GUIDELINES

HEALTH CARE - GENERAL

DISEASE OR ORGANISM SPECIFIC

DENTAL

PHYSICIAN'S & REGULATED PROFESSIONAL OFFICES

PERSONAL SERVICES AND ALTERNATE CARE

LABORATORY

EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES

CRUISE & VESSEL SANITATION

ENVIRONMENTAL

CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES

Source*	Policy / Guideline
HEALTH CARE - GENERAL
PIDAC	Best Practices for Environmental Cleaning for the Prevention and Control of Infections
CSA	Decontamination of reusable medical devices
HCRC	Cleaning in Healthcare Facilities: Reducing human health effects and environmental impacts
Ontario MOHLTC	Clinical Guidelines for Management of Patients with ILI (Swine Influenza) in Emergency Departments
Ontario MOHLTC	Clinical Guidelines for Management of Patients with ILI (Swine Influenza) in Ambulatory Settings
CDC	Guideline for Disinfection and Sterilization in Healthcare Facilities, 2008
SHN	MRSA - Getting Started Kit
PIDAC	Best Practices for Infection Prevention and Control Programs in Ontario
PIDAC	Best Practices for Hand Hygiene
PIDAC	Best Practices for Cleaning, Disinfection and Sterilization
SGNA	Standards of Infection Control in Reprocessing of Flexible Gastrointestinal Endoscopes
PIDAC	Flash Sterilization in Health Care Settings
CDC	Guideline for Isolation Precautions: Preventing Transmission of Infectious Agents in Healthcare Settings 2007
EHPU	Community Hospital Infection Control Guidelines - Guidance on infection control in Community Hospitals
EHPU	Care Homes Policy
Hospital Infection Society	National Evidence-based Guidelines for Preventing Healthcare Associated Infections in NHS Hospitals in England 2007
Ontario MOHLTC	Handwashing Guideline
CHICA	CHICA-Canada Position Statement for Hand Hygiene
Health Canada	Routine Practices and Additional Precautions for Preventing the Transmission of Infection in Health Care
PIDAC / CCPMI	Routine Practices Fact Sheet for Health Care Settings
PIDAC / CCPMI	Hand Hygiene Fact Sheet for Health Care Settings
MMWR	Guideline for Hand Hygiene in Health-Care Settings
CDC	Guideline for Isolation Precautions: Preventing Transmission of Infectious Agents in Healthcare Settings 2007
PHAC	Construction-related Nosocomial Infections in Patients in Health Care Facilities
PHAC	Foot Care by Health Care Providers
PHAC	Handwashing, Cleaning, Disinfection and Sterilization in Health Care
PHAC	Prevention and Control of Occupational Infections in Health Care
PHAC	Preventing the Transmission of Bloodborune Pathogens in Health Care and Public Service Settings
PHAC	Routine Practices and Additional Precautions for Preventing the Transmission of Infection in Health Care
CDC	Guideline for Environmental Infection Control in Health-Care Facilities
CDC	Guideline for Hand Hygiene in Health-Care Settings
CDC	Guidelines for Infection Control in Dental Health-Care Settings
CDC	Guideline for Infection Control in Health Care Personnel
CDC	Guideline for Isolation Precautions in Hospitals
APIC	Implications of Service Animals in Health Care Settings
APIC/SHEA	Infection Prevention and Control in the long-term-care facility
APIC	Multi-society Guideline for Reprocessing Flexible Gastrointestinal Endoscopes
APIC	Role of Infection Control During Construction in Health Care Facilities
Ontario MOHLTC	Best Practices for Cleaning, Disinfection and Sterilization in all Health Care Facilities
SHEA	An Approach to the Evaluation of Quality Indicators of the Outcome of Care in Hospitalized Patients, With a Focus on Nosocomial Infection Indicators
SHEA	Antimicrobial Resistance in Long-Term-Care Facilities
SHEA	Antimicrobial Use in Long-Term-Care Facilities
SHEA/APIC	Infection Prevention and Control in the Long-Term-Care Facility
SHEA	Guidelines for the Prevention of Antimicrobial Resistance in Hospitals
PHAC	Infection Control Guidance in a Non-Outbreak Setting, (In the Absence of SARS) When an Individual Presents to a Health Care Institution With a Respiratory Infection
PHAC	Infection Control Guidance if there is a SARS Outbreak Anywhere in the World, When an Individual Presents to a Health Care Institution With a Respiratory Infection
CDC	Recommendations for Preventing Transmission of Infections Among Chronic Hemodialysis Patients
Capital Health Region	Outbreak Prevention, Control and Management in Home Living and Supportive Living Sites
DISEASE OR ORGANISM SPECIFIC
Ontario MOHLTC	Control of Clostridium difficile Infection (CDI) Outbreaks in Hospitals
PIDAC	Best Practices Document for the Management of Clostridium difficile in all health care settings
SSSQ	Mesures d’hygiène et de salubrité au regard du Clostridium difficile Lignes directrices
IICC	Global consensus conference on infection prevention and control practice for Clostridium difficile associated disease (CDAD)
PHAC	The Canadian Pandemic Influenza Plan for the Health Sector
Ontario MOHLTC	Tuberculosis Protocol September 2006
APIC	APIC MRSA Guideline March 2007
Ontario MOHLTC	Best Practices for the Management of Clostridium difficile in all Health Care Settings
PIDAC	Check List - Best Practices for Infection Prevention and Control of Resistant Staphylococcus aureus and Enterococci in All Health Care Settings
Ontario MOHLTC	Preventing Febrile Respiratory Illnesses: Best Practices in Surveillance and Infection Prevention and Control for Febrile Respiratory Illness (FRI), excluding Tuberculosis, for all Ontario Health Care Settings
PHAC	Canadian Tuberculosis Standards (6th edition)
PHAC	Infection Control for Creutzfeldt-Jacob Disease
PHAC	Guidelines for Preventing the Transmission of Tuberculosis in Canadian Health Care Facilities and Other Institutional Settings
PHAC	Guidelines for Prevention and Control of Meningococcal Disease
PHAC	Hepatitis C - Prevention and Control: A Public Health Consensus
PHAC	Preventing the Spread of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci (VRE) in Canada
CDC	Recommendations for Prevention of HIV Transmission in Health-Care Settings
CDC	Guidelines for Preventing the Transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Health-Care Settings
CDC	Infection Control Measures for the Prevention and Control of Influenza in Health-Care Facilities
CDC	Management of Influenza in Long-Term Care Settings
CDC	Control and Prevention of Meningococcal Disease (outbreak management)
CDC	Recommendations for Preventing the Spread of Vancomycin Resistance
ASM	Infection Control in Cystic Fibrosis
BCCDC	BCCDC Laboratory Services: A Guide to the Laboratory Investigation of Gastrointestinal Disease Outbreaks
CCAR/CHICA/ AMMI/CMAJ	New Guidelines Available to Assist Medical Community in Fight Against CA-MRSA
CFF	Cystic Fibrosis Foundation - Stopping the Spread of Germs
SHEA	Clinical Practice Guidelines for Clostridium difficile Infection in Adults: 2010 Update by the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) and the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA)
DENTAL
ODQ	Document d’information sur le contrôle des infections - Médecine dentaire
RCDSO	Infection Prevention & Control in the Dental Office
EHPU	Infection control guidelines for health care workers in dental practice in Essex October 2006
BDA	Infection Control in Dentistry
CDC	Infection Control in Dentistry - Bloodborne Disease Transmission
CDC	Infection Control in Dentistry - Airborne Disease Transmission
OSAP	Guide for Safety and Infection Control for Oral Healthcare Missions
PHYSICIAN’S & REGULATED PROFESSIONAL OFFICES
CRTO	Infection Prevention and Control Clinical Best Practice Guideline
CPSA	Cleaning, Disinfecting and Sterilizing Office Instruments
CPTA	Position Statement Infection Control
BCCDC	Guidelines for Infection Prevention and Control in the Physician's Office
CPSO	Infection Control in the Physician's Office
CASLPO	College of Audiologists and Speech Language Pathologists of Ontario Infection Control for Regulated Professionals
OCP	Ontario College of Pharmacists Infection Control for Regulated Professionals
PERSONAL SERVICES AND ALTERNATE CARE
EHPU	Infection Control Guidelines for Funeral Directors
EHPU	Guidelines for the prevention and control of infection in Essex Ambulance Service
EHPU	Hospice Infection Control Guidelines
EHPU	Infection control guidelines for Chiropody and Podiatry
EHPU	Infection control Guidelines For Tattooists, Body Piercers and Acupuncturists
INTA	Pedicure Equipment Cleaning & Disinfecting Procedures
HSE	Controlling the risk on infection at work from human remains
LABORATORY
PHAC	Laboratory Biosafety Guidelines - 3rd edition
CDC	Biosafety in Microbiological and Biomedical Laboratories – 5th edition
BCCDC	A Guide to Selection and Use of Disinfectants
EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES
EHPU	Communicable Disease in Schools and Centres for the under 5's
DOHWA	State of Washington Infection Control Guide for School Staff
Grassroots	The ChildSafe Guidelines: "Green" Cleaning Products for Schools
CRUISE & VESSEL SANITATION
HPA	Guidance for the Management of Norovirus Infection in Cruise Ships
CDC	Vessel Sanitation Program Operations Manual
CDC	Gastrointestinal Illness Surveillance System
CDC	Vessel Sanitation Inspection Report
ENVIRONMENTAL
ME-DWO	Technical Support Document for Ontario Drinking Water Standards, Objectives and Guidelines
Green Seal	Green Seal Environmental Standard for General-Purpose, Bathroom, Glass, and Carpet Cleaners Used for Household Purposes
TORONTO	City of Toronto Sewer Bylaw
CEPA	Priority Substances List Assessment Report - Phenol
CEPA	Priority Substances List Assessment Report – Nonylphenol and its Ethoxylates
ECP	Environmental Choice Program: Cleaning Products
Green Seal	Green Seal Environmental Standard for General Purpose, Bathroom, Glass, and Carpet Cleaners Used for Industrial and Institutional Purposes
CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES
EHPU	Prison Infection Control Guidelines

*Source Definitions:

AMMI - Association of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Disease Canada

APIC - American Professionals in Infection Control

ASM - American Society for Microbiology

BCCDC - British Columbia Centres for Disease Control

BDA - British Dental Association

CANS - The Cosmetology Association of Nova Scotia

CASLPO - College of Audiologists and Speech Language Pathologists of Ontario

CCAR - Canadian Committee of Antibiotic Resistance

CCPMI - Comité consultatif provincial des maladies infectieuses

CDC - Centers for Disease Control

CEPA - Canadian Environmental Protection Agency

CFF - Cystic Fibrosis Foundation

CHICA - Community and Hospital Infection Control Association - Canada

CMAJ - Canadian Medical Association Journal

CPSA -College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta

CPSO - College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario

CPTA - College of Physical Therapists of Alberta

CRTO - College of Respiratory Therapists of Ontario

CSA - Canadian Standards Association

DOHWA - Washington State Department of Health

ECP - Environmental Choice Program

EHPU - Essex Health Protection Unit

HPA - Health Protection Agency

IICC - International Infection Control Council

INTA - International Nail Technicians of America

ME-DWO - Ministry of the Environment, Drinking Water Ontario

MMWR -Morbidity and Morality Weekly Report

OCP - Ontario College of Pharmacists

ODQ - Ordre des dentistes du Québec

Ontario MOHLTC -Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care

OSAP - Organization for Safety and Asepsis Procedures

PHAC - Public Health Agency of Canada

PIDAC - Provincial Infectious Diseases Advisory Committee

RCDSO - Royal College of Dental Surgeons of Ontario

SGNA -Society of Gastroenterology Nurses and Associates

SHEA - Society for Hospital Epidemiology of America

SHN - Safer Healthcare Now!

SSSQ - Santé et Services Sociaux Quebec