Guidelines from the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC)
The following guidelines have been developed by the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC). For a complete listing of guidelines, visit the PHAC website.

Basic Practices

• Infection Control Guidelines - Hand Washing, Cleaning, Disinfection and Sterilization in Health Care (1998)
• Routine Practices and Additional Precautions for Preventing the Transmission of Infection in Health Care - Revision of Isolation and Precaution Techniques (1999)
• Preventing Infections Associated with Indwelling Intravascular Access Devices (1997)

Diseases/Organisms
Antimicrobial Resistance

• Controlling Antimicrobial Resistance (1997)
• Preventing the Spread of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci (VRE) in Canada (1997)

Bloodborne Pathogens

• Proceedings of the Consensus Conference on Infected Health Care Workers: Risk for Transmission of Bloodborne Pathogens (July 1998)
• Preventing The Transmission Of Bloodborne Pathogens In Health Care And Public Service Settings (May 1997)
• An integrated protocol to manage health care workers exposed to bloodborne pathogens (March 1997)

Creutzfeld Jakob Disease

• Classic Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease in Canada (2002)
• Advisory Notice: Infection Control for Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (1996)

Hepatitis C

• Hepatitis C - Prevention and Control: A Public Health Consensus (June 1999)
• Guidelines and Recommendations on the Prevention and Control of Hepatitis C (1995)

Meningococcal Disease

• Guidelines for Control of Meningococcal Disease (1994)

SARS

• Infection Control Guidance in a Non-Outbreak Setting, (In the Absence of SARS) When an Individual Presents to a Health Care Institution With a Respiratory Infection (2003-12-17)
• Infection Control Guidance if there is a SARS Outbreak Anywhere in the World, When an Individual Presents to a Health Care Institution With a Respiratory Infection (2003-12-17)

Tuberculosis

• Guidelines for Preventing the Transmission of Tuberculosis in Canadian Health Care Facilities and Other Institutional Settings (1996)

Viral Hemorrhagic Fever

• Canadian Contingency Plan for Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers and Other Related Diseases (1997)

Practice Settings

• Laboratory Biosafety Guidelines (1996)
• Foot Care by Health Care Providers (1997)
• Construction-related Nosocomial Infections in Patients in Health Care Facilities: Decreasing the Risk of Aspergillus, Legionella and Other Infections (2001)
• Prevention and Control of Occupational Infections in Health Care (2002)
• Infection Prevention and Control Practices for Personal Services: Tattooing, Ear/Body Piercing, and Electrolysis (1999)
• A National Consensus on Guidelines for Establishment of a Post-Exposure Notification Protocol for Emergency Responders (1995)