Infection Prevention and Control (IPAC)

Infection Prevention and Control (IPAC) Program Standard

A national standard developed by Infection Prevention and Control Canada (IPAC Canada)

December 2016

Infection Prevention and Control (IPAC) Program Standard

A national standard developed by Infection Prevention and Control Canada (IPAC Canada)

by the IPAC Canada Working Group

for the IPAC Program Standard

and IPAC Program Audit Tool (PAT?)

Copyright 2016 IPAC Canada/PCI Canada

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PAT? Working Group

Co-Chairs: Karen Clinker MEd BScN CIC CCOHN/CM Infection Control Consultant ? Northwestern Ontario (2006-2014) Public Health Ontario Dryden, Ontario

Members:

Brenda Dyck BScN Infection Prevention and Control Consultant Winnipeg, Manitoba

Jim Gauthier MLT CIC Senior Clinical Advisor, Infection Prevention Sealed Air Diversey Care Kingston, Ontario

Bernice Heinrichs RN MN CIC Infection Control Professional Standards and Projects Team Alberta Health Services Edmonton, Alberta

Shirley McDonald ART CIC IPAC Consultant/Medical Writer (2005-2014) Ontario Agency for Health Protection and Promotion & Public Health Ontario Bath, Ontario

Karen Hope MSc BSc Director IPC ? Calgary Zone Alberta Health Services Calgary, Alberta

Ramona Rodrigues RN BSc MSc(A) CIC ICS-PCI FAPIC Manager, Infection Prevention and Control Service ? Adult Sites McGill University Health Centre Montr?al, Qu?bec

Marion Yetman MN BN CIC Provincial Infection Control Nurse Specialist (2006-2015) Government of Newfoundland/Labrador Department of Health & Community Services St. John's, Newfoundland

Acknowledgements

The authors wish to thank IPAC Canada for facilitating the development of this IPAC Program Standard and the Program Audit Tool (PAT?). Thanks also to the Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health (CADTH) for valuable training of committee members in critical appraisal of the medical literature and other technical support.

Suggested Citation

Infection Prevention and Control (IPAC) Canada. Infection Prevention and Control (IPAC) Program Standard. Can J Infect Control. 2016 December;30(Suppl):1-97.

Supplement

An annex describing the methodology used to produce this IPAC standard, together with the literature search strategy, critical appraisal and stakeholder review process, is available on request to IPAC Canada.

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Reviewers

The IPAC Canada Program Standard was peer reviewed by the following content experts and the IPAC Canada Board, in addition to those on the PAT? working group:

Madeleine Ashcroft RN MHS CIC Regional IPAC Specialist Public Health Ontario Toronto, Ontario

Camille Lemieux BScPhm MD LLB CIC Associate Hospital Epidemiologist University Health Network Toronto, Ontario

Molly Blake BN MHS GNC(C) CIC Infection Control Professional Winnipeg Regional Health Authority Winnipeg, Manitoba

Monique Liarakos BA RN BN Manager Infection Prevention and Control ? LTC Winnipeg Regional Health Authority Winnipeg, Manitoba

Barbara Catt RN BScN M Ed CIC Infection Prevention & Control Coordinator Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre Toronto, Ontario

Monica MacDonald RN Infection Prevention and Control Coordinator St. Martha's Regional Hospital Antigonish, Nova Scotia

Gwen Cerkowniak RN BSN CIC Provincial Infection Control Coordinator (Central) Saskatoon Health Region Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

Shirley McLaren RN CIC Belleville, Ontario

Mandy Deeves BScN RN MPH CIC Network Coordinator Public Health Ontario Orillia, Ontario

Mary-Catharine Orvidas MLT CIC Infection Prevention and Control St. Peter's Hospital Hamilton, Ontario

Tara Donovan BHSc MSc Epidemiologist Fraser Health Authority Surrey, British Columbia

Stephen Palmer CCS IPAC Canada Public Representative Keswick, Ontario

Margaret Gale-Rowe BSc MD MPH Acting Director Professional Guidelines and Public Health Practice Division Centre for Communicable Diseases and Infection Control Public Health Agency of Canada

Kimberly Rafuse BScN,RN,DOHN Infection Control Practitioner Annapolis Valley Health Kentville, NS

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Gary Garber MD FRCPC FACP FIDSA Medical Director PHO Champlain Infection Control Network Ottawa, Ontario

Adeline Griffin RN Acting Director Safety & Clinical Excellence Yukon Continuing Care Whitehorse, YT

Dr. Elizabeth Henderson PhD Director Surveillance, Reporting and Evaluation Alberta Health Services Calgary, Alberta

Lynn Johnston MD MSc FRCPC Professor, Dalhousie University Attending Staff, Nova Scotia Health Authority Halifax, Nova Scotia

Colleen Lambert MLT CIC Infection Control Practitioner Dr. F. H. Wigmore Regional Hospital Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan

Mary LeBlanc RN BN CIC Tyne Valley, Prince Edward Island

Suzanne Rhodenizer Rose RN BScN MHS CIC Health Services Manager Infection Control Nova Scotia Health Authority Halifax Nova Scotia

Michael Rotstein RN BScN MHSc CIC CHE Manager Infection Prevention and Control St. Joseph's Health Centre Toronto, Ontario

Samantha Sherwood RN BSG CIC Internal Quality Specialist Bayshore Home Health Mississauga, Ontario

Kathryn Suh MD FRCPC CIC Associate Director, IP&C Program Ottawa Hospital ? Civic Campus Ottawa, Ontario

Marilyn Weinmaster RN BScN CIC Infection Control Practitioner Regina Qu'Appelle Health Region Regina, Saskatchewan

Lisa Young BA (Hons) CIC Leader, Infection Prevention and Control (IPAC) BC Emergency Health Services Provincial Health Services Authority Victoria, British Columbia

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