IPAC Education and Training

Public Health Ontario Online Learning

PHO Online Learning: IPAC for Non-Clinical Staff

This course is designed specifically for people who do not have formal health care training and work in a congregate living environment. It will provide learners with the IPAC knowledge they need to keep themselves, their clients and their co-workers safe from infections in workplaces like shelters, group homes, residential treatment centres and other facilities. Participants will learn how to conduct a risk assessment, perform proper hand hygiene, when and how to use personal protective equipment safely, the basics of administrative and environmental infection control measures, and best practices for outbreak management.

Target audience: Non-clinical staff
Course duration: Each module takes approximately 10 minutes to complete
Modules: 8 – one overview module and seven content modules.
Certificate of completion: Yes, upon completion of 8 modules.

Infection Prevention and Control for Environmental Cleaning in Health Care

These online learning modules are intended for stakeholders seeking education and training on IPAC and environmental cleaning. They are intended for both frontline environmental service workers and managers, as well as infection control professionals working in all health care settings.

PHO Online Learning: IPAC For Health Care Workers

IPAC Core Competencies are basic skills and knowledge all Ontario health care workers need to have. This course will help learners improve their IPAC knowledge to help decrease the risk of transmission of infection in health care. This information can help protect workers, their clients/patients/residents, and co-workers from infections, regardless of their role, position, education and experience.

Target audience: These courses are intended for all health care workers in all health care settings.
Course duration: 10-15 minutes per module
Modules: 7 (Please note that there are four versions of module 7, Personal Risk Assessment. You are only required to complete the module that aligns with your health care setting.)
Certificate of completion: Yes, after completion of the test at the end of each module. Users must score 100% on each test to receive the certificate for that module.

Infection Prevention and Control Tips for Visiting All Health Care Settings (video)

Infection Prevention and Control Tips for Visiting All Health Care Settings

This provides basic infection prevention and control (IPAC) information to patients and residents receiving care in a variety of settings, as well as families and visitors. It provides knowledge on how to prevent the spread of infections and improve the understanding of why care providers and staff perform certain IPAC measures when providing care.

PIDAC Best Practice Documents

Best Practices for Hand Hygiene in All Health Care Settings, 4th edition April 2014

This document was developed to provide best practices for the performance of hand hygiene in health care settings across the continuum of care. This includes, but is not limited to, acute care, complex continuing care, rehabilitation facilities, long-term care homes, chronic care, pre-hospital care and home health care.

Recommendations for the Prevention, Detection and Management of Occupational Contact Dermatitis in Health Care Settings, October 2019

This document covers the primary, secondary and tertiary prevention of irritant and allergic contact dermatitis in health care workers (HCW) in health care settings. The focus is on HCWs with exposures to wet work and allergenic substances in the workplace, with the goal of providing recommendations for the prevention, early diagnosis and management of contact dermatitis.

Routine Practices and Additional Precautions In All Health Care Settings, 3rd edition, November 2012

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.

Best Practices for Environmental Cleaning for Prevention and Control of Infections in All Health Care Settings, 3rd Edition, April 2018

This best practice document deals with cleaning and disinfection of the physical environment in health care as they relate to the prevention and control of infections. It is targeted to those who have a role in the management of cleaning/housekeeping services for the health care setting