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KINGSTON HOSPITALS

INFECTION CONTROL MANUAL
The complete Kingston Hospitals Infection Control manual can be found on each nursing unit, in the hospital library, and in most major departments. The complete Infection Control manual is also available for staff on the KGH intranet. The following table of contents gives an overview of the information contained in the Kingston Hospitals Infection Control manual. We are happy to share information with health professionals outside of our hospital as time permits, however there may be limitations placed on the amount of information we can send to you.

For more information please contact the Infection Control Service
[613-548-3232 ext 4015 OR send email ].

TABLE OF CONTENTS

SECTION 1: THE INFECTION CONTROL PROGRAM

• 1-01 Purpose, Principle Functions, Goals
• 1-10 Joint Infection Control Committee Terms of Reference

SECTION 2: PREVENTION OF INFECTIONS

• 2-05 Hand Hygiene
• 2-10 Routine Practices
• 2-14 Cleaning, Disinfection & Sterilization Practices
• 2-15 Item/Equipment Specific Decontamination Routines
• 2-18 Decontamination Practices for Toys
• 2-20 Sharps: Management & Injury Prevention
• 2-25 Gloves: Indications & Procedures
• 2-30 Masks/Eyewear: Indications & Procedures
• 2-35 Gowns: Indications & Procedures
• 2-40 Waste Management & Disposal
• 2-45 Management & Transportation of Specimens
• 2-50 Microbiological Sampling of the Environment
• 2-60 Bat Encounters
• 2-70 Construction
• 2-75 Endoscope Procedures
• 2-80 Prevention of Ventilator Associated Pneumonia

SECTION 3: ISOLATION/PRECAUTIONS

• 3-10 Disease/Organism Specific Precautions
• 3-15 Contact Precautions [download Isolation Sign]
• 3-17 Droplet Precautions [download Isolation Sign]
• 3-20 Airborne Precautions [download Isolation Sign]
• 3-21 Enhanced Contact and Respiratory Precautions [download Isolation Sign]
• 3-25 Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) >[see our Fact Sheet]
• 3-30 Vancomycin Resistant Enterococci (VRE) [see our Fact Sheet]
• 3-40 Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea (CDAD) [see our Fact Sheet]
• 3-45 Scabies [see our Fact Sheet]
• 3-50 Pediculosis (lice) [see our Fact Sheet]
• 3-55 Cytomegalovirus (CMV)
• 3-60 Creutzfelt-Jacob Disease (CJD) [see our Fact Sheet]
• 3-65 Tuberculosis [see our Fact Sheet]
• 3-70 Biological Disasters/Events
• 3-75 Barrier Supply Cart
• 3-80 Postmortem Care
• 3-85 Cystic Fibrosis
• 3-90 Creation of a Negative Pressure Isolation Ward

SECTION 4: OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH ISSUES

• 4-10 Work Restrictions for Personnel Infected with or Exposed to Certain Diseases
• 4-20 Occupational Exposure to a Bloodborne Pathogen
• 4-30 Meningococcal Disease Exposure [see our Fact Sheet]
• 4-40 Tuberculosis Surveillance and Exposure Follow - up

SECTION 5: SURVEILLANCE FOR INFECTIONS

• 5-15 Surgical Site Surveillance
• 5-25 Line Associated Bloodstream Infection
• 5-35 Ventilation Associated Pneumonia in ICU
• 5-40 Multi-drug Resistant Organisms (MRO)

SECTION 6: COMMUNICABLE DISEASES/CLUSTERS/OUTBREAKS

• 6-10 Communicable and Reportable Diseases
• 6-20 Identification and Management of a Cluster or Outbreak
• 6-40 Prevention and Control of Influenza Outbreak at Longterm Care Facilities
• 6-50 Management of a Legionella Outbreak/Cluster