This program area focuses on excellence in infection prevention and control practices in the province of Newfoundland Labrador. This will be accomplished, in collaboration with the Provincial Infection Control group (PIC-NL), by maximizing coordination and integration of activities related to health care associated infections, infection prevention and control, and surveillance using an evidence-based approach.
This is achieved by:
- Fostering collaboration between the Regional Health Authorities on infection prevention and control issues;
- Developing relevant policy and guidelines;
- Providing knowledge to guide investigation or practices (i.e. best practice guidelines); and
- Advocating on behalf of the community of practice for appropriate and sustainable resources
- Education Materials
- Public Education
- Prevention Materials
- Infection Control Guidelines
- Disease Surveillance Forms
- External Links
- Archived
Education
Healthcare Professionals
- Antibiotic-resistant Organisms
- MRSA Manual for Nurses and other Healthcare Workers (445 KB)
- Fact Sheets
- Presentations
- Posters
- How to Wash your Hands: (544 KB)
- How to Use a Hand Sanitizer: (559 KB)
- Your 4 Moments for Hand Hygiene: (724 KB)
- Scrub Up (1.7 MB)
- PPE Putting It On (2.3 MB)
- PPE Taking It Off (2.3 MB)
- Links
- Immunizations
- Infection Control Precautions
Four mini-lectures have been prepared to review the chain of infection and practices for infection prevention and control that are relevant for all infections:- Chain of Infection and Breaking the Chain (16.3 MB)
- Point of Care Risk Assessment (9.3 MB)
- Routine Practices (12.8 MB)
- Additional Precautions (14.3 MB)
- Influenza
- Influenza Specific Education videos can be found here.
- Orientation Program for Infection Control Practitioners
- Manual (2.2 MB)
- Individual modules
Public Education
- Disease Fact Sheets
- Carbapenm-resistant organisms – Acute Care (44 KB)
- Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) (40 KB)
- Diabetes Care – Prevent Infections (40 KB)
- Extended-sprectrum beta-lactamase (ESBLs) – Acute Care (50 KB)
- German Measles (87 KB)
- Giardiasis (31 KB)
- Haemophilus Influenza Type B (Hib) (49 KB)
- Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease (Coxsackievirus) (52 KB)
- Head Lice (93 KB)
- Hepatitis A (47 KB)
- Impetigo (84 KB)
- Lyme Disease
- Measles (47 KB)
- Meningococcal Disease – Client Fact Sheet (218 KB)
- Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) – Acute Care (53 KB)
- MRSA – Long Term Care (52 KB)
- MRSA – Community (55 KB)
- Mumps (280 KB)
- Pertussis (Whooping Cough) (52 KB)
- Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) (24 KB)
- Rubella (48 KB)
- Scabies prevention (73 KB)
- Sexually Transmitted and Bloodborne Infections
- Tuberculosis (TB) (164 KB)
- Vancomycin-resistant enterococcus (VRE) (53 KB)
Prevention Materials
- Hygiene Campaign: Clean, Cover and Contain
- How to Wash Your Hands (543 KB)
- How to Use Hand Sanitizer (558 KB)
Infection Control Guidelines
- Management of AMROs Across the Continuum of Care (1,138 KB)
- Clostridium difficile Management for Acute Care Settings (156 KB)
- Clostridium difficile Management for Long Term Care Settings (178 KB)
- Health Care Associated Infections
- Influenza Management
- Interim Infection Prevention and Control (IPAC) Guidance for Candida Auris
- Invasive Group A Streptococcal Management (378 KB)
- Meningococcal Management (580 KB)
- Norovirus Management (239 KB)
- Pandemic Precautions Guideline
- Routine Practices Additional Precautions (1.4 MB)
- Toys Practice Recommendations (297 KB)
- Tuberculosis Management (3.34 KB)
External Links
- PHAC Infection and Control Guidelines – http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/dpg-eng.php#infection
- PHAC Tuberculosis Guidelines – http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/dpg-eng.php#tb
- Infection Prevention and Control Canada (IPAC Canada) – https://ipac-canada.org/
- Canadian Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Program – http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/nois-sinp/survprog-eng.php
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