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= IPAC Overview = |
= IPAC Overview = |
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* Surveillance |
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* Education and training |
* Education and training |
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* Hand hygeine program |
* Hand hygeine program |
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* Routine practices and precautions program |
* Routine practices and precautions program |
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* Membership must includes ICPs, IPAC physician, OHS representation, public health, environmental services representation, nursing and MD representatives, and management |
* Membership must includes ICPs, IPAC physician, OHS representation, public health, environmental services representation, nursing and MD representatives, and management |
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* Can also include representatives from microbiology, ID, equipment processing, OR, epidemiology, and quality assurance |
* Can also include representatives from microbiology, ID, equipment processing, OR, epidemiology, and quality assurance |
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| − | + | == Infection Control Professional (ICP) == |
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* In general, for an acute care facility, should have around 1 ICP per 100 occupied beds |
* In general, for an acute care facility, should have around 1 ICP per 100 occupied beds |
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** This number can vary based on complexity of patient care |
** This number can vary based on complexity of patient care |
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* Must have available a physician trained in IPAC |
* Must have available a physician trained in IPAC |
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* Sits on the committee and is available as-needed otherwise |
* Sits on the committee and is available as-needed otherwise |
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* Helps to coordinate the program |
* Helps to coordinate the program |
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| − | + | = Guidelines & Resources = |
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* Ontario Agency for Health Protection and Promotion. Provincial Infectious Diseases Advisory Committee. [https://www.publichealthontario.ca/en/eRepository/BP_IPAC_Ontario_HCSettings_2012.pdf ''Best Practices for Infection Prevention and Control Programs in All Health Care Settings, 3rd edition'']. Toronto, ON: Queen's Printer for Ontario; May 2012. |
* Ontario Agency for Health Protection and Promotion. Provincial Infectious Diseases Advisory Committee. [https://www.publichealthontario.ca/en/eRepository/BP_IPAC_Ontario_HCSettings_2012.pdf ''Best Practices for Infection Prevention and Control Programs in All Health Care Settings, 3rd edition'']. Toronto, ON: Queen's Printer for Ontario; May 2012. |
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Revision as of 14:09, 11 August 2019
IPAC Overview
Core Components
- Surveillance
- Process measures, often requiring audits
- Outcome measures, such as rates hospital-acquired infections
- Policies and procedures
- Compliance and accreditation
- Occupational health and safety
- Includes requirement for annual influenza vaccination as a rerequisite of employment
- Education and training
Miscellaneous Components
- Hand hygeine program
- Routine practices and precautions program
Staffing Requirements
IPAC committee
- Membership must includes ICPs, IPAC physician, OHS representation, public health, environmental services representation, nursing and MD representatives, and management
- Can also include representatives from microbiology, ID, equipment processing, OR, epidemiology, and quality assurance
Infection Control Professional (ICP)
- In general, for an acute care facility, should have around 1 ICP per 100 occupied beds
- This number can vary based on complexity of patient care
IPAC MD
- Must have available a physician trained in IPAC
- Sits on the committee and is available as-needed otherwise
Administrative Assistant
- Helps to coordinate the program
Guidelines & Resources
- Ontario Agency for Health Protection and Promotion. Provincial Infectious Diseases Advisory Committee. Best Practices for Infection Prevention and Control Programs in All Health Care Settings, 3rd edition. Toronto, ON: Queen's Printer for Ontario; May 2012.
- Association for Professions in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC)
- Heymann D. Control of Communicable Diseases Manual. 20th edition. Washington, DC: American Public Health Association; 2008.
- American Academy of Pediatrics. Red Book: 2018-2021 Report of the Committee on Infectious Diseases. 31st edition. Elk Grove Village, IL: American Academny of Paediatrics; 2018.
- CDC Guidelines Library
