This guide is to inform and educate group home staff on current recommendations for infection prevention and control measures, to reduce the risk of transmission of microorganisms in group homes settings.
Contact the Communicable Disease Control Program at 705-474-1400 or 1-800-563-2808 ext. 5229 in the event of increased illness at your group home.
Group Homes
Group home infection prevention and control resource manual
Community Shelters
Community shelter infection prevention and control resource manual
Group Homes and Community Shelters
Diseases of public health significance list
Outbreak quick reference chart
Quick Reference to Detecting COVID-19 Outbreak
Institutional Outbreak Line Listing
How to collect a stool specimen
Cleaning and disinfection in community settings
Recommended steps for putting on and taking off personal protective equipment
Fact sheets
Clostridium difficile (C.difficile or C.diff)
Influenza / La grippe
Invasive Group A Streptococcus (iGAS)
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA)
Norovirus / Le norovirus
Vacomycin-Resistant Enterococci (VRE)