The RVH North Central Infection Prevention and Control (IPAC) Hub provides support to a variety of community partners in their IPAC practices. The Hub works closely with the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit (SMDHU) in providing this support and direction, and welcomes any questions that facilities within our region may have.
Examples of supported facilities include long-term care homes, retirement homes, shelters, assisted living centres, developmental services, and other organizations which provide assistance to others. Below you will find resources which may be accessed and distributed to support IPAC best practices.
Contact Information:
Manager: Lisa Dufour, BScH, BScN, MSc PHCNP
Phone: 705-728-9090 Ext. 44550
Email: dufourl@rvh.on.ca
Ashley Allan RN, BScN, CIC
Regional IPAC Practitioner
Tel: (705) 817-6315
Email: allana@rvh.on.ca
Mustansir Diwan, MSc, CIC, LTC-CIP
Regional IPAC Practitioner
Tel: (249) 535-4269
Email: diwanm@rvh.on.ca
Tyeler Zusko, BSc, CIC
Regional IPAC Practitioner
Tel: (705) 229-9846
Email: zuskot@rvh.on.ca
The RVH IPAC Hub works in coordination with the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit (SMDHU) to build the overall IPAC capacity of the supported homes in the Simcoe Muskoka region and prevent spread of communicable disease within these settings. Services provided include but are not limited to the following:
- On-site IPAC assessments
- IPAC education and training for staff and residents/clients
- A Community of Practice (CoP), with monthly meetings (every third Thursday of the month) that includes attendance from Public Health Ontario and SMDHU liaisons
- Recommendations on IPAC best practices
- Implementation support
- Outbreak management in collaboration with SMDHU
RVH IPAC Hub Newsletter – Mar 2024
RVH IPAC Hub Newsletter – Feb 2024
RVH IPAC Hub Newsletter – Jan 2024
RVH IPAC Hub Newsletter – Dec 2023
RVH IPAC Hub Newsletter – Nov 2023
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RVH IPAC Hub Newsletter – Apr 2023
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RVH IPAC Hub Newsletter – Jan 2023
RVH IPAC Hub Newsletter – Nov 2022
RVH IPAC Hub Newsletter – Oct 2022
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RVH IPAC Hub Newsletter – Aug 2022
RVH IPAC Hub Newsletter – Jul 2022
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RVH IPAC Hub Newsletter – Mar 2022
RVH IPAC Hub Newsletter – Feb 2022
RVH IPAC Hub Newsletter – Jan 2022
04-2024 Managing Measles in Congregate Living
03-2024 Auditing for LTCHs, RHs, CLS
01-2024 Bed Bugs and Lice Toolkit
11-2023 CloroxPro Lunch and Learn – Review of IPAC Canada 2023 National Conference
10-2023 Tuberculosis (TB) Toolkit
09-2023 A Short Introduction to MLITSD Role
09-2023 Outbreak Management by SMDHU
08-2023 Fall Preparedness/Respiratory Viruses
07-2023 Preventing Bacterial Foodborne Illness
06-2023 Ticks, Lyme Disease, and West Nile Virus
05-2023 Sexually-Transmitted Blood-borne-Infections
04-2023 Hep B and its IPAC Implications
03-2023 Medical Device Reprocessing
02-2023 An overview of GAS disease
01-2023 What does it mean when there’s a new variant?
12-2022 Yuletide and the Pandemic
11-2022 Navigating Through the Current Infodemic
09-2022 Additional Precautions Signage
05-2022 Supporting People Through Isolation
04-2022 Strategic Plan 2022-23
02-2022 Sector-IPAC MicroCredentials Presentation
10-2021 Planning & Tools for Respiratory Virus Season
08-2021 IPAC Practitioners COVID-19 Update
06-2021 PHO LTCH CoP Hub IPAC Education
04-2021 ONT Health LTCH CoP Northern Central Hub Cohorting & Physical Distancing
03-2021 SMRCP IPAC Hub Community of Practice
- Ontario’s Infection Prevention and Control (IPAC) Standard for Long-Term Care Homes
- COVID-19 Guidance for the Health Sector – MOH and MLTC
- COVID-19 guidance document for LTCH in Ontario – MLTC
- COVID-19 Vaccine-Relevant Information and Planning Resources – MOH
- COVID-19 Long-Term Care and Retirement Home Resources – PHO
- COVID-19 Resources for Congregate Living Settings – PHO
- Ontario Respiratory Virus Tool – PHO
- Retirement Homes Regulatory Authority (RHRA) Special Advisories
- Current Outbreaks – Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit (SMDHU)
- COVID-19 Community Risk Level – SMDHU
- Outbreak Resources – SMDHU
- IPAC Canada Webinars (archive plus registration for upcoming webinars)
- The Canadian Journal of Infection Control
- Canadian Standards Association (CSA) new CSA Z8004:22 standards document for LTCH operations and IPAC
Last Updated: April 08, 2024