Infection control practitioners provide education to employees, volunteers, physicians, patients and their families regarding infection prevention and control topics.
The Infection Prevention and Control (IPAC) program strives to increase awareness throughout Eastern Health of infection control issues and to improve technique and practices through employee education and activities.
We invite you to check out the resources below. A list of IPAC definitions is available for your reference.
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Resources and Additional Precautions Information
Infection Control Information
Infection and Disease Information
- Bed Bugs (2017, PDF)
- Chicken Pox (2017, PDF)
- C. Difficile (2017, PDF)
- Extended-Spectrum Beta Lactamase (ESBL) Producing Bacteria (2017, PDF)
- Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) (PDF)
- Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) (PDF)
- Scabies (2017, PDF)
- Shingles (PDF)
- Vancomycin Resistant Enterococcus (VRE) (PDF)
- Norwalk and Noroviruses Fact Sheet (PDF)
- Tuberculosis (2017, PDF)
- Hepatitis B (2017, PDF)
- Hepatitis C (2017, PDF)
- Carbapenum Resistant Gram Negative Bacili (2017, PDF)
- Invasive Group A Streptococcus (2017, PDF)
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