The Infection Prevention and Control Department is staffed with 5 Infection Control Professionals and has the support of an Infectious Diseases physician. We work collaboratively with all staff and our regional partners to provide a seamless system meeting the need of our patients, staff and the public.

We provide numerous services to the TBRHSC including:

• Providing a safe environment for patients, family and staff
• Daily review of all inpatients for appropriate insolation precautions
• Ongoing surveillance of Febrile Respiratory illness (FRI)
• Ongoing surveillance of Antibiotic Resistant Organisms(ARO- C-difficile, MRSA, VRE, ESBL)
• Monitoring of any potential infectious disease that may require isolation precautions
• Detecting any clusters of infections which might escalate to an outbreak situation
• Providing education to all patients, families
• Providing support to all staff throughout the organization
• Providing policy and procedure development according to best practice guidelines

Policy development meets the best practice guidelines provided by various organizations including the Provincial Infectious Disease Advisory Committee (PIDAC) and reflect the most current research and standards.

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