.aami.org/

Guidelines for Laundry in Health Care Facilities

Office of Health and Safety, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Hospital & Healthcare Facilities Air Purification Equipment Menu

Abatement Technologies, Inc.

Negative Pressure Room

OHTAC Recommendations (PDF file)

Case Study On Construction Infection Control

Pinchin Environmental

SARS assessment clinic: a rapid response to an infectious outbreak

Can J Emerg Med 2005;7(3):162-7

In-Room HEPA Cleaners: Guidance Document

University Health Network (PDF file)

Respiratory Performance Offered by N95 Respirators and Surgical Masks: Human Subject Evaluation with NaCl Aerosol Representing Bacterial and Viral Particle Size Range

Annals of Occupational Hygiene # Volume 52, Number 3 # Pp. 177-185

Community and Hospital Infection Control - Canada

http://www.chica.org/

Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - U.S.A.

Infection Control Guidelines:
Hand Washing, Cleaning, Disinfection and Sterilization in Health Care

Canada Communicable Disease Report 1998 (PDF file)

"Clean Care is Safer Care"

WHO

CSA Z317.13 Infection Control During Construction, Renovation and Maintenance of Health Care Facilities (2007)

CSA

Viral Hepatitis and Emerging Bloodborne Pathogens in Canada

Public Health Agency of Canada

Engineering Out Needle Stick Injuries

Mary Anne Moser, CRSP, CHSC, RPN, C.OHS (PDF file)

Healthcare Worker Safety; More Than Replacing Devices

(ppt)

Toronto Hospital Reduces Sharps Injuries by 80%, Eliminates Blood Collection Injuries

Laura Visser, Healthcare Quarterly, 9(1) 2006: 68-70

International Healthcare Worker Safety Center

The International Healthcare Worker Safety Center at the University of Virginia Health System is dedicated to the prevention of occupational transmission of bloodborne pathogens. Since 1994, the Center, under the direction of Janine Jagger, M.P.H., Ph.D., has been a leader in conducting epidemiological research on needlesticks and blood exposures, and advocating for a safer healthcare workplace.

Group A Streptococcal (GAS) Disease

CDC

Infectious Diseases Articles

emedicine

Infection Prevention - A Reference Booklet for Healthcare Providers

EngenderHealth (PDF file)

Basic Concepts of Infection Control

IFIC

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