What’s New

• IPAC Basics courses have been updated on the PHSA Learning Hub 
• Interim Monkeypox IPAC Guidance – updated Aug 8, 2022
• Latest updates on emerging pathogens and communicable diseases (acute hepatitis of unknown etiology among children, pathogenic avian influenza)
• Pause on hosting live Webber Teleconference
• Information and updates on the Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) outbreak
• ICP Orientation Manual has been refreshed and is now also available as a LearningHub course
• PICNet quarterly surveillance report on CDI, MRSA, CPO and Hand Cleaning Compliance, Q1 of 2021/22

Guidelines & Toolkits

• Updated: Respiratory Infection Outbreak Guidelines
• GI Outbreak Guidelines
• Carbapenemase Producing Organisms (CPO) Toolkit
• Antibiotic Resistant Organisms (ARO) Guidelines
• Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) Toolkit

Infection Control Resources

• Precaution Signs
• Infection Control Posters
• Fact Sheets and Brochures
• Infection Control Booklet for Residential Care
• Let’s Go Viral! workshop in-a-box

Recruitment

• We are in the process of expanding our team. Please find bellow current postings:
• Surveillance Systems Coordinator
• Permanent full-time Education and Practice Coordinator
• Permanent full-time Senior Epidemiologist
  
• Lead, Research and Knowledge Translation (8 months)
• Please check back periodically for new postings

 

Upcoming Webinars and Events

• IPAC Canada Webinars and Roadshows

 

Webber Teleclasses

• Sep 13: The cost-effectiveness of temporary single-patient rooms to reduce the risk of HAI
• Sep 15: Influenza: what we can expect
• Sep 20: Reservoirs of pathogens: the microbiological risks of respiratory medical devices

• See all upcoming and archived Teleclasses