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Long Term Care Manual

Section 3

Transmission of Microorganisms

  1. Direct Contact
  2. Indirect Contact
  3. Droplet
  4. Airborne
  5. Common Vehicle
  6. Vectorborne

Section 4: Routine Practices

Section 5: Additional Precautions

Introduction

Implementation of Additional Precautions

Discontinuation of Additional Precautions

Airborne Precautions

Contact Precautions

Airborne/Contact Precautions

  1. Introduction
  2. Indications for Airborne/Contact Precautions
  3. Healthcare Workers
  4. Hand Hygiene
  5. Personal Protective Equipment
  6. Resident Transport
  7. Equipment and Environment
  8. Resident/Family/Visitors

Droplet Precautions

Droplet/Contact Precautions

  1. Introduction
  2. Indications for Droplet/Contact Precautions
  3. Accommodation
  4. Hand Hygiene
  5. Personal Protective Equipment
  6. Resident Transport
  7. Equipment and Environment
  8. Resident/Family/Visitors

Appendices:

Section 6

All WRHA policies are accessible via WHRA Policy Insite Page only. For those without insite access refer to the electronic copy that was distributed to your site Infection Control Professional.

A

B

C

E

Enviromental Hygiene Operational Guideline

G

H

  • Herpes Zoster (click here to be re-redirected to the Disease Specific Protocol)

I

O

P

R

S

T

U

W

NOTE: Please refer to the WRHA Wound Care webpage for Wound Care guidance.

Section 8 – Microorganism Infectious Disease Table

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