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
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
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
Urinary Catheter Change Frequency Communication Form
Topping up Bottles, Reusing Trigger Spray Nozzles and ElephantEarWash™System