- Public Health Ontario: Clinical Office Practice
- Public Health Ontario: Infection Prevention and Control Organizational Risk Assessment for Clinical Office Practice
- Public Health Ontario: Organizational Risk Assessment Clinical Office Practice Form
- Public Health Ontario: IPAC Checklist for Clinical Office Practice Core Elements
- Public Health Ontario: IPAC Checklist for Clinical Office Practice Reprocessing of Medical Equipment
Infection Prevention and Control
Infection Prevention and Control (IPAC) includes practices and steps based on research (known as evidence-based practices) to lower the risk of infections. When these are followed regularly in healthcare settings, they help keep patients, residents, clients, healthcare providers, and visitors safe from infections.
Congregate Living Settings (CLSs)
- Public Health Ontario: COVID-19 Resources for CLSs
- Public Health Ontario: IPAC Self-Assessment for CLSs
- Public Health Ontario: Action IPAC - Activities to Support IPAC in CLSs
- Public Health Ontario: Outbreak Preparedness, Prevention, and Management in CLSs
- Public Health Ontario: Cohorting in Respiratory Virus Outbreak
Long-Term Care Homes (LTCHs) and Retirement Homes (RHs)
- Public Health Ontario: IPAC Checklist for Long-Term Care and Retirement Homes
- Public Health Ontario: IPAC Self-Assessment Audit for Long-Term Care Homes and Retirement Homes
- Public Health Ontario: Infection Prevention and Control for Long-Term Care Homes (PHO, 2020)
- IPAC Canada: Long-Term Care Surveillance Toolkit
- PICNet Report Template
- Public Health Ontario: Reprocessing
- IPAC Canada: Reprocessing of Critical Foot Care Devices in Healthcare Settings
- IPAC Canada: Reprocessing of Critical and Semi Critical Devices in Community Healthcare Settings
- PIDAC: Best Practices for Cleaning, Disinfection and Sterilization of Medical Equipment/Devices in All Healthcare Settings
IPAC Canada and Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) Resources
- IPAC Canada: Non-Acute Care Resources
- IPAC Canada: National Infection Control Week
- IPAC Canada: Surveillance and Epidemiology Resources
- IPAC Canada: Infection Control Resources
- APIC/IPAC-Canada: Ethical Infection Prevention and Control (EIPAC) Decision-Making Framework
- APIC: Practice Guidance for Infection Prevention
Public Health Ontario (PHO) and Provincial Infectious Diseases Advisory Committee (PIDAC) Resources
- Public Health Ontario: Infection Prevention and Control
- Public Health Ontario: Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Auditing
- Public Health Ontario: FAQ - Significant Organisms in Environmental Cleaning
- PIDAC: Best Practices for Infection Prevention and Control Programs in Ontario
- PIDAC: Best Practices for Surveillance of Healthcare-Associated Infections in Patient and Resident Populations
- PIDAC: Best Practices for Infection Prevention and Control Programs in Ontario in All Healthcare Settings
- PIDAC: Best Practices for Environmental Cleaning for Prevention and Control of Infections in All Healthcare Settings
- PIDAC: Best Practices for Hand Hygiene in All Healthcare Settings
- PIDAC: Routine Practices and Additional Precautions in All Healthcare Settings
- PIDAC: Best Practices for the Prevention of Acute Respiratory Infection Transmission in All Healthcare Settings
- See additional resources on the PIDAC webpage
The Communicable Disease Control (CDC) program is available to answer IPAC related questions and can review/provide feedback for IPAC policies/procedures. Call us at 705-474-1400 or toll free at 1-800-563-2808, ext. 5229, or by email to cdc@healthunit.ca for more information.
Last updated: Nov. 2025, by CDC