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Volume: 27S2 • July 2001
Construction-related Nosocomial
Infections in Patients in Health Care Facilities
Decreasing the Risk of Aspergillus, Legionella and Other Infections
Introductory Statement
This document, Construction-related Nosocomial Infections in Patients
in Health Care Facilities: Decreasing the Risk of Aspergillus, Legionella
and Other Infections, has been developed under the direction of the
Health Canada Infection Control Guidelines Steering Committee. It is intended
to aid health care professionals to improve the quality of health care.
The information in this document is designed to assist in developing policies,
procedures and evaluative mechanisms to ensure an optimal level of care.
The information in this document was current at the time of publication.
It should be emphasized that areas of knowledge and aspects of technology
advance with time.
The Health Canada Infection Control Guidelines Steering Committee acknowledges,
with sincere appreciation, the many professionals who contributed advice
and information to this endeavour.
Professionals using this document are encouraged to refer to the Health
Canada Infection Control Guidelines series for further information
and recommendations related to infection prevention and control. The series
includes the following:
- Routine Practices and Additional Precautions for Preventing Transmission
of Infection in Health Care (1999)
- Infection Prevention and Control Practices for Personal Services:
Tattooing, Ear/Body Piercing and Electrolysis (1999)
- Hand Washing, Cleaning, Disinfection and Sterilization in Health
Care (1998)
- Preventing the Spread of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci (VRE)
in Canada (1997)
- Preventing Infections Associated with Foot Care by Health Care
Providers (1997)
- Preventing Infections Associated with Indwelling Intravascular
Access Devices (1997)
- Preventing the Transmission of Bloodborne Pathogens in Health Care
and Public Services Settings (1997)
- Canadian Contingency Plan for Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers and Other
Related Diseases (1997)
- Preventing the Transmission of Tuberculosis in Canadian Health
Care Facilities and Other Institutional Settings (1996)
- Long Term Care Facilities (1994)
- Occupational Health Prevention and Management of Infectious Diseases
in Health Care Workers (2001)
- Prevention of Nosocomial Pneumonia (1990) (under revision)
- Antimicrobial Utilization in Health Care Facilities (1990)
- Prevention of Surgical Wound Infections (1990)
- Prevention of Urinary Tract Infections (1990)
- Organization of Infection Control Programs in Health Care Facilities
(1990)
- Perinatal Care (1988)
For information regarding the above Health Canada publications, contact:
Division of Nosocomial and Occupational Infections
Bureau of Infectious Diseases
Centre for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control
Public Health Agency of Canada
Health Canada, PL 0603E1
Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0L2
Telephone: (613) 952-9875
Fax: (613) 998-641
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