IPAC Hub

The Windsor-Essex County Health Unit (WECHU) IPAC Hub provides services to the following congregate living settings funded by various Ontario ministries: 

• Assisted living;

• Licensed retirement homes;

• Long-term care homes;

• Children’s residences;

• Supportive housing;

• Emergency shelters;

• Child and youth mental health treatment programs (live-in or secure);

• Violence against women emergency shelter and supports;

• Adult mental health and addictions;

• Adult developmental/ intervenor services’ programs;

• Anti-human trafficking specialized accommodations for survivors of human

• trafficking;

• Indigenous healing and wellness strategy bed-based programs; and,

• Youth justice facilities and open secure custody settings; 

Goal of the Windsor-Essex IPAC Hub

The goal of the IPAC Hub is to strengthen IPAC knowledge within local organizations and be a resource for education focused on:

• Infectious agents; how they are transmitted, their signs and symptoms, common hosts, incubation periods, diagnostic tests and antimicrobial medicines.
• Infection prevention practices; hand hygiene, environmental cleaning, disinfection, sterilization, isolation practices, PPE and immunization

WECHU’s IPAC Hub Team will work in partnership with you to provide IPAC support and services such as:

• Supporting assessments and audits of IPAC programs and practices.
• Supporting the development and implementation of IPAC programs, policy, and procedures
• Mentoring IPAC leads/staff
• Hosting virtual communities of practice (CoP) to support information sharing, learning and networking.
• Offering Educational supports both remotely (virtually) or onsite.