Acute Care Manual
The IP&C manual is listed in its entirety below in individual sections. If you wish to have a printed copy please print off all the sections listed below. The IP&C manuals are living documents and as such is continually being updated to reflect changes in best practice, current knowledge and research. IP&C strongly recommends that you check this area for updates, especially if you have and use a printed copy of any of these materials.
Introduction
WRHA Infection Prevention and Control Operational Directives
Admission Screening for Antibiotic Resistant Organisms (AROs)
Cleaning and Disinfection of Non-Critical Reusable Equipment/Items for Patients in Hospital
Cleaning and Disinfection of Reusable Instruments that Contact the Surface of the Eye
Animals in Acute Care Facilities Operational Directive
Infection Prevention and Control for Construction, Renovation and Maintenance
Emergency Water Contingency for WRHA Facilities
Medical Device Reprocessing:
- Transportation, Distribution, and Storage of Contaminated, Clean and Sterile Medical Devices (on and off-site)
- Single Use Medical Devices
- Pre-Purchase Assessment of Multi-use Medical Devices (Instruments and Equipment)
- Management of Critical and Semi-Critical Loaned, Shared or Leased Medical Devices used for Surgical Procedures
Nursing Foot Care Infection Prevention & Control Management in Hospitals
Outbreak Management for Infection Prevention & Control
Reporting of a Communicable Disease to Manitoba Health by Infection Prevention & Control
Pediatric Gastric Aspirate Collection for Tuberculosis Diagnosis
Tuberculin Skin Test (TST) Operational Directive
Routine Practices
- Point of Care Risk Assessment PCRA
- Hand Hygiene
- The 4 Moments of Hand Hygiene
- Source Control
- Accommodation and Placement
- Flow
- Aseptic Technique
- Personal Protective Equipment PPE
- Specimen Collection
- Sharps Safety and Prevention of Bloodborne Transmission
- Management of the Patient Care Environment
- Visitor Management and Education
- Appendix A: Surgical Hand Asepsis
Additional Precautions
- Introduction
- Airborne Precautions
- Airborne Infection Isolation Room (AIIR) Prioritization
- Contact Precautions
- Containment Precautions
- Droplet Precautions
- Protective Precautions
- Modified Protective Precautions
- Airborne/Contact Precautions
- Droplet/Contact Precautions
- Enhanced Droplet/Contact Precautions
Clinical Presentation and Empiric Precautions Table
Microorganism Infectious Disease Table
Specific Disease Protocols
AMR GNB (Antimicrobial Resistant Gram Negative Bacilli)
Candida auris (Multi Drug Resistant)
Carbapenemase-Producing Enterobacterales (CPE)
Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD)
ESBL (Extended Spectrum Beta-Lactamase)
Influenza Outbreak Management Protocol
MRSA (Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus)
Severe Acute Respiratory Infection (SARI)
Varicella-Zoster Virus (VZV); Chickenpox (Varicella) & Shingles (Herpes Zoster)
IP&C Communication Forms
Chlorhexidine Gluconate Concentration for Hand Hygiene
Cardboard Usage Transport & Unit Storage of Supplies
Cleaning and Disinfection of Jetted Tubs
Management of Shared Reading Materials in Hospital Waiting Rooms
Portable Fans-Cleaning and Use Restrictions
Topping up Bottles, Reusing Trigger Spray Nozzles and ElephantEarWash™System