Infection Prevention and Control

Overcrowding and Understaffing in Modern Healthcare Systems: Key Determinants in Meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus Transmission

The Lancet, 2001 - Elsevier (PDF file)

Interim Guidance for Infection Control for Care of Patients with Confirmed or Suspected Swine Influenza A (H1N1) Virus

(CDC)

Infection Control - KEY ARTICLES AND RESOURCE MATERIALS

Ontario Safety Association for Community and Healthcare

Influenza Pandemic Preparedness Website LINKS

Healthcare Safety Info-eLink™

Nurse Training & Infection Control: C. difficile

(YouTube)

Infection Control: Basic Infection Prevention Techniques

(YouTube)

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

Communicable Diseases Surveillance Protocols

Ontario Hospitaal Association

Routine Practices And Additional Precautions (2009) - In All Health Care Settings

Provincial Infectious Diseases Advisory Committee (PDF file)

Healthcare-Associated Infections

CDC

Concepts of Infection Control

(ppt)

Infectious Diseases - Infection Control Guidelines

Public Health Agency of Canada

Disease Prevention and Control Guidelines

Public Health Agency of Canada

Infectious Diseases A-Z

Health Protection Agency - UK

Infection Control A-Z Index

CDC

Communicable Disease Control Manual

http://www.bccdc.ca/dis-cond/comm-manual/default.htm

Guidelines from the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC)

http://ricn.on.ca/phacguidlinesp3.php

Infection Control in Healthcare Settings

CDC

Infection Control

Medlineplus

Reinforcing the linkages between infection control and occupational health strengthens both programs and enhances patient and employee safety

ISSUE: Reinforcing the linkages between infection control and occupational health strengthens both programs and enhances patient and employee safety.
PROJECT: This is a 160-bed center specializing in the care of patients with musculoskeletal diseases. The hospital employs approximately 2000 professional and ancillary staff. In 2000, the occupational health services (OHS) nurse manager left to assume a different position within the facility. After much discussion, a decision was made to link the infection control and occupational health services under one leader. The person selected had previous experience in both occupational health and infection control. It was agreed by the vice president for nursing that the manager for the newly combined departments would not provide clinical services for occupational health, but would serve in an administrative capacity only.
RESULTS: The linking of the two departments has been a remarkable success. Nursing staff in both areas has been cross trained in activities such as surveillance, education, immunizations, reportable communicable diseases, and bloodborne pathogen exposure response. The office staffs have been cross trained for computer support. Employees from both departments welcomed the opportunity for additional education and professional development. Each department has maintained its own distinct personality and responsibility but supports the other, leading to greater productivity for both. Hospital employees are sharing information about occupational health issues such as problems with sharps devices with the IC/OHS team who are visible and approachable within the hospital. These problems can then be observed and acted upon in real time. Important events such as tuberculosis skin testing, influenza vaccination programs, and annual education day have become successful team events. The number of influenza vaccines administered has increased by more than 100% in 4 years; Tuberculosis skin testing has increased by 58%, and annual health assessment compliance has increased by 40%. LESSONS LEARNED: This program can reap tremendous benefits for patients and staff if both departments and the manager are committed to success, and the linkage is fully supported by administration. Resources spent to educate and develop the staff have been repaid by patient and employee satisfaction statements and increased compliance with immunization and competency efforts.

Best Practices for Infection Prevention and Control Programs in Ontario in All Health Care Settings

Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care

The Regional Infection Control Networks - Fact Sheets

http://ricn.on.ca/factsheetsp64.php

ACIP Recommendations: Introduction and Biology of Influenza

CDC

The Infection Hazards of Human Cadavers

T D Healing, P N Hoffman, S E J Young (PDF file)

Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) in Healthcare Settings

CDC

Infection Control and Healthcare

Keith F. Woeltje, M.D., Ph.D. - Infectious Diseases, Washington University School of Medicine

Infection Control Today

Virgo Publishing, LLC.

Infection Control Initiatives

The Joint Commission

HHS Pandemic Influenza Plan - Supplement 4 - Infection Control

U.S. Department of Health & Human Services

Hospital Epidemiology and Infection Control

Johns Hopkins Health System

Smallpox: Infection Control

CDC

Infection Control for Anesthesiology

American Society of Anesthesiologists (PDF file)

Infection Control in Paediatric Office Settings

Canadian Paediatric Society

INFECTION CONTROL IN BURN PATIENTS

Joan Weber, RN, BSN, CIC Infection Control Coordinator,
Shriners Burns Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts (PDF file)

Infection Control in Endoscopy

Gastroenterological Society of Australia

Infection Control in the Physician's Office (2005)

College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario (PDF file)

Infection Control in Dental Settings

http://www.cdc.gov/oralHealth/InfectionControl/index.htm

Center for Biosecurity

University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

Guideline for Disinfection and Sterilization in Healthcare Facilities, 2008

CDC- NIOSH (PDF)

Disinfection and Sterilization in Healthcare: New CDC Guidelines

CDC (PDF)

University of Pennsylvania Health System - Guidelines for Antimicrobial Therapy

http://www.uphs.upenn.edu/bugdrug/antibiotic_manual/table%20of%20contents.htm

Prevention and Control of Hospital-acquired Infections

Office of the Auditor General of Ontario (PDF)

Emerging Infectious Diseases - Current Issue: Table of Contents

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Infectious Disease Guidelines

CDC National Centre for Infectious Diseases

Vaccine Safety

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Introduction to Infection Control in Care Homes

U.K. Health Protection Agency

Bloodborne Pathogens

U.S. Occupational Safety & Health Administration

FDA Clears New H5N1 Test

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

NIOSH-Approved Disposable Particulate Respirators (Filtering Facepieces)

CDC - NIOSH

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)

Postmortem Viability of Human Immunodeficiency Virus --
Implications for the Teaching of Anatomy

The New England Journal of Medicine

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

Norovirus in Healthcare Facilities Fact Sheet

CDC

"Norwalk-Like Viruses" - Public Health Consequences and Outbreak Management

CDC

Norovirus (Norwalk-like Virus, Small Round Structured Virus)

UK - Health Protection Agency

Recommendation for the Control of Norovirus Outbreaks in Long Term Care, Health Care
and Daycare Facilities

Pennsylvania Department of Health

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

Influenza Vaccination of Health-Care Personnel

CDC

Hospital Construction: Stirring Up Trouble

Judene Bartley MS, MPH, CIC - July 1, 2007

Vaccine Information for the public and health professionals

Immunization Action Coalition

Immunization of Healthcare Workers

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Influenza Immunization of Healthcare Personnel

APIC Position Paper (PDF file)

Best Practices for Infection Prevention and Control Programs in Ontario
In All Health Care Settings

Provincial Infectious Diseases Advisory Committee (PDF file)

Application of the Updated CDC Isolation Guidelines for Health Care Facilities

AORN Journal, March, 2008 - Shauna Ely Tarrac

Bloodborne Infectiouss Diseases HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis B Virus, and Hepatitis C Virus

CDC - NIOSH

Guideline for Isolation Precautions: Preventing Transmission of Infectious Agents in Healthcare Settings (2007)

CDC - NIOSH

Antimicrobial biocides in the healthcare environment: efficacy, usage, policies, and perceived problems

Jean-Yves Maillard - Ther Clin Risk Manag > v.1(4); Dec 2005

Infectious Disease Book

Family Practice Notebook

eMedicine - INFECTIOUS DISEASES SECTIONS

http://emedicine.medscape.com/infectious_diseases

Ontario Ministry of Health Core Competency Education Modules

http://microbiology.mtsinai.on.ca/coreEducModules/default.asp

Multimedia Presentations

Department of Microbiology, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Canada

Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Novel methods for disinfection of prion-contaminated medical devices

Lancet. 2004 Aug 7-13;364(9433):521-6

Guidelines on Tissue Infectivity Distribution in Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies

WHO (PDF)

Prions (CJD) and Processing of Reusable Medical Products

William A. Rutala, Ph.D., M.P.H.
University of North Carolina (UNC) Hospitals and UNC School of Medicine (ppt)

Disinfection and Sterilization

disinfectionandsterilization.org

Guidelines for Infection Control in Dental Healthcare Settings - 2003

CDC

Home Laundering of healthcare uniforms FAQs

Regional Infection Control Networks - Ontario, Canada

Healthcare Associated Infection and Antimicrobial Resistance (HCAI & AMR) Department

Health Protection Agency - UK

Protecting Healthcare Personnel

CDC

Investigation into Outbreaks of Clostridium Difficile at Stoke Mandeville Hospital

HTML

Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases, 6th Edition

Elsevier Inc.

Foodborne Illness : Food Poisoning

OutBreak, Inc.

Infectious Disease Information - Food-Related Diseases

CDC

Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome

World Health Organization

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