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Manuals

  • 200 Bed Emergency Hospital
  • 50-60 Bed Emergency Hospital
  • A Guide to Green Government
  • A Submitter's Guide for Compliance with Part V of the Medical Devices Regulations
  • Acceptable Methods
  • Active Tuberculosis Case Report Form - New and Re-treatment Cases (January, 2008)
  • Additional Provincial/Territorial Services Information Exchange
  • Advanced Treatment Centre
  • Advisory Committee on Institutional and Medical Services (A.C.I.M.S.) Hospital Claims Manual
  • Advisory Committee Statement; (ACS-10): Interferon gamma release assays for latent tuberculosis infection Canadian Tuberculosis Committee
  • Advisory Committee Statement; (ACS-9): Housing conditions that serve as risk factors for tuberculosis infection and disease Canadian Tuberculosis Committee
  • Advisory Notice: Infection Control for Creutzfeldt - Jakob disease (1996)
  • Analytical Methods and Techniques for Colours in Foods
  • Analytical Methods for Pesticide Residues in Foods
  • Analytical Methods for the Regulatory Analysis of Foods
  • B.F.M.M. Financial Coding Manual
  • Bacteriology of Tuberculosis
  • BCG Vaccine Usage in Canada – Currentand Historical
  • Blood Collection and Blood Component Manufacturing
  • Blood Lead Intervention Levels and Strategies
  • Canada Communicable Disease Report (CCDR)
  • Canadian Drug Identification Code
  • Canadian Environmental Protection Act Human Health Risk Assessment for Priority Substances
  • Canadian Guide to Clinical Preventative Health Care B The Canadian Task Force on the Periodic Health Examination
  • Canadian Guidelines for Sexual Health Education
  • Canadian Guidelines on Sexually Transmitted Infections 2006 Edition
  • Canadian Immunization Guide 7th Edition, 2006
  • Canadian Immunization Guide Fourth Edition, 2006
  • Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants Handbook
  • Canadian Pandemic Influenza Plan
  • Canadian Pandemic Influenza Plan for the Health Sector
  • Canadian Recommendations for the Prevention and Treatment of Malaria Among International Travellers- (CCDR 2000; 26S2:1-42)
  • Canadian Street Youth and Substance Use: Findings from Enhanced Surveillance of Canadian Street Youth, 1999-2003 (November 2007)
  • Canadian Transfusion Adverse Event Reporting Form User's Manual
  • Canadian Tuberculosis Standards 2007
  • Canadian Water Guidelines
  • Casualty Collecting Unit
  • Casualty Simulation
  • CATMAT and NACI - Travel, Influenza and Prevention- (CCDR 1996; 22: 141-145)
  • Chemistry and Manufacturing: New Drugs
  • Classic Creutzfeldt -Jakob Disease in Canada- Quick Reference Guide 2007
  • Clinical Guidelines for Medical Services Personnel
  • Coal Liquefaction and Health: Elements of a Worker Health Surveillance Program
  • Code of Practice - General Principles of Food Hygiene for Use by the Food Industry in Canada
  • Community Health Nursing (Saskatchewan region)
  • Compendium of Analytical Methods - Vol. 1 - Official Methods of Microbiological Analysis for Foods
  • Compendium of Analytical Methods - Vol. 2 - HPB Methods of Microbiological Analysis for Foods
  • Compendium of Analytical Methods - Vol. 4- Detection of Extraneous Matter in Foods
  • Compendium of Analytical Methods -Vol. 3 - Laboratory Procedures of Microbiological Analysis for Foods
  • Completing an Application for Registration as a Proprietary Medicine
  • Conduct and Analysis of Bioavailability and Bioequivalence Studies - Part AA@
  • Conduct of Clinical Investigations
  • Construction-related Nosocomial Infections in Patients in Health Care Facilities: Decreasing the Risk of Aspergillus, Legionella and Other Infections
  • Consumer Drug Advertising
  • Containment Standards for Veterinary Facilities
  • Control Guideline: Routine Practices and additional Precautions for Preventing the Transmission of Infection in Health Care
  • Controlling Antimicrobial Resistance - An Integrated Action Plan for Canadians (Background Information) May 1997
  • Course Manual - Emergency Health/Social Services Planning (Community)
  • Course Manual - Hospital Emergency Planning
  • Course Manual - Special Care Facility Emergency Planning
  • DAS British Columbia Region Analytical Methods
  • DAS British Columbia Region Standard Operating Procedures
  • DAS Drug Analysis Service (DAS) National Analytical Methods
  • DAS National Standard Operating Procedures
  • DAS Ontario Region Analytical Methods
  • DAS Ontario Region Standard Operating Procedures
  • Dental Practitioner Information Kit
  • Departmental Security Manual of Health Canada
  • Design Guidelines - Part 1, Space and Furnishings
  • DFS Procedures
  • Diagnostic Reference Testing of Selected Viruses
  • Diagnostic x-ray equipment compliance and facility survey
  • Direction for Use of Estrogen-Progestin Combination Oral Contraceptives
  • Disinfectants: Preparation of Application for Drug Identification Number
  • Dose - Response Information To Support Drug Registration
  • Drug Distribution Manual
  • Emergency Based Medicine - (CCDR 1994; 20: 145-147)
  • Emergency Clothing Manual
  • Emergency Food Services Manual
  • Emergency Health Services Health Supplies
  • Emergency Hospital (Operating Manuals)
  • Emergency Lodging Manual
  • EMS Self-Assessment Guide
  • Environment (CCME), 1992
  • Environmental Contaminants Manual
  • Exposure Guidelines for Residential Indoor Air Quality
  • Fever in the International Traveller - (CCDR 1997; 23: 1-8)
  • Financial Management Guide for projects funded under the Population Health Fund
  • Financial Management Manual (volumes 1 to 3)
  • Food, Drug, Cosmetic and Medical Device Projects to Be Conducted During Program Year
  • Foreign Service Directives
  • Form Completion Guidelines for the Reporting Form for a Case of infectious TB on an Aircraft (February 2008)
  • Framework for Research on Active Living
  • Fungal contamination in public buildings: A guide to recognition and management
  • General principles for labeling and advertising claims that relate to the nutrition recommendations
  • Good Manufacturing Practices, 3rd Edition
  • Guide for applicants, Population health Fund: Rural and Remote Health Innovations Initiative
  • Guide for the labeling of drugs for veterinary use
  • Guide for the Preparation of Plant Master Files and Imported Drug Submissions
  • Guide to Project Evaluation
  • Guidelines for Biomedical Facilities using Sheep as Research Animals
  • Guidelines for Canadian Drinking Water Quality, Sixth Edition
  • Guidelines for Canadian Recreational Water Quality
  • Guidelines for developing a Pesticide Toxicology Database
  • Guidelines for developing pesticide residues data in foods as consumed
  • Guidelines for Evaluation of Safety and Efficacy of Antimastitis Intramammary Infusion Drugs
  • Guidelines for Evaluation of Safety and Efficacy of Teat Dip Formulations
  • Guidelines for health information programs involving the sale of foods
  • Guidelines for incidental additive submissions
  • Guidelines for Infection Control
  • Guidelines for Product Monographs and Package Inserts for Schedule C. Drugs
  • Guidelines for Safe Use of Ultrasound: Part II - Industrial and Commercial Applications - Safety Code 24
  • Guidelines for Submissions under Section 17 of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act
  • Guidelines for the Development of Efficacy Data to Support the Use of Animal Drugs in Feeds
  • Guidelines for the nomenclature and classification of externally visible defects in metal containers of canned foods
  • Guidelines for the Notification and Testing of New Substances: Chemicals and Polymers
  • Guidelines for the Notification and Testing of New Substances: Organisms
  • Guidelines for the Practice of Travel Medicine
  • Guidelines for the Preparation of Drug Submissions on Schedule C Drugs
  • Guidelines for the Preparation of Toxicity and Residue Submissions for the Human Safety of Veterinary Products Intended for Use in Food Producing Animals
  • Guidelines for the Production, Distribution, Retailing and Use of Refrigerated Prepackaged Foods with Extended Shelf Life
  • Guidelines for the Safe Use of Ultrasound Part I: Medical and Paramedical Applications - Safety Code 23
  • Guidelines for Working with the Private Sector
  • Guidelines on nutrition labeling
  • Hazardous Products Act Reference Manuals
  • Health - Based Tolerable Daily Intakes / Concentrations and Tumorigenic Doses / Concentrations for Priority Substances
  • Health Canada. Quality Determinants of Organized Breast Cancer Screening Programs in Canada
  • Health Canada. Report from the Evaluation Indicators Working Group: Guidelines for Monitoring Breast Cancer Screening Program Performance
  • Health Protection and Drug Laws
  • Homeopathic Preparations: Application for Drug Identification Numbers
  • Hospital Disaster Supplies
  • Housing an Aging Population: Guidelines for Development and Design
  • Human Health Risk Assessment for Priority Substances
  • Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS)
  • ICH - Clinical Safety Data Management: Definitions and Standards for Expedited Reporting
  • ICH - Dose - Response Information to Support Drug Registration
  • ICH - Impurities in New Drug Substances
  • ICH - Stability Testing of New Drug Substances and Products
  • ICH - Studies in Support of Special Populations: Geriatrics
  • ICH - The Extent of Population Exposure to Assess Clinical Safety for Drugs Intended for Long-Term Treatment of Non-Life-Threatening Conditions
  • Indoor Air Quality in Office Buildings: A Technical Guide
  • Industrial Hemp Technical Manual
  • Infection Control Guidance in a Non-Outbreak Setting, (In the Absence of SARS) When an Individual Presents to a Health Care Institution With A Respiratory Infection
  • Infection Control Guideline: An Integrated Protocol to Manage Health Care Workers Exposed to Blood borne Pathogens
  • Infection Control Guideline: Canadian Contingency Plan for Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers and Other Related Diseases
  • Infection Control Guideline: Foot Care by Health Care Providers
  • Infection Control Guideline: Guidelines for Preventing the Transmission of Tuberculosis in Canadian Health Care Facilities and Other Institutional Settings
  • Infection Control Guideline: Hand Washing, Cleaning, Disinfection and Sterilization in Health Care
  • Infection Control Guideline: Infection Prevention and Control Practices for Personal Services: Tattooing, Ear/Body Piercing, and Electrolysis
  • Infection Control Guideline: Occupational Health In Health Care
  • Infection Control Guideline: Preventing Infections Associated with Indwelling Intravascular Access Devices
  • Infection Control Guideline: Preventing the Spread of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci (VRE) in Canada
  • Infection Control Guideline: Preventing the Transmission of Blood borne Pathogens in Health care and Public Services Settings
  • Infection Control Guideline: Proceedings of the Consensus Conference on Infected Health Care Workers - Risk for Transmission of Blood borne Pathogens
  • Infection Control Guideline: Routine Practices and additional Precautions for Preventing the Transmission of Infection in Health Care
  • Inspection of Biologics Manufacturers
  • Inspection Procedures for Food Plant Inspectors
  • Investigating Human Exposure to Contaminants in the Environment: A Handbook for Exposure Calculations
  • Labeling of Cosmetics
  • Labeling of Drugs for Human Use
  • Laboratory Biosafety Guidelines
  • Laboratory Guidelines for Serotyping and Biotyping Campylobacters
  • Laboratory Methods for Neisseria Gonorrhoeae
  • Laboratory Methods for the Diagnosis of Legionnaire Disease
  • Laboratory Quality Assurance Standards
  • Limits of Exposure to Radiofrequency Fields at Frequencies from 10 kHz - 300 GHz - Safety Code 6
  • Management of Emergency Delivery
  • Management of Viral Hepatitis: A Canadian Consensus Conference, 2003/2004
  • Manufacture and Testing of Biologics Produced by Recombinant DNA Technology
  • Manufacture and Testing of Monoclonal Antibodies and Their Conjugates
  • Menopause
  • National Alcohol and Drug Treatment Centers - Design 2 costs guidelines
  • National Consensus Conference on Foodborne, Waterborne and Enteric Disease Surveillance November 1995
  • National Consultation on the Role of the Laboratory Centre for Disease Control in Tuberculosis Prevention and Control) Proceedings and Recommendations July 1994
  • National Enforcement Reports (Prosecutions, Recalls, Imported Products Unacceptable for Sale in Canada, Seizures forfeited)
  • National Guidelines for Environmental Noise Control
  • National Health Research and Development Program Career Awards Guide
  • National Health Research and Development Program Projects Guide
  • National Health Research and Development Program Training Awards Guide
  • National Immunization Strategy
  • National Symposium on Risk and Prevention of Infectious Diseases for Emergency Response Personnel September 1994
  • National Workshop on Tuberculosis, HIV and Other Emerging Issues - Proceedings May 1993
  • Native Alcohol Abuse Program (Manitoba region)
  • NIHB Program directives
  • Nurses' Drug Classification System
  • Nursing Manual - a reference book for Indian Health Nurses (Atlantic, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan regions)
  • Occupational Health Assessment Guide
  • Occupational Health Nursing Manual
  • Occupational Safety and Health Manual B HC
  • Office Air: A Worker's Guide to Air Quality in Offices, Schools and Hospitals
  • Ontario Region - Procedures for Conducting Compliance Activities
  • Oral Contraceptives (1994)
  • Patient Care in Flight
  • Persistent Diarrhea in the Returned Traveler - (CCDR 1997; 23: 1-8)
  • Personal Services: Psychosocial Planning for Disasters
  • Pharmacy Provider Information Kit
  • Plasmid Biology and Recombinant DNA Methodology
  • Policy Guide for the Management of Advisory Committees in Health Canada
  • Population Health Fund - Guide for Applicants
  • Preparation of Human New Drug Submissions
  • Preparation of Investigational New Drug Submissions
  • Preparation of Veterinary New Drug Submissions
  • Product Master Files
  • Product Monographs
  • Product Recall Procedures
  • Programmatic Guidelines for Screening for Cancer of the Cervix in Canada
  • Protocols for Identification of Neisseria Species
  • Public Service Health Manual for Environmental Health Officers
  • Radiation Protection in Computed Tomography Installations - Safety Code 31
  • Radiation Protection in Dentistry - Recommended Safety Procedures for Use of Dental X-Ray Equipment - Safety Code 30
  • Radiation Protection In Mammography - Safety Code 33
  • Radiation Protection in Veterinary Medicine - Recommended Safety Procedures for Installation and Use of Veterinary X-Ray Equipment - Safety Code 28
  • Radiation Safety Codes
  • Radiation Safety for Baggage X-Ray Inspection Systems
  • Reference Guide of Funding Sources for Health Research in Canada
  • Regional Interim Directives Manual (Manitoba region)
  • Registration and Inquiry Manual
  • Registration Handbook
  • Regulatory and Quarantine
  • Regulatory Directives
  • Requirement for the Safe Use of Baggage X-Ray Inspection Systems - Safety Code 29
  • Requirements for Industrial X-ray Equipment Use and Installation - Safety Code 27
  • Resources Catalogue (Quebec region)
  • Safety Code 23. Guidelines for the Safe Use of Ultrasound Part I - Medical and Paramedical Applications
  • Safety Code 24. Guidelines for the Safe Use of Ultrasound: Part II - Industrial and Commercial Applications. 1991
  • Safety Code 25. Short-Wave Diathermy Guidelines for Limited Radio Frequency Exposure
  • Safety Code 27. Requirements for Industrial X-ray Equipment Use and Installation
  • Safety Code 28. Radiation Protection in Veterinary Medicine Recommended safety procedures for installation and use of veterinary x-ray equipment
  • Safety Code 29. Requirements for the Safe Use of Baggage X-Ray Inspection Systems
  • Safety Code 30. Radiation Protection in Dentistry. Recommended Safety Procedures for the Use of Dental X-Ray Equipment
  • Safety Code 31. Radiation Protection in Computed Tomography Installations
  • Safety Code 32. Safety Requirements and Guidance for Analytical X-ray Equipment
  • Safety Code 33. Radiation Protection in Mammography
  • Safety Code 6. Limits of Human Exposure to Radiofrequency Electromagnetic Fields in the Frequency Range from 3kHz to 300 GHz
  • Safety Requirements and Guidance for Analytical X-Ray Equipment - Safety Code 32
  • Sanitation and Environmental Health Manual for CHR's
  • Sanitation Code for Canada's Food Service Industry
  • Ship's Nurse Manual
  • South Zone Field Administrative Manual (Manitoba Region)
  • Stability Testing of new Drug Substances and Products (ICH)
  • Staphylococcal Phage Typing of Staphylococcal Microorganisms
  • Statement on Hepatitis A Vaccines for Travelers- (CCDR 2001; 27: 3-12)
  • Statement on High-Altitude Illnesses - (CCDR 1998; 24: 1-9)
  • Statement on Japanese Encephalitis Vaccine - (CCDR 1998; 24: 1-4)
  • Statement on Meningococcal Vaccination for Travelers - (CCDR 1999; 25: 1-6)
  • Statement on Motion Sickness
  • Statement on Oral Cholera Vaccination - (CCDR 1998; 24: 1-3)
  • Statement on Overseas Travelers and Typhoid - (CCDR 1994; 20: 61-63)
  • Statement on Poliomyelitis Vaccination for International Travelers - (CCDR 1995; 21: 145-148)
  • Statement on Travelers and HIV/AIDS - (CCDR 1994; 20: 147-149)
  • Statement on Travelers and Rabies Vaccine - (CCDR 1994; 20: 201-204)
  • Statement on Travelers and Sexually Transmitted Diseases - (CCDR 1994; 20: 204-208)
  • Statement on Travelers' Diarrhea - (CCDR 2001; 27 (ACS-3): 1-12)
  • SVS Guide
  • The Assessment of Mutagenicity Health Protection Branch Mutagenicity Guidelines
  • The Lot by Lot Testing and Release Program
  • The Professional Practices Framework – IIA Research Foundation
  • The Risk and Prevention of Tuberculosis Travelers - (CCDR 1997; 1-8)
  • The use of opioids in the management of opioid dependence
  • Toxicological Evaluation
  • Traditional Herbal Medicines
  • Training Manuals (Course material) - Work planning & Budgeting - Travel - Lotus Notes Basic Training
  • Transfer Payment Procedures Manual
  • Travel Medicine Recommendation: Dengue Fever & International Travel - (CCDR 1996; 22: 25-28)
  • Travel Statement on Jet Lag - (CCDR 1995; 21: 148-151)
  • Treatment Outcome of a New Active or Re-treatment Tuberculosis Case
  • Tuberculosis Case Reporting and Treatment Outcome Form Completion Guidelines - (January, 2008)
  • Tuberculosis Fact Sheets
  • Tuberculosis in Canada 2004
  • Tuberculosis in Canada 2006 Pre-Release
  • Tuberculosis Screening and the International Traveler - (CCDR 1996; 22: 149-154)
  • Tuberculosis: Drug Resistance in Canada 2007
  • Utilization of Continuous Cell Lines in the Manufacture of Biologics
  • Viral, Rickettsial, Chlamydial, Mycoplasma Reagents
  • X-ray equipment in medical diagnostic part a: recommended safety procedure