Infection, Prevention & Control Documents

These resources are designed to help prevent and manage the spread of Influenza like-illness (ILI) and seasonal Influenza.

General Information

• Cover Your Cough poster – Emergency Departments
• Cover Your Cough poster – Clinics and Offices
• How to Handwash poster
• How to use Alcohol-based Hand Rub poster
• Guideline: Influenza Immunization for Adult and Pediatric Patients Undergoing Cancer Treatment
  • Clinician Factsheet
• Influenza Outbreak in this Facility Poster (11 x 17)
• Influenza Outbreak in this Facility Poster (8.5x11)
• Influenza Outbreak Poster for Staff and Physicians (8.5x11)
• Putting on (Donning) PPE poster
• Q & A – Use of Antivirals in Acute Care and Continuing Care Settings
• Taking off (Doffing) PPE poster

Acute Care

• Assessing the Need for Additional Precautions: Respiratory (ILI) Algorithm
• Practice Recommendations for Seasonal Influenza
• Contact and Droplet Precautions Info Sheet
• Contact and Droplet Precautions
• Guidelines for Outbreak Prevention, Control and Management in Acute Care and Facility Living Sites

Continuing Care

• Choosing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for Resident Interactions in Continuing Care
• Seasonal Influenza in Continuing Care: IPC Practice Recommendations
• Droplet and Contact Precautions
• Droplet and Contact Precautions sign
• Guidelines for Outbreak Prevention, Control and Management in Acute Care and Facility Living Sites

Reference Documents

• Guidelines for Influenza Immunization in Adult and Pediatric Patients with Cancer
• Guidelines for Outbreak Prevention, Management and Control in Emergency Shelters and Transitional Housing Sites
• Guidelines for Outbreak Prevention, Control and Management in Supportive Living and Home Living Sites
• Outbreak Guidelines: Acute Care & Facility Living Sites

Pharmacists

• Refer to The Yearly Booster: Seasonal Influenza Vaccine Program created by the Alberta Association of Pharmacists (RxA).
• For any questions regarding the Influenza Immunization Program, email Alberta Health, at health.imm@gov.ab.ca.
• All questions regarding billing are to be directed to Alberta Blue Cross.
• Alberta Blue Cross Pharmacy Benefact

Pneumococcal Polysaccharide Vaccine Package

1. Pneumococcal Polysaccharide Vaccine Biological Page
   Detailed information related to pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine used as part of the Alberta Immunization Program is located on the AHS Immunization Program Standards Manual home page under “Biological Product Information”.
2. Pneumovax®23 Product Monograph
3. Pneumococcal Vaccine Information Sheet
4. Consent for Influenza Immunization
   • Consent for Influenza Immunization
   • Consent for Pneumococcal Polysaccharide Immunization

Updates for Healthcare Professionals