Healthcare Facility Design and Construction Resources
IPAC Canada offers these links for additional resources for infection control professionals. Links presented here do not imply endorsement by IPAC Canada.
Additional resources and tools may be found on IPAC Canada's Facility Design & Construction Interest Group web page (IPAC Canada member password required). Courses and education may be found on IPAC Canada's Education calendar of events.
Resources useful to ICPs involved in construction and maintenance projects:
- Guidelines for Design and Construction of Hospitals and Outpatient Facilities -Facility Guidelines Institute (FGI
- Mould Information Site -Canadian Construction Association
- Canadian Standards Association - Health Care Facility Engineering Standards
- CAN/CSA-Z317.13-17 - Infection control during construction, renovation, and maintenance of health care facilities -Canadian Construction Association
- CAN/CSA-Z8001-18 - Canadian Health Care Facilities -Canadian Construction Association
- Construction-related Nosocomial Infections in Patients in Health-Care Facilities (2001)
Guideline from the Public Health Agency of Canada - Design Guide for the Built Environment of Behavioral Health Facilities
National Association of Psychiatric Health Systems, 2014 - Guidelines for Environmental Infection Control in Health-Care Facilities (2019)
Guideline from the CDC - Infection Prevention and Control Commissioning Toolkit
Infection Prevention Society (U.K.) - Infection Prevention Manual for Construction & Renovation -Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (2015)
