In 2010, the Comité sur les infections nosocomiales du Québec (CINQ) [Québec healthcare-associated infections committee] released its guidelines for preventing and controlling transmission of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae, and then more recently, in 2015, its measures to prevent and control transmission of multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacilli (MDR-GNB) in acute care settings.

The application of infection prevention and control (IPC) measures in long-term care settings (CHSLDs) must be adapted to the characteristics specific to these settings, as well as to the clientele residing in these settings. The purpose of this document is to provide IPC staff working in CHSLDs and the clinicians who practice there with up-to-date information that applies to these...

Gram-negative bacilli (GNB) are bacteria frequently encountered in clinical settings, both as normal flora and as pathogens in a variety of infections.

The use of antibiotics has led to the emergence of various resistance mechanisms and some of these bacteria are now resistant to several classes of antibiotics.

This document was created to help healthcare-associated infection prevention and control (IPC) teams identify major multidrug-resistant. Gram-negative bacilli (MDR-GNB) and implement IPC measures to prevent them from being transmitted to acute care settings in Québec. This document replaces the document published in 2015 and discusses all GNB excluding carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (CPE). Since the latter are important, a separate document has...