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Canada Communicable Disease Report - Supplement
Volume: 23S8
December 1997

INFECTION CONTROL GUIDELINES

Foot Care by Health Care Providers

Introductory Statement

Table of Contents

List of Participants

Introduction

1. Causes of Common Foot Infections
2. Foot Problems in Persons Living with Diabetes
3. Risk of Infection Following Foot Care

Sources and Reservoirs of Foot Infection

Recommendations

Summary

Bibliography

Health Canada would like to thank all of the individuals and organizations who reviewed and provided comments on the draft Foot Care by Health Care Providers. Their
contributions assisted in the final revision. In particular, Health Canada would like to acknowledge the following organizations that responded to the draft:

Canadian Podiatric Medical Association

Canadian Nurses Association

Victorian Order of Nurses Canada

Victorian Order of Nurses for Nova Scotia

College of Chiropodists of Ontario

Ontario Society of Chiropodists

Ontario Podiatry Association

College of Nurses of Ontario

Manitoba Association of Chiropodists

Saskatchewan Association of Chiropodists

Alberta Podiatry Association

Division of Nosocomial and Occupational Infections
Bureau of Infectious Diseases
Laboratory Centre for Disease Control
Health Protection Branch
Health Canada
Ottawa, Ontario

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