Routine Practices and Additional Precautions
Infection prevention and control best practices used by health care workers can reduce the risk of transmitting infections to and from clients, patients, residents and staff in all health care settings. Routine practices refer to minimum practices that should be used with all clients, patients or residents. Additional precautions refer to specific actions that should be taken with individuals that are at risk of transmitting or acquiring disease. We offer expertise, best practices and resources to help you understand and apply routine practices and additional precautions.
Routine Practices and Additional Precautions In All Health Care Settings, 3rd edition
This document outlines the practice of Routine Practices and Additional Precautions (RP/AP) in health care settings across the continuum of care including, but not limited to, pre-hospital care, acute care, complex continuing care, rehabilitation facilities, long-term care, chronic care, ambulatory care and home health care.
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PHO Rounds: Trends and Insights from Infection Prevention and Control Lapse Investigations Supported by Public Health Ontario
This PHO Rounds will summarize trends in IPAC lapse risk assessments that PHO has supported highlighting the settings involved and common deviations from IPAC best practices identified.
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