Infection, Prevention & Control

The purpose of Infection Prevention and Control is to faciliate activities that prevent health care-associated infections in patients, staff and visitors. View H1N1 posters and directives that can be utilized at your site.

Directives

Please note the revisions in yellow within the PDF to the revised Directives below.

• Visitor Restrictions - Directive 01-001 (Revised)
  Visitor Alert Stop Poster - (Revised)
  October 6, 2009
• Discontinuing Contact and Modified Droplet Precautions - Directive 01-002 (Revised)
  Contact and Modified Droplet Poster
  October 20, 2009
• Guidelines for Management of Pregnant Women and Infants with Confirmed, Probably or Suspected Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 - Directive 01-003 (Revised)
  October 6, 2009
• Source Control to Prevent Transmission in Emergency Departments, Urgent Care Centres, Acute Assessment Centres and Ambulatory Clinics - Directive 01-004 (Revised)
  Visitor Alert Clean Hands Poster - (Revised)
  Cough Precautions Poster - (Revised)
  October 6, 2009
• Clinical Management Guidelines for Surgical Suite Management - Directive 01-005 (Revised)
  October 6, 2009
• Transport of Patients with Suspect or Confirmed Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 - Directive 01-006 (Revised)
  October 6, 2009
• Point of Care Risk Assessment - Directive 01-007
  October 2, 2009
  • Point of Care Risk Assessment - Video
    (Print the handout and the algorithm to view with the video.) October 9, 2009
  • Point of Care Risk Assessment for Patients Algorithm (black and white | colour)
    October 26, 2009
  • Point of Care Risk Assessment Handout
    October 26, 2009

Posters, Bulletins & Memos

• Revised IPC Bulletin #4 - Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 for Health Care Workers in Acute Care Facilities - (Revised)
  October 7, 2009
• Revised IPC Bulletin #5 - Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 for Health Care Workers in Facility Living, Supportive Living and Home Living Programs - (Revised)
  October 7, 2009
• Visitor Alert Clean Hands for Departments - Poster
  October 9, 2009
• Cover Your Cough - General - Poster
  October 9, 2009
• Cover Your Cough - Admitting/ER - Poster
  October 9, 2009
• Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 IP & C Directives Memo
  July 24, 2009
• Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) - Posters
  Donning | Doffing
  September 17, 2009