Infection Control During Construction or Renovation
of Health Care Facilities

Case Studies

1. Case Study On Construction Infection Control
   
   Active Blood and Marrow Transplant Unit, Health Sciences Centre — Winnipeg, Manitoba
   
   The first of its kind in Canada and possibly North America, the Construction Infection Control Project was completed within a Nursing Station serving an active Blood and Marrow Transplant (BMT) Unit at the Health Sciences Centre (HSC) in Winnipeg, Manitoba while it remained fully operational. (pdf version)
   
   
   
2. Health Canada Issues Standard for Construction Precautions in Hospitals
   
   

   Health Canada has released a national standard for precautions to be taken during construction and maintenance work in hospitals and other health care settings.

   Contractors performing work in health care facilities must take care to apply these standards with diligence to minimize the very real risk of their work causing illness and death in susceptible patients. (pdf version)