Friday July 30, 2010
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Welcome to the Central South Infection Control Network (CSICN), located in the Central South region of Ontario, Canada, closely following the geographic boundaries established for the Hamilton Niagara Haldimand Brant Local Health Integration Network(LHIN).


Updated Isolation Signs!

The CSICN Education Subcommittee has been busy updating the isolation signs for Droplet, Droplet/Contact, Contact and Airborne and their French versions to reflect the PIDAC Routine Practices and Additional Precautions in Health Care Facilities best practices. The signs are yours to use in your facilities if you wish, with the hope of many facilities utilizing the same signs. Click here to down load (choose save to desktop) or visit our update Resources page.


Long Term Care Pocket Guides!
The non-acute care pocket guides developed by one of our
regional networks are in!Contents of the guide include
understanding the need to do a Risk Assessment before every
task or duty. Symptom Based Precautions, Precautions at a
Glance, Infectious Diseases and Specimen Collection to name
a few. If you would like some for your facility, contact the
to make arranges to have some picked up.


IPAC Pocket Guide Now Available On-line!
 
An electronic version of the IPAC Pocket Guides has been developed and just a click away! All the pertinent infection control information from Risk Assessment to PPE sequence along with a complete Index of Disease and Causative Organism are available simply by clicking here. We hope it becomes one of your new favorites!
 
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