Community-acquired MRSA: a practitioner’s guide

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

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

Public Health Agency of Canada - Construction-related Nosocomial Infections in Patients in Health Care Facilities

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

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

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

Public Health Agency of Canada - Preventing Infections Associated with Indwelling Intravascular Access Devices

Public Health Agency of Canada - Foot Care by Health Care Providers

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

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

Public Health Agency of 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)

 

 

The Canadian Committee on Antibiotic Resistance

Infection Prevention and Control Best Practice Guidelines for Small Animal Veterinary Clinics. (Adobe Acrobat Document)

Pratiques exemplaires de la prévention et du contrôle des infections (document pdf)

The 2007-2008 CCAR ANNUAL REPORT is now ready.
Click here to download it in pdf format

CCAR is pleased to announce the appointment of Margaret Litt as Executive Director effective September 1, 2008.

INFECTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL BEST PRACTICES

UPCOMING EVENTS

26th International Congress of Chemotherapy and Infection "The Changing Climate of Infectious Diseases" Incorporating the AMMI Canada - CACMID Annual Conference 2009