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IPAC Diseases & Conditions
Reliable resources on diseases and conditions are essential in health care, providing accurate information that supports informed decision-making for patients and professionals alike. By promoting early detection, effective management, and infection prevention and control, these resources play a crucial role in improving health outcomes and reducing the spread of illness.
- 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
Clinical Decision Support Tools
- Clostridioides difficile Resource
- Clostridium difficile infection- Clinical Pathway
- Bowel Record- Bristol Stool Chart
- Diarrhea Algorithm
Forms and Tools
Signage
Online Resources
- PICNet Clostridioides difficile infection Toolkit
- Bye-Bye PPI Toolkit- Proton Pump Inhibitor de-prescribing tool
Patient Information
- Biological Exposure Control Plan (IH login required)
- Facility Infection Hub
- BCCDC: Clinical Resources for health Care Professionals
Learning Modules
Resources
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 Lab
- Attention – Measles Phone Number
- Attention – Measles Triage
- 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
Resources
Tools
- Respiratory Infection (RI) Additional Precautions Assessment Tool
- Viral Respiratory Illness Pathway for Acute Care Inpatients
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