Partnerships With External Committees
Infection Prevention and Control Canada builds relationships with individuals, committees and institutions that influence and relate to infection prevention and control in Canada and globally. Below is a growing list of partnerships that reflect our involvement.
| Reporting To Board through Executive Director | |
| Committee/Task Group | Representative |
| Accreditation Canada | Director(MD) |
| Canadian Antimicrobial (AMR) Resistance Innovation Coalition (CAIC) | Zahir Hirji and Executive Director |
| Canadian Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Program (CNISP) | Victoria Williams |
| Canadian Nurses Association Network of Nursing Specialties | Madeleine Ashcroft |
| Canadian Patient Safety Institute (CPSI) | President, IPAC Canada and Executive Director |
| CPSI Safety Improvement (Quality Assurance/ Knowledge Transfer) Projects | Anne Bialachowski |
| Canadian Standards Association | |
| CSA Perioperative Committee | Anne Bialachowski |
| CSA Sterilization Technical Committee TC-Z262 | Merlee Steele-Rodway |
| CSA Strategic Steering Committee on Healthcare Technologies and Systems | Murtuza Diwan |
| CSA Z8000 Health Care Design | Barb Shea |
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CSA Technical Subcommittee on HVAC Systems in HCFs
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Christine Moussa
Jessica Fullerton
Sharon Wilson |
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CSA Z317.13 Infection Control During Construction, Renovation and Maintenance of HCFs |
Jessica Fullerton |
| CSA Z317.10 Handling of Health Care Waste Materials | Sandra Dunford |
| CSA Cleaning and Disinfection Standard | Ramona Rodrigues |
| CSA Technical Subcommittee on Performance and Testing of Filtering Respirators | Tara Hunt |
| Certification Board of Infection Control and Epidemiology (CBIC) | President, IPAC Canada |
| Chief Public Health Officer Health Professions Forum | President IPAC Canada and Executive Director |
| CPHO Subcommittee: Substance Use and Stigma | Jacqueline Hlagi |
| CPHO Subcommittee: Indigenous Health | Amanda Brizard |
| CPHO Subcommittee: Antibiotic Resistant Organisms | Molly Blake and Executive Director |
| Health Standards Association, IPC Recognition Program | Executive Director (interim) |
| Immunize Canada | Alice Silva |
| International Federation of Infection Control (IFIC) | (Board) Donna Moralejo and President, IPAC Canada |
| National Collaborating Centre for Infectious Diseases /Antibiotic Awareness Week | Barbara Catt |
| National Patient Safety Roundtable | President, IPAC Canada |
| Pan-Canadian Surveillance Advisory Group | Jennifer Happe, Anne MacLaurin (CPSI) |
| Public Health Agency of Canada - AMR IPAC Task Group | Tara Donovan |
| Sinai Health System/UHN Antimicrobial Stewardship Program, National Practice Guidelines for Community- acquired Pneumonia and Cellulitis | Madeleine Ashcroft |
