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Provincial Infectious Diseases Advisory Committee (PIDAC) Knowledge products (best practice documents)

1. Cleaning, Disinfection and Sterilization
2. Environmental Cleaning for Prevention and Control of Infections
3. Infection Prevention and Control Programs in Ontario
4. Hand Hygiene
5. Routine Practices and Additional Precautions in all health care settings (updated July 2011)
1. (Annex A) Screening, Testing and Surveillance for Antibiotic-Resistant Organisms in all health care settings (updated February 2012)
2. (Annex B) Prevention of Transmission of Acute Respiratory Infection
3. (Annex C) Testing, Surveillance and Management of Clostridium Difficile
6. Sexually Transmitted Infections Case Management and Contact Tracing
7. Surveillance of Health Care-Associated Infections (updated October 2011)
   

1. Presentation: Surveillance of Health Care Associated Infections (August 7, 2008)
   (73 pages, PDF, 675 Kb)
2. Presentation: C Difficile and Surveillance (June 26, 2008)
   (66 pages, PDF, 531 Kb)
3. Presentation: Management of Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) in all health care settings (August 2011) (15 pages, PDF, 433 Kb)
1. Frequently asked questions – Management of Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae in all health care settings (PDF)
4. Environmental Cleaning Toolkit: Standardized Training to Improve Cleaning (April 24, 2012) (74 pages, PDF,1.90 MB)
   
   

The Environmental Cleaning Toolkit  provides Environmental Service Managers and Infection Control Professionals a variety of teaching tools to educate front-line staff on best practices in environmental cleaning.

This information requires knowledgeable interpretation and is intended primarily for use by health care workers and facilities/organizations providing health care including pharmacies, hospitals, long-term care facilities, community-based health care service providers and pre-hospital emergency service in non-pandemic settings.

1. Hand Hygiene Fact Sheet for Health Care Settings
   (2 pages, PDF, 50 Kb)
2. L’hygiène des mains dans les établissements de santé
   (3 pages, PDF, 42 Kb)
3. Flash Sterilization in Health Care Settings
   (2 pages, PDF, 45 Kb)
4. Addition to PIDAC Guideline Documents
   (1 page, PDF, 30 Kb)
5. Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in the Community
   English Version (4 pages, 109 Kb)
   
6. Routine Practices Fact Sheet for Health Care Settings
   English Version (1 page, 402 Kb)
   
   

This information requires knowledgeable interpretation and is intended primarily for use by health care workers and facilities/organizations providing health care including pharmacies, hospitals, long-term care facilities, community-based health care service providers and pre-hospital emergency service in non-pandemic settings.

1. Evidence-Based, Public Health Response to Recent Measles Activity in Ontario
   English version
   French version
   (1 page, PDF, 49 Kb)
2. Bat Rabies Post-Exposure Prophylaxis
   English version
   French version
   (1 page, PDF, 49 Kb)