IP&C Manual
All IPC Manual documents written, updated or reviewed will be combined to include Acute Care, LTC and CHS guidance, as such the information will not specify every minute detail but relay the common information for all sectors. The exception is if there is a major difference then it will be listed under the appropriate heading (i.e. home care and acute care)
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 are 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.
While new manual under construction, please see manuals below for individual sectors for missing information.
Introduction
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
Microorganism Infectious Disease Table
Additional Precautions
Clinical Presentation and Empiric Precautions 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
Linezolid and Vancomycin Resistant Enterococci (LVRE)
MRSA (Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus)
Severe Acute Respiratory Infection (SARI)
Varicella-Zoster Virus (VZV); Chickenpox (Varicella) & Shingles (Herpes Zoster)
Long-Term Care Specific
Environmental Services
- 3.1 Regular Occupied Patient Room Cleaning & Disinfecting
- 3.2 Regular Discharge Patient Room Cleaning & Disinfecting
- 3.3 Isolation Occupied Patient Room Cleaning & Disinfecting
- 3.4 Isolation Discharge Patient Room Cleaning & Disinfecting
- 4.1 Generic Bed Cleaning & Disinfecting
- 4.2 Generic Bed Making
- 4.6 Stretcher Cleaning & Disinfecting
- 5.1 Washroom Cleaning & Disinfecting
- 10.2 Environmental Services Cart Cleaning & Disinfecting
Outbreak Management
- Gastrointestinal Illness Highlights sheet
- Gastrointestinal Illness Outbreak Specimen Collection
- Respiratory Illness and Gastrointestinal Illness Outbreak Management
- Appendix A: Outbreak Signage
- Appendix B: Information for Families/Visitors During an Outbreak
- Appendix C: IPC Outbreak Management Evaluation Questionnaire
Surveillance
HAI LTC Surveillance – Quick Reference Guide
HAI LTC Surveillance – Quick Reference Guide
- Nursing/clinical staff: PAPER Line Lists for Data Collection
- LTC HAI Surveillance Case Definitions
- ICSA/IPC: Electronic Line List HAI Surveillance (outbreaks)
- Data base
Pandemic Plan
Pandemic Influenza Plan (PIP) – WRHA
Pandemic Influenza Plan – Shared Health
Respiratory Season
Seasonal Influenza and Pneumococcal Vaccine Consent Form – Letter size | Legal size
Entrance posters for visitors, visitor restrictions
Collection of Nasopharyngeal Specimens
Cadham Provincial Laboratory Sample Requisition
Influenza Outbreak Quick Reference Guide
Guidelines for Admissions, Transfers, and Respite during Influenza Outbreaks
Instructions for Ordering Supplies
Cadham Lab Supply Request Form
Resident and Family Outbreak Information Handout
Respiratory Outbreak signage (bilingual)
Guidelines for the use of Oseltamivir in Long Term Care Facilities
Definitions
WRHA IP&C Operational Directives
Admission Screening for Antibiotic Resistant Organisms (AROs)
Animals in Health Care Facilities Operational Directive
IP&C Management of Non-Critical Equipment/Device/Item
- Equipment Cleaning and Disinfection Fact Sheet
- Equipment Cleaning and Disinfection Sign Off Sheet – Therapy
- Equipment Cleaning and Disinfection Sign Off Sheet – Therapy (Fillable)
Cleaning and Disinfection of Reusable Instruments that Contact the Surface of the Eye
IP&C Approved Cleaners and Disinfectants
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
- Dress Code Medical Device Reprocessing Area (MDRA)
- Sterilization Failure – Recall (Management of)
- Sterilizer Quality Assurance Monitoring
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
Cleaning Blood and Body Fluid Spills
Tuberculin Skin Test (TST) Operational Directive
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