(Canada) Infection Prevention & Control Best Practices: Purchasing (PPE) for Routine Practices

This app is to assist the health care provider by providing a concise guide to clean care in the long-term care setting, and home and community care settings. This app is specific to Purchasing (PPE) for Routine Practices and focuses on screening clients/residents, risk assessment, and risk reduction strategies including clean hands, clean equipment, clean environment and health care provider and client education.The employer has the responsibility to provide employees, clients and visitors with protection against infectious materials. They are specifically designed for use when there is contact with blood, body fluids, secretions and excretions, draining wounds, mucous membrane and non-intact skin.