Infection prevention and control

Learn about infection prevention and control with these resources and guidance documents. Niagara Region Public Health's role in infection prevention and control includes:

Education

Education in best practices to prevent the transmission of infectious diseases.

Investigation

Investigation of complaints / lapses / potential health hazards in accordance with the Health Protection and Promotion Act and Protocols and Guidelines published under the Ontario Public Health Standards.

Support

Support for long-term care homes, retirement homes and other settings with infection prevention and control best practices.

Best practices

Refer to Public Health Ontario's best practice documents from the Provincial Infectious Diseases Advisory Committee on Infection Prevention and Control.

Sub-topics on infection prevention and control

Clinical office practice
Learn about reducing the transmission of infections, decreasing the risk of outbreaks, and protecting the public attending and staff working in a clinical office practice setting.

Infection prevention and control checklist for clinical office practice - core elements
A checklist to help support clinical office practices in examining, evaluating (for example, self-assessment) and comparing their current practices using provincial recommendations.

Infection prevention and control checklist for clinical office practice - reprocessing
A checklist to help support clinical office practices on reprocessing of medical equipment.

Top five high risk practices
See recommendations that address the top five practices that put patients and others at risk in a physician's office.

Reprocessing
Learn about the cleaning and disinfection or sterilization of reusable medical items in health care and personal service settings.

Resources for preventing infection prevention and control lapses
Learn about preventing and investigating lapses in community settings.

Congregate living settings are places where people live or stay overnight and use shared spaces, like sleeping areas, sitting rooms and dining rooms. Examples include long-term care and retirement homes, assisted living facilities, group homes and emergency shelters.

Training and certification

Routine practices and additional precautions
Learn about applying routine practices and additional precautions in health care settings across the continuum of care.

Additional precautions signage and lanyard cards
Standardized infection prevention and control signage and lanyard cards for hospitals and long-term care homes.

YouTube playlist - routine practices and additional precautions
A series of educational and 'how to' videos, including for wearing personal protective equipment.

Personal protective equipment auditing
Learn about establishing, improving and maintaining a personal protective equipment auditing and feedback program.