Community-acquired MRSA: a practitioners guide

Outbreak in Alberta of community-acquired (USA300) methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureusin people with a history of drug use, homelessness or incarceration

A report of the National Advisory Committee on SARS and Public Health October 2003

Resources for Infection Control in Canadian Acute Care Hopsitals (RICH Study) - D. Zoutman.  American Journal of Infection Control. (New!)

Health Canada - Prevention and Control of Occupational Infections in Health Care

Health Canada - Construction-related Nosocomial Infections in Patients in Health Care Facilities

Health Canada - Guidelines for Preventing the Transmission of Tuberculosis in Canadian Health Care Facilities and Other Institutional Settings

Health Canada - Canadian Contingency Plan for Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers and Other Related Diseases

Health Canada - An Integrated Protocol to Manage Health Care Workers Exposed to Bloodborne Pathogens

Health Canada - Preventing the Transmission of Bloodborne Pathogens in Health Care and Public Service Settings

Health Canada - Preventing Infections Associated with Indwelling Intravascular Access Devices

Health Canada - Foot Care by Health Care Providers

Health Canada - Preventing the Spread of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci (VRE) in Canada

Health Canada - Proceedings of the Consensus Conference on Infected Health Care Workers: Risk for Transmission of Bloodborne Pathogens

Health Canada - Infection Prevention and Control Practices for Personal Services: Tattooing, Ear/Body Piercing, and Electrolysis

Community and Hospital Infection Control Association - Canada

Controlling Antimicrobial Resistance: An Integrated Action Plan for Canadians

Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Skin Infections Among Tattoo Recipients --- Ohio, Kentucky, and Vermont, 2004--2005

Science Magazine article on Phage Theray, Richard Stone, Vol 298, October 25, 2002 (Adobe Acrobat Document)

USA-APIC - Associations for Professonals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc.

Personal Hygiene and Methicillinresistant Staphylococcus aureus Infection (Adobe Acrobat Document)

Strategies for Clinical Management of MRSA in the Community: Summary of an Experts Meeting Convened by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Adobe Acrobat Document)

Information on community-acquired MRSA made available from the Mayo Clinic. October 2005 (Adobe Acrobat Document)

 

 

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