The Canadian Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Program (CNISP) Publications
The Canadian Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Program (CNISP) is a collaborative effort between the Public Health Agency of Canada's Centre for Communicable Diseases and Infection Control (CCDIC) and the National Microbiology Laboratory (NML), and sentinel hospitals across Canada who participate as members of the Canadian Hospital Epidemiology Committee (CHEC), a standing committee of the Association of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Disease (AMMI) Canada.
Established in 1994, the objectives of CNISP are to provide national and regional rates and trends on selected healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) and antimicrobial resistant organisms (AROs), as well as provide key information that informs the development of federal, provincial and territorial infection prevention and control programs and policies. At present, 70 sentinel hospitals from 10 provinces and one territory participate in the CNISP network.
Below are the definitions and protocols for the healthcare associated infections currently under surveillance by the CNISP.
For protocols or documents not appearing below, contact CNISP: cnisp-pcsin@phac-aspc.gc.ca
Surveillance Definitions
CNISP Surveillance Protocols
- Surveillance for COVID-19 and other viral respiratory infections among inpatients in CNISP hospitals (2021)
- Hospital Antibiogram Protocol (2022)
- Antimicrobial Utilization (AMU) Protocol (2022)
- Surveillance for Candida auris (2022)
- Surveillance Protocol for Carbapenemase-Producing Organisms (CPO) in CNISP Hospitals (2022)
- Surveillance for Clostridioides difficile infection, CDI (2022)
- Surveillance for Central Line Associated Blood Stream Infections (CLABSI) in Intensive Care Units, ICUs (2022)
- Surveillance of Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF) Shunt Associated Surgical Site Infections (SSIs) Surveillance Protocol (2022)
- Surveillance Protocol for Methicillin-Resistant (MRSA) and Methicillin-Susceptible Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) Bloodstream Infections in CNISP Hospitals (2021)
- Surveillance of Surgical Sites Infections Following Pediatric Cardiac Surgery (2020)
- Surveillance of Surgical Sites Infections (SSIs) Following Hip and Knee Arthroplasty (2022)
- Surveillance Protocol for Vancomycin Resistant Enterococci (VRE) Bloodstream Infections in CNISP Hospitals (2022)
Other Documents
- Canada Communicable Disease Report: Nosocomial Infection Surveillance (May 2020)
- CNISP Infographic: Healthcare-associated infection rates in Canadian hospitals (2020)
- Summary Report of Healthcare Associated Infection (HAI), Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) and Antimicrobial Use (AMU) Surveillance Data (from January 1, 2013 to December 31, 2017)
- Laboratory Surveillance (2019)
- Device-associated infections in Canadian acute-care hospitals (from 2009 to 2018)
