Infection Prevention and Control

Pathogen Safety Data Sheets and Risk Assessment

Public Health Agency of Canada

Exposure to nanoparticles can activate herpesvirus viruses in the lungs – Winner of the Particle and Fibre Toxicology Best Paper Award 2018

BMC

Oregon Woman First Human Infected with Eye Worms Once Only Seen in Cattle

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Feb 12, 2018

Lassa Fever

CDC

Guidance for Control of Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE)

CDC (PDF file)

Role of hospital surfaces in the transmission of emerging healthcare associated pathogens: Norovirus, Clostridium difficile, and Acinetobacter species

David J. Weber, MD, MPH, William A. Rutala, PhD, MPH, Melissa B. Miller, PhD, Kirk Huslage, RN, BSN, MSPH, and Emily Sickbert-Bennett, MS - Chapel Hill, North Carolina (PDF file)

Best Practices for Infection Prevention and Control Programs in Ontario
In All Health Care Settings

Provincial Infectious Diseases Advisory Committee (PDF file)

2007 Guideline for Isolation Precautions: Preventing Transmission of Infectious Agents in Healthcare Settings - Appendix A

CDC (PDF file)

Control of communicable diseases manual

American Public Health Association (PDF file)

Infection Control Principles for the Management of Construction, Renovation, Repairs and Maintenance within Health Care Facilities

Loddon Mallee Region Infection Control Resource Centre (PDF file)

Protecting HealthCare Workers from Infectious Diseases: A Self-Assessment Tool

Public Services Health and Safety Association (PDF file)

Practical Guidelines for Infection Control in Health Care Facilities

World Health Organization (PDF file)

Hand Sanitizer Dispensers and Associated Hospital-Acquired Infections: Friend or Fomite?

Simon D. Eiref, I. Michael Leitman, and William Riley. Surgical Infections. June 2012, 13(3): 137-140.doi:10.1089/sur.2011.049. (PDF file)

High Humidity Leads to Loss of Infectious Influenza Virus from Simulated Coughs

John D. Noti et al - NIOSH / CDC (PDF file)

National Guidelines for the Prevention of Nosocomial Invasive Aspergillosis During Construction/Renovation Activities

NATIONAL DISEASE SURVEILLANCE CENTRE (ISBN 0-9540177-3-0) (PDF file)

Guidelines for Safe Work Practices in Human and Animal Medical Diagnostic Laboratories

CDC (PDF file)

Olfactory transmission of neurotropic viruses

Isamu Mori, Yukihiro Nishiyama, Takashi Yokochi, and Yoshinobu Kimura - Journal of NeuroVirology, 11: 129–137, 2005 (PDF file)

Healthcare-associated Infections (HAIs)

CDC

Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee - Publications

CDC

Public Health Agency of Canada

Disease Prevention and Control Guidelines

Public Health Agency of Canada

Infection Control A-Z Index

Centre for Disease Control and Prevention U.S.A.

Medline Plus / Infection Control Information

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/infectioncontrol.html

Todar's Online Textbook of Bacteriology

Kenneth Todar, PhD - University of Wisconsin, Department of Bacteriology

Infection Prevention - A Reference Booklet for Healthcare Providers

EngenderHealth (PDF file)

Concepts of Infection Control

(ppt)

Communicable Disease Control Manual

http://www.bccdc.ca/dis-cond/comm-manual/default.htm

Community and Hospital Infection Control - Canada

http://www.chica.org/

Guidelines from the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC)

http://ricn.on.ca/phacguidlinesp3.php

Bloodborne Pathogens

U.S. Occupational Safety & Health Administration

Infection Control

Medlineplus

Reinforcing the linkages between infection control and occupational health strengthens both programs and enhances patient and employee safety

html

Infection Control Today

Virgo Publishing, LLC.

Prevention and Control of Hospital-acquired Infections

Office of the Auditor General of Ontario (PDF)

Emerging Infectious Diseases - Current Issue: Table of Contents

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Vaccine Safety

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases, 6th Edition

Elsevier Inc.

Prevention and Control of Occupational Infections in Healthcare

Canada Communicable Disease Report / Infection Control Guidelines (PDF file)

Ontario Ministry of Health Core Competency Education Modules

http://microbiology.mtsinai.on.ca/coreEducModules/default.asp

Multimedia Presentations

Department of Microbiology, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Canada

Infectious Disease Book

Family Practice Notebook

eMedicine - INFECTIOUS DISEASES SECTIONS

http://emedicine.medscape.com/infectious_diseases

Infectious Diseases Articles

emedicine

Guidelines for Environmental Infection Control in Health-Care Facilitiesss

Centre for Disease Control and Prevention U.S.A. (PDF file)

Additional Precautions for Preventing the Transmission of Infection in Healthcare

Canada Communicable Disease Report (PDF file)
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Disinfection and Sterilization

Guideline for Disinfection and Sterilization in Healthcare Facilities, 2008

CDC- NIOSH (PDF)

Disinfection and Sterilization in Healthcare: New CDC Guidelines

CDC (PDF)

Disinfection and Sterilization in All Health Care Settings

(PDF file)

Sterilants and Disinfectants in Healthcare Facilities

Healthcare Environmental Resource Centre

Health hazards from exposure to ortho-phthalaldehyde, a disinfectant for endoscopes, and preventive measures for health care workers

Fujita H, Sawada Y, Ogawa M, Endo Y. Department of Transfusion Medicine, Tokyo Metropolitan Bokutoh Hospital, Koutoubashi, Tokyo, Japan. (PDF file)

Hospital Epidemiology and Infection Control

Johns Hopkins Health System

Disinfection and Sterilization

disinfectionandsterilization.org

Best Practices Guidelines for the Cleaning, Disinfection and Sterilization of Medical Devices in Health Authorities

http://www.health.gov.bc.ca/library/publications/year/2007/
BPGuidelines_Cleaning_Disinfection_Sterilization_MedicalDevices.pdf

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Influenza

FluWatch Canada

Public Health Agency of Canada

FLU.gov

U.S. Department of Health & Human Services

Influenza Pandemic Preparedness Website LINKS

Healthcare Safety Info-eLink™

Influenza Vaccination of Health-Care Personnel

CDC

Vaccine Information for the public and health professionals

Immunization Action Coalition

Influenza Immunization of Healthcare Personnel

APIC Position Paper (PDF file)
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Tuberculosis

NIOSH Safety and Health Topic: Tuberculosis

http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/tb/

TB Respiratory Protection Program In Health Care Facilities
Administrator's Guide

CDC

Hospital Ventilation and Risk for Tuberculous Infection in Canadian Health Care Workers

Menzies D, Fanning A, Yuan L, FitzGerald JM. - Montreal Chest Institute

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MRSA

MRSA Infections

CDC

Medline Plus - Community-Acquired MRSA (CA-MRSA); Hospital-Acquired MRSA

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/007261.htm

MDRO - Multidrug-Resistant Organisms

U.S. Occupational Safety & Health Administration

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HIV

Bloodborne Infectiouss Diseases HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis B Virus, and Hepatitis C Virus

CDC - NIOSH

Postmortem Viability of Human Immunodeficiency Virus --
Implications for the Teaching of Anatomy

The New England Journal of Medicine

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Hepatitis B and C

Bloodborne Infectiouss Diseases HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis B Virus, and Hepatitis C Virus

CDC - NIOSH

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SARS

SARS assessment clinic: a rapid response to an infectious outbreak

Can J Emerg Med 2005;7(3):162-7

Preventing Respiratory Illnesses In Community Settings

Ontario (PDF file)

Management of Mulitdrug-Resistant Organisms in Healthcare Settings, 2006

Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (PDF file)
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Norovirus

Guidelines for the management of norovirus outbreaks in acute and community health and social care settings

Journal of Infectious Disease, Feb, 2023

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Clostridium Difficile

Clostridium difficile-associated disease: New challenges from an established pathogen

R. H. Sunenshine, MD, L.C. McDonald, MD, Centre for Disease Control U.S.A. (PDF )

Best Practices Document for the Management of Clostridium difficile in all health care settings

Dale N. Gerding,1,2 Carlene A. Muto,3 and Robert C. Owens, Jr (PDF )

Clostridium difficile Infection (C. diff, CDI, C. difficile)

CDC

Clostridium difficile infection is the most important cause of hospital-acquired diarrhoea.

UK - Health Protection Agency

Clostridium difficile — More Difficult Than Ever

Ciarán P. Kelly, M.D., and J. Thomas LaMont, M.D. N Engl J Med 2008; 359:1932-1940October 30, 2008

The potential for airborne dispersal of Clostridium difficile from symptomatic patients

Best EL, Fawley WN, Parnell P, Wilcox MH. - Microbiology Department, Old Medical School, Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds Teaching Hospitals National Health Service Trust, United Kingdom.

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Prions

Methods for disinfection of prion-contaminated medical devices

CDC

Guidelines on Tissue Infectivity Distribution in Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies

WHO (PDF)

Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, Classic (CJD)

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Legionella

Legionnaires' Disease - Use water management programs in buildings to help prevent outbreaks

(CDC)

Legionella (Legionnaires' Disease and Pontiac Fever)

CDC

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Group A Streptococcus

Group A Streptococcal (GAS) Disease

CDC

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Smallpox

Smallpox

CDC

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Measles (Rubeola)

Measles (Rubeola)

CDC

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Infection Control and Construction

Construction-related Nosocomial Infections in Patients in Healthcare Facilities

Canada Communicable Disease Report (PDF file)
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Infection Control - Specific Categories

The Infection Hazards of Human Cadavers

T D Healing, P N Hoffman, S E J Young (PDF file)

Infection Control for Anesthesiology

American Society of Anesthesiologists (PDF file)

INFECTION CONTROL IN BURN PATIENTS

Joan Weber, RN, BSN, CIC Infection Control Coordinator,
Shriners Burns Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts (PDF file)

Infection Control in the Physician's Office (2005)

College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario (PDF file)

Infection Control in Dental Settings

http://www.cdc.gov/oralHealth/InfectionControl/index.htm

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Infection Prevention

INFECTION CONTROL GUIDELINE for the Prevention of Healthcare-Associated Pneumonia

Centre for Communicable Diseases and Infection Control Public Health Agency of Canada (PDF)

Calgary Health Region - Post Exposure Management Of Occupational Exposure To Blood & Body Fluids

http://www.calgaryhealthregion.ca/policy/docs/1465/PostExposureGuidelines.pdf

Hand Hygiene in Healthcare Settings

CDC

LIST OF SAFETY-ENGINEERED SHARP DEVICES and other products designed to prevent occupational exposures to bloodborne pathogens

International Healthcare Worker Safety Center, University of Virginia Health System (PDF file)

Links to Safe Needle Devices

State of Alaska Department of Labor

Hand Washing, Cleaning, Disinfection and Sterilization in Healthcare

Health Canada (PDF file)

Negative Pressure Room

OHTAC Recommendations (PDF file)

In-Room HEPA Cleaners: Guidance Document

University Health Network (PDF file)

Engineering Out Needle Stick Injuries

Mary Anne Moser, CRSP, CHSC, RPN, C.OHS (PDF file)

Respirator Trusted-Source Information Page

CDC

NIOSH-Approved Disposable Particulate Respirators (Filtering Facepieces)

CDC - NIOSH

Respiratory Protection in Health Care: Opportunities for Risk Reduction

Don Wright, MD, MPH Director: Office of Occupational Medicine Occupational Safety and Health United States Department of Labor (PDF file)  

Foodborne Infection

Infectious Disease Information - Food-Related Diseases

CDC

Parasitic Diseases

Alphabetical Index of Parasitic Diseases

(CDC)

Vector-borne diseases

(WHO)

Parasites - Schistosomiasis

Schistosomiasis, also known as bilharzia, is a disease caused by parasitic worms. Although the worms that cause schistosomiasis are not found in the United States, people are infected worldwide. In terms of impact this disease is second only to malaria as the most devastating parasitic disease. (CDC)

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