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Services
Our friendly IPAC team is here to support you. If your facility requires IPAC support and you would like to request a service, or if you have any questions, please email us at congregatesetting@wdgpublichealth.ca.
For urgent IPAC questions or assistance, or for Public Health outbreak management support, please continue to call WDG Public Health at 1-800-265-7293 ext. 4752.
We can support you with:
- IPAC education and training
- Focused audits of IPAC practices
- Implementation support and strengthening of IPAC practices and programs
- Coaching/mentoring for IPAC leads
- Outbreak management planning and support
- Customized templates to streamline your documentation
- Support with staff onboarding plans
Resources
- Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
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- Donning and Doffing PPE Incorrectly (Virtual Activity)
- How To – Don and Seal Check N95 Respirators (Video)
- PPE Donning and Doffing Tips Sheet
- Additional Precautions PPE Comparison Chart (PDF)
- Additional Precautions Infographic (PDF)
- Signage Download:
- PPE Donning Poster from Public Health Ontario
- PPE Doffing Poster from Public Health Ontario
- Auditing:
- Hand Hygiene
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- 4 moments of hand hygiene pocket card (PHO)
- Hand Hygiene Product Placement Checklist (PHO)
- Maintenance of Hand Hygiene Products and Equipment Checklist (PHO)
- Hand hygiene resources (PHO)
- Auditing:
- Hand Hygiene Observations Fact Sheet and Observation Form
- Email us for a paper-based audit tool template
- Hand Hygiene Audit E-Tool (Electronic audit tool you can adapt for your own facility)
- Instructions for adapting and using the WDGPH Hand Hygiene Audit E-Tool
- Short video providing overview of how to use the E-Tool
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Environmental Cleaning and Disinfection
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- Environmental Cleaning and Disinfection Webinar. June 7, 2023 - Recording (Video)
- Environmental Cleaning and Disinfection Principles
- Criteria for Selecting a Disinfectant
- How to Read a Disinfectant Product Label
- Environmental Cleaning Cart Fact Sheet
- Auditing:
- Email us for a paper-based audit tool template
- Environmental Cleaning Cart Audit E-tool (Electronic audit tool you can adapt for your own facility)
- Short video and instructions for how to use WDGPH E-tools
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Point of Care Risk Assessment (PCRA)
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- What is a Point of Care Risk Assessment (PCRA)? (Video)
- PCRA Fact Sheet
- Risk Assessment Tool (PDF)
- Dress for Success - Point of Care Risk Assessment (PCRA) Review (Video)
- PCRA and Sources of Contamination in a Washroom (Virtual Activity)
- Additional Precautions (Droplet Contact) Case Scenario Virtual Activity (Virtual Activity)
- Additional Precautions (Contact) Case Scenario Virtual Activity (Virtual Activity)
- Outbreaks
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If you suspect an outbreak, call WDGPH to report.
Daytime: 1-800-265-7293 ext. 4752
After Hours: 1-877-884-8653The IPAC Hub can provide onsite support prior to or during an outbreak. Support can include auditing assistance or IPAC huddles to relay key IPAC messages with a hands on component.
- Vaccine and Fall Preparedness Information Session, September 2024 (Video)
- WDGPH’s Respiratory Illness Activity Dashboard
- How To – Completing a Lab Requisition (Video)
- How To – Completing a Line List (Video)
- Signage Download:
- Test Requisitions:
For more information on COVID-19 prevention and control please visit Public Health Ontario’s Long Term Care and Retirement Homes or Congregate Living Settings.
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Infection Prevention and Control Basics
- Other
Training Programs
- IPAC Champion Capacity Building Program
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- 4-month capacity building program available to IPAC Leads in Long-Term Care (LTCH) and Retirement Homes (RH) across WDG
- Each month a new IPAC topic will be covered. Using a hands-on and tailored approach, participants will
- Learn: attend a monthly meeting to increase knowledge
- See: learn from the IPAC Hub during on-site facility education
- DO: Provide education to staff
- Learn More about our program by watching this short information session
- Why Participate:
- Build IPAC capacity and increase base knowledge
- Improve IPAC practices within your facility
- Access new tools and resources
- Build skills and confidence to teach other staff
- Meet other IPAC leads in the WDG area
What our past participants have said:
“As the lead, this program has helped improve my ability to provide IPAC education to staff”
“I loved the in-person education sessions”
- Mentorship Program for Environmental Service Managers
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This ongoing mentorship program has been created to support novice environmental service managers. This hybrid program offers two virtual education sessions followed by an onsite component that is tailored to your facility’s needs.
Why participate:
- Build IPAC capacity and increase knowledge
- Support with reviewing your department and assessing where your needs are
- Ideas for training and education for staff
- Access new tools and resources