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1. Homes must perform infectious disease surveillance of the resident population and respond to surveillance findings as required under the Act and O. Reg. 79/10. This includes, ensuring that there is an outbreak management system for detecting, preventing, managing, and controlling infectious disease outbreaks. How often does the home perform active surveillance for both infection prevention and control?

Daily
Couple of times a month
Less than once a month

2. Audits are expected to be performed, reviewed and should cover all aspects of infection prevention and control, including mandatory requirements of surveillance, additional activities set out in the home's IPAC program, outbreak prevention and staff diligence and consistency with hand hygiene, PPE and routine practices to understand areas of improvement. How often does the home perform IPAC audits?

Daily
1-3 times a week
Completed on a monthly basis

3. IPAC policies and procedures should include mandatory annual re-training and education of all staff, and other personnel that continue to attend the home on a regular basis. The IPAC Lead is expected to track the completion of each person's IPAC training (both initial and any retraining), and how often the training has been repeated.

3a. Has your IPAC lead received in depth IPAC training including hand hygiene, PPE, environmental cleaning, surveillance and outbreak management?

3b. How often do the registered staff and PSW’s receive qualified IPAC training?

Monthly
Every 6 months
Yearly

3c. Has the environmental services team received qualified IPAC training?

3d. Has the dietary/food prep team received qualified IPAC training?

4. Homes are required by law to have all staff participate in the implementation of the IPAC program. A system for monitoring and improving staff compliance with IPAC policies and procedures should be developed and implemented. How often do the IPAC policies in the policy manual get updated/revised?

Monthly
Yearly
On a needed basis

5a. Chief Medical Officer of Health’s Directive # 5 requires that a point-of-care risk assessment be performed by every regulated health professional working in the home before every resident interaction. If the regulated health professional, then determines based on their clinical judgment and proximity to the resident, that there is a need for an N95 respirator in the delivery of care or services, then the home must provide that individual and any other staff encountering the resident, with a fit-tested N95 respirator. Have all staff in your home received N95 fit testing?

5b. When was the last time your staff received fit testing?

Less than a year ago
More than a year

7a. Homes are required under O Reg 79/10 to have their IPAC program evaluated and updated at least annually in accordance with evidence-based practices. However, homes are encouraged to review their IPAC program and update it more frequently to ensure it meets the requirements of Canada’s Accreditation Standards. Is your home accredited by Accreditation Canada?

7b. When was the last time the home performed an analysis on the standards set out by Accreditation Canada?

More than a year ago
Less than a year ago

8a. Homes should establish an interdisciplinary team to manage outbreaks, including, at a minimum, the IPAC lead and organization leadership. Every home must have an outbreak management system for detecting, managing, reporting and controlling infectious disease outbreaks. Does your home know and understand the key responsibilities and management if an outbreak were to occur?

8b. Who is responsible for the management of an outbreak?

8c. Does that individual have any other responsibilities outside of managing an outbreak?

9a. Testing and screening strategies should ideally include a combination of lab-based PCR and rapid testing to prevent outbreaks and increase surveillance. Testing and screening strategies should ideally include a combination of lab-based PCR and rapid testing to prevent outbreaks and increase protection for staff, essential caregivers and residents. How often does your home perform testing?

Daily
2-4 times a week
Less than once a week

9b. How is your test performed? Is it a self-administered test or a designated employee?

Self-administered
Designated Employee

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