Links and Resources

The following links are of use to IPAC Canada members in this chapter. For other links, visit IPAC Canada's Links webpages:

• Links and Resources
• Best Practices
• Influenza Resources
• IPAC Canada Audit Toolkit
• Surveillance and Statistics Resources

Local Links

Hospitals

• Brockville General Hospital
• Hotel Dieu Hospital
• Kingston General Hospital
• Providence Care
• Quinte Healthcare Corporation

Health Units

• City of Ottawa Health Department (Ottawa)
• Eastern Ontario (Cornwall)
• Hastings & Prince Edward (Belleville)
• Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox & Addington (Kingston)
• Leeds, Grenville & Lanark (Brockville)
• Peterborough County-City (Peterborough)
• Renfrew County & District (Pembroke)

Health Authorities

• Fraserhealth Authority: www.fraserhealth.ca
• Interior Health Authority: www.interiorhealth.ca
• Provincial Health Services Authority: www.phsa.ca
• Provincial Infection Control Network: www.picnetbc.ca
• Northern Health Authority: www.northernhealth.ca
• Vancouver Coastal Health Authority: www.vch.ca
• Vancouver Island Health Authority: www.viha.ca

Provincial Links

• Communicable Disease Surveillance Protocols for Ontario Hospitals
• Ontario Agency for Health Protection and Promotion (OAHPP)
• Ontario Association of Community Care Access Centres (CCAC)
• Ontario Gerontology Association (OGA)
• Ontario Health Units
• Ontario Hospital Association (OHA)
• Ontario Long Term Care Association (OLTCA)
• Ontario Ministry of Community and Social Services
• Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care (MOHLTC)
• Ontario Nurses' Association
• Ontario Public Health Association (OPHA)
• Provincial Infectious Diseases Advisory Committee (PIDAC) - Ontario

Acute Care Links

• Canadian Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Program (CNISP)
• Case Definitions for Diseases under National Surveillance
• Epi Info (free epidemiology shareware from the CDC)
• Evidence-based Guidelines (from CHICA-Canada)
• National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) - U.S.
• All the Virology on the World Wide Web

Long-Term Care Links

• Canadian Immunization Guide
• CDC: Management of Influenza in Long-Term Care Settings
• IPAC Canada's Influenza Website
• FluWatch
• Guidelines for Preventing the Transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Health-Care Settings (MMWR)
• Home Hygiene & Health
• National Network for Immunization Information (WHO)