Routine Practices are infection prevention and control practices that should be used during routine care of all patients to prevent the transmission of microorganisms.
Routine practices include but are not limited to:
Additional Precautions are used in addition to Routine Practices when a patient has symptoms or is suspected of being colonized with certain microorganisms/diseases, including COVID-19. Additional precautions may also apply when carrying out certain high-risk procedures, including Aerosol Generating Medical Procedures (AGMPs).
Additional precautions include but are not limited to PPE, dedicated equipment, specialized room accommodations, signage, cleaning procedures etc. These can be further divided into:
Virtual PPE Orientation Video
Caparica Santos, F.N., Matlow, A., and Glover Takahashi, S. (2020) [Please note that this video has been trimmed to begin at 3:42 and end at 10:10, the original video is 10:44].
Government of Canada (2017); Government of Canada (2020); Public Health Ontario (2012); Public Health Ontario (2020)