IPAC Diseases & Conditions

• Communicable Disease Notification Process
• Communicable Disease Response and Facility Outbreaks - Roles and Responsibilities
• Definition and Management of Immunocompromised Patients
• IPAC Syndromic Screening Requirements Table
• Notification Process for Reportable Communicable Diseases
• Syndromic Additional Precautions Assessment for Emergency Departments Triage Area
• Rash & Fever Additional Precautions Assessment
• Gastrointestinal Infection (GI) Additional Precautions Assessment
• Diarrhea Algorithm

Resources

• Antimicrobial Resistant Organisms (ARO) Resource
• Carbapenemase-Producing Organisms (CPO) and Candida auris Resource

Tools

• Acute Care Admission Screening for Antimicrobial-Resistant Organisms (ARO)
• Antimicrobial-Resistant Organism (ARO) Additional Precautions Assessment
• MRSA Discontinuation of Additional Precautions - Acute Care Inpatients (IH login required)
• MRSA - Discontinuation of Additional Precautions - Acute Care Inpatients - Quick Reference (IH login required)
   

Patient Information Sheets

• Candida auris 
• Carbapenemase-Producing Organisms (CPO) 
• Hospital Admission Screening for Antimicrobial-Resistant Organisms 
• Methicillin- Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)

• Bed Bugs
• HealthLinkBC Bedbugs Patient Information Sheet

​​​​​Clinical Decision Support Tools

• Clostridioides difficile Resource
• Clostridium difficile infection- Clinical Pathway
• Bowel Record- Bristol Stool Chart
• Diarrhea Algorithm

Forms and Tools

• Pre-printed Order C. Difficile Infection
• Interior Health Microbiology Laboratory Test Directory

Signage

• Contact Plus Precautions Sign

Online Resources

• PICNet Clostridioides difficile infection Toolkit
• Bye-Bye PPI Toolkit- Proton Pump Inhibitor de-prescribing tool

Patient Information

• Collection of Stool for Clostridioides difficile Patient Information Sheet
• HealthLinkBC- Clostridium difficile (C. difficile) Patient Information Sheet

• Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Toolkit (IH login required)
• Infection Control Guidelines CJD in Canada Quick Reference Guide
• HealthLinkBC Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) Patient Information Sheet

• Additional Precautions for All Care Areas
• PICNet Andes Virus Guidelines

Clinical Decision Support Tools

• HTP Initial Response Process Map
• Medical Health Officer EVD risk assessment algorithm
• Ministry of Health Ebola Resources

Resources

• Biological Exposure Control Plan (IH login required)
• Overview of Ebola Virus / Viral Hemorrhagic Fever Disease IPAC Recommendations
• BCCDC: Clinical Resources for health Care Professionals
  • HTP Risk Assessment for Emergency Departments and Urgent Primary Care Centres
  • Management of a HTP in Acute Care Settings
  • Management of a HTP in Community-based Clinic Settings
  • Cleaning and Disinfection of Medical Equipment for HTPs
  • Discontinuation of HTP Precautions and Patient Discharge

Case Scenarios

• Scenario A: Person calls a health care provider
• Scenario B: Person arrives at primary care clinic

Learning Modules

• High Threat Pathogens PICNet

• Invasive Group A Streptococcal Infections (iGAS) Resource
• HealthLinkBC Group A Streptococcal Infections Patient Information Sheet

Resources

• Measles Quick Guide
• Measles Resource
• Measles Screening: Initial Assessment and Actions

Tools

• Airborne Precautions in Operating Rooms - Best Practice Recommendations
• Emergency Department See, Think, Do- Approach to Suspect Measles
• Perinatal Measles IPAC Management and Additional Precautions Recommendation 
• Primary Care Approach to Suspect Measles Case
• Approach for MHO-directed Community Specimen Collection
• Area-MHO-directed-Measles Specimen Collection Sites – Sample SOP
• Specimen Collection Considerations for Locations
• Specimen Collection in Community Locations - IPAC Guidance
• Specimen Collection in Community Locations - Lab Guidance

Posters

• Attention – Measles Front Desk
  • Attention – Measles Front Desk – Farsi
  • Attention – Measles Front Desk – French
  • Attention – Measles Front Desk – German
  • Attention – Measles Front Desk – Punjabi
  • Attention – Measles Front Desk – Spanish
  • Attention – Measles Front Desk – Tagalog
• Attention – Measles Lab
  • Attention – Measles Lab – Farsi
  • Attention – Measles Lab – French
  • Attention – Measles Lab – German
  • Attention – Measles Lab – Punjabi
  • Attention – Measles Lab – Spanish
  • Attention – Measles Lab – Tagalog
• Attention – Measles Phone Number
  • Attention – Measles Phone Number – Farsi
  • Attention – Measles Phone Number – French
  • Attention – Measles Phone Number – German
  • Attention – Measles Phone Number – Punjabi
  • Attention – Measles Phone Number – Spanish
  • Attention – Measles Phone Number – Tagalog
• Attention – Measles Triage
  • Attention – Measles Triage – Farsi
  • Attention – Measles Triage – French
  • Attention – Measles Triage – German
  • Attention – Measles Triage – Punjabi
  • Attention – Measles Triage – Spanish
  • Attention – Measles Triage – Tagalog
• Attention - Measles Unwell Visitor Alert
  • Attention – Measles Unwell Visitor Alert - Farsi
  • Attention – Measles Unwell Visitor Alert – French
  • Attention – Measles Unwell Visitor Alert – German
  • Attention – Measles Unwell Visitor Alert – Punjabi
  • Attention – Measles Unwell Visitor Alert – Spanish
  • Attention – Measles Unwell Visitor Alert – Tagalog
• IPAC Measles TV Slide - ED
• IPAC Measles TV Slide- UPCC

Patient Information Sheets

• HealthLinkBC Measles Patient Information Sheet

• Meningococcal Disease Resource
• HealthLinkBC Meningococcal Disease Patient Information Sheet

Resources

• BCCDC Mpox Information page
• BCCDC Mpox Information for Health Care Providers page
• HealthLinkBC Mpox Patient Information Sheet

Tools

• Emergency Department Mpox Assessment Algorithm

• Mumps Resource
• HealthLinkBC Mumps Patient Information Sheet

• Pertussis Resource
• HealthLinkBC Pertussis Patient Information Sheet

Resources

• PICNet BC Policies and Guidelines for Viral Respiratory Illness: Setting Specific Guidance

Tools

• Respiratory Infection (RI) Additional Precautions Assessment Tool
• Viral Respiratory Illness Pathway for Acute Care Inpatients

External Dashboards

• BCCDC Respiratory Virus Data Webpage
• BCCDC Respiratory Surveillance: Wastewater Surveillance
• BCCDC Facility Outbreaks

• Scabies and Lice Resource 
• HealthLinkBC Scabies Patient Information Sheet
• HealthLinkBC Head Lice Patient Information Sheet

Resources

• Tuberculosis (TB) Resource
• HealthLinkBC Tuberculosis Patient Information Sheet

Tools

• Tuberculosis Risk Screening- Congregate Living Facility

External Resources

• BCCDC TB Manual
• BCCDC TB- Clinical Resources

• Chickenpox (Varicella Zoster) and Shingles (Herpes Zoster) 
• Dermatome Map for Herpes Zoster (Shingles) Assessment Tool
  • VZV Chickenpox Known Case
  • VZV Chickenpox Exposed Susceptible Contact
  • VZV Shingles Disseminated
  • VZV Shingles Localized
  • VZV Shingles Exposed Susceptible Contact
• HealthLinkBC Chickenpox (Varicella) Patient Information Sheet
• HealthLinkBC Shingles (Herpes Zosters) Patient Information Sheet

• Additional Precautions
• Interior Health Microbiology Laboratory Test Directory
• Interior Health AIIR Inventory (IH login required)
• IPAC Contact List (IH login required)
• Recommendations for Cohorting Patients
• Syndromic Screening Toolkit

• HealthLinkBC Files | HealthLink BC
• BCCDC Communicable Disease Manual
• PICNet | Provincial Infection Control Network of British Columbia