Infection Prevention and Control for Congregate Living Settings

Integrating infection prevention and control (IPAC) best practices into care in congregate living settings will reduce the transmission of infections, decrease the risk of outbreaks, and protect residents, staff, and visitors. Implementation of IPAC best practices is essential to creating and maintaining a safe and healthy congregate living setting.

We offer expertise and tools to help health care workers understand and implement IPAC practices.

Outbreak Preparedness, Prevention and Management in Congregate Living Settings

Checklist to help administrators and staff members in a range of congregate living settings plan for, prevent and manage communicable diseases/infectious disease outbreaks.

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This PHO Rounds will present an overview of C. auris and focus on an upcoming Ministry of Health (MOH) Enhanced Surveillance Directive (ESD) expected in July, which will communicate changes to the C. auris reporting expectations.

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Infection Prevention and Control

ipac@oahpp.ca

Updated 27 Oct 2025