This page provides current infection control guidelines, information, fact sheets and links related to infection control in acute and long term care settings and the community.  The information reflects evidence-based best practices for infection prevention and control.

• Strategies and Guidelines

  • Fact Sheets

• Links

• Forms

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Strategies and Guidelines

• Admission Screening Statement for MRSA and VRE for Acute Care Facilities and Surgical Centres NEW
  January 2007
   

• Clostridium difficile-Associated Diseases (CDAD) Infection Control Guidelines
  see also:  Clostridium difficile-Associated Diseases (CDAD) Protocol
  Sept 2006
   

• Communicable Disease Management Protocol Manual
  March 2002
   

• Counseling Guidelines for Clients with Accidental Exposure to Blood or Bodily Fluids
  November 2004
   

• Diseases Reportable by Health Professionals (HP) and Laboratories (L) NEW
  August 2008
   

• Guidelines for Infection Prevention and Control in Endoscopy
  September 2000
   

• Guidelines for Tuberculin Screening of Health Care Workers
  Nov 2006
   

• Infection Control Guidelines for Community Shelters & Group Homes
  April 2005
   
• Infection Control Guidelines for Health Care Workers in the Community
  1998 (reprinted Sept 2003)
   
• Integrated Post-Exposure Protocol:  Guidelines for Managing Exposures to Blood/Bodily Fluids
  November 2003
   
• Manitoba Guidelines for the Prevention and Control of Antibiotic Resistant Organisms (AROs) NEW
  January 2007
   
• Protocol for Management of Suspected Anaphylactic Shock in Non-Hospital Settings
  August 2003

Fact Sheets

• Information for Physicians on Invasive Group A Streptococcal Necrotizing Fasciitis, Necrotizing Myositis, and Toxic Shock Syndrome
  October 2000
   
• What You Should Know About Ciprofloxacin (or Cipro)
  June 1998

Links

• Monthly Summary of Communicable Diseases
• Community and Hospital Infection Control Association (CHICA) Canada
• Health Canada
• Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
• World Health Organization

Forms

• Adult Immunization Record Form [Health Professional access only]
• Communicable Disease Control Investigation Form
• Investigation Form for Clostridium difficile-Associated Disease (CDAD) [Health Professional access only]
• Outbreak Report
• Report of Communicable Diseases

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