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Routine Practices Information Sheet

Point of Care Risk Assessment

 

• PCRA Algorithm‎ 
• PCRA Best Practices Guideline
  

Hand Hygiene

 

• VCH Hand Hygiene Policy
  
• BC Best Practices for Hand Hygiene
  
• 4 Moments for Hand Hygiene poster - Acute Care
  
• 4 Moments for Hand Hygiene poster - Long Term Care
  
• Hand Hygiene Products and Ordering Information 
  
• ABHR Dispenser Placement Recommendations
• Long Term Care HH Audit Tool 
  
• VCH Regional HH Audit Tool
• How to Hand Wash - Poster
• How to Hand Wash - Video
• How to Hand Rub - Poster
• How to Hand Rub - Video

 Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

• Best Practice Guideline - Indications for Medical Masking in Healthcare Settings
  
• Donning Personal Protective Equipment - poster
  
• Donning Personal Protective Equipment - video
• Doffing Personal Protective Equipment - poster
• Doffing Personal Protective Equipment - video
• Donning and Doffing Personal Protective Equipment - translated (Simplified and Traditional Chinese, Farsi, French, Hindi, Punjabi, Spanish, Tagalog)
  
• Guideline for Cleaning and Disinfecting Eye Protection
  

Respiratory Hygiene

 

• Cover Your Cough poster
• VCH Entrance sign
  

Antimicrobial Stewardship

 

VCH antimicrobial stewardship program (ASPIRES) has developed pre-printed order sets, clinical resources/guidelines, and antibiograms available on the VCH intranet here.  

• Surgical Prophylaxis Recommendations 
  
• VCH Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) Management for Adults Guideline 
  
• VCH Clostridium difficile Infection (CDI)  Management Algorithm 
  
• VCH Management of Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) in Non-Pregnant Adults Algorithm 
  

Do Bugs Need Drugs? 

Aseptic Practice

 

• Skin and Wound Management - Infection Prevention and Control 
  

Patient Placement

 

• ‎IPAC Private Room Priority Patient Placement Algorithm 
  
• ARO Acute Care Patient Placement Algorithm 
  
• GI Infection Patient Placement Algorithm  
• Management of Patients Requiring Airborne Isolation in the Absence of Airborne Isolation Rooms 
• Bed Placement for Viral Respiratory Illness (VRI) including COVID-19
  

Waste Management

 

• Biomedical Waste Segregation 
• VCH Waste Management Policy - Acute Sites
  
• VCH Waste Mangement Policy - Community Health Units and Clinics