Infection Prevention and Control Hub
The Unity Health Toronto Infection Prevention and Control (IPAC) Hub is a team of local IPAC experts dedicated to supporting congregate living settings (CLSs), such as long-term care homes, retirement homes and shelters across parts of Toronto. The team works alongside IPAC staff in these settings to build IPAC knowledge and strengthen practices by offering guidance, education, coaching and resources. The Hub’s approach is collaborative and supportive, tailored to the CLS’s needs and focused on helping CLSs make sustainable, evidence-based improvements.
Here’s how we can support your CLS:
- Host networking opportunities (e.g. community of practices, drop-in sessions) for information sharing, education and collaboration.
- Mentor and coach those most responsible for IPAC in CLSs.
- Assist with outbreak management planning and supporting the implementation of outbreak control measures in collaboration with Toronto Public Health
- Deliver education and training to those who support IPAC in CLSs.
- Work alongside CLSs in the development of IPAC programs, policies and procedures within your organizations.
- Work alongside CLSs in IPAC assessments and audits and feedback of IPAC programs and practices.
- Provide recommendations to strengthen IPAC programs and practices, and support CLSs to implement IPAC recommendations.
To contact the Hub, please email Hub-UHT@unityhealth.to.
Our Values in Action through Hub Work
Unity Health’s core values guide the actions of employees, physicians, volunteers and learners in our goal of providing care to everyone with respect, compassion and dignity. They are embedded in processes, decision-making and strategy deployment, and in how we communicate with, recognize and celebrate each other.
- Human Dignity – protect residents’ health and respect their worth.
- Compassion – partner with staff and respond with empathy during crises.
- Excellence – advance IPAC practice through education and improvement.
- Community – connect long-term care homes, retirement homes and other CLS teams through partnerships and networks.
- Inclusivity – extend IPAC support to all care settings, equitably.
Meet the team
Dr. Matthew Muller
IPAC Medical Director
Lin Tang
IPAC Manager
Angel He
Infection Control Professional
Mariacristina Chirayath
Infection Control Professional
Mikal Bahta
IPAC Associate
IPAC Resources
- Antimicrobial-Resistant Organisms in CLSs
- Candida auris
- Body Fluid Management
- Essential Care Partners (ECPs) and Visitors IPAC education
- Elements of a Hand Hygiene Program
- Cleaning and Disinfection
- Healthcare-Associated Infection Surveillance
- Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) Systems
- IPAC Audits
- Construction, Renovation and Maintenance
- Respiratory Outbreak
- Respiratory Viral Infections: Basics
- Gastroenteritis Outbreak
- Quality Improvement
- Recommendations for Outbreak Prevention and Control in Institutions and Congregate Living Settings: Ministry of Health
- Best Practices for the Prevention of Acute Respiratory Infection Transmission in All Health Care Settings: Provincial Infectious Diseases Advisory Committee
- Cohorting in Respiratory Virus Outbreaks: Public Health Ontario
- Best Practices for Hand Hygiene in All Health Care Settings: Provincial Infectious Diseases Advisory Committee
- Routine Practices and Additional Precautions in All Health Care Settings: Provincial Infectious Diseases Advisory Committee
- Best Practices for Environmental Cleaning for Prevention and Control of Infections in All Health Care Settings: Provincial Infectious Diseases Advisory Committee
- Hand Hygiene: World Health Organization
- Antibiotic Resistant Organism Risk Factor-Based Screening Guidance for All Health Care Settings: Public Health Ontario
- Candidozyma auris (Candida auris): Public Health Ontario
- Carbapenemase Producing Enterobacteriaceae (CPE): Public Health Ontario
- Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA): Public Health Ontario
- Vancomycin resistant enterococci (VRE): Public Health Ontario
- Screen, Testing and Surveillance for Antibiotic-Resistance Organisms (AROs) in All Health Care Settings: Provincial Infectious Diseases Advisory Committee
- Fixing Long-Term Care Act, 2021, S.O. 2021, c. 39, Sched.1.
- Ontario’s Infection Prevention and Control (IPAC) Standard for Long-Term Care Homes
- IPAC Checklist for Long-Term Care and Retirement Homes, March 2025: Public Health Ontario
- IPAC Self-Assessment Audit Tool for LTC and RHs, December 2024: Public Health Ontario
- COVID-19 Long-Term Care and Retirement Home Resources: Public Health Ontario
- Checklist for Office Infection Prevention and Control
- Action IPAC Activities Support IPAC Practices Congregate Living Settings
Last updated July 24, 2026