Residential Care Providers

The following information is available for our residential care providers.

Hand hygiene

Hand Hygiene Clinical Practice Guideline Guidelines to appropriate hand hygiene practices within residential care and assisted living.

Influenza

• View the Peer Nurse Immunizer self-study guide for registered nurses.

Respiratory

Respiratory Outbreak Protocol and Tookit for Residential Care and Mental Health and Substance Use Facilities (revised November 2010)

Gastroenteritis

The purpose of this document is to be a resource guide for managers of residential care facilities within the Fraser Health area to assist in preventing, recognizing, and controlling outbreaks of gastroenteritis in their facility.

This document is consistent with principles of:

• Always following "Standard Precautions" as outlined in your facility Infection Control Manual;
• Initiating "Transmission Based Precautions" as indicated in specific situations, and as outlined in your facility  Infection Control Manual; and
• Following the advice and direction of your Infection Control Practitioner.

This document was developed by Fraser Health Public Health Services in consultation with the Fraser Health Residential Care Infection Control Committee.

Managing Outbreaks of Gastroenteritis in Residential Care Facilities

Quick Reference Guide for Managing GI Outbreaks in Residential Care Facilities, with Fax Notification Sheet

Gastrointestinal Outbreak Decontamination Protocol