🇨🇦 Your Trusted IPAC Partner in Canada

IPAC Consulting That Keeps Your Facility Audit-Ready

Expert infection prevention and control for long-term care, dental, veterinary, and healthcare facilities across Ontario and Canada. We find your gaps before an inspector does.

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The Real Cost of Weak Infection Prevention and Control

For healthcare and care facilities, infection prevention and control is no longer optional. One failed inspection, one outbreak, or one compliance gap can put your residents, patients, staff, and reputation at risk. In Ontario and across Canada, the standards keep rising, and the consequences of falling short keep getting more expensive.

Failed inspections and citations:

Ministry and Public Health inspectors are stricter than ever. A single non-compliance finding can trigger orders, fines, and follow-up visits.

Outbreaks that spread fast:

In long-term care, dental, and veterinary settings, infections move quickly. Without the right protocols, a small gap becomes a full outbreak.

Staff who aren't trained:

Most teams want to do the right thing but were never properly trained on hand hygiene, PPE, or cleaning protocols. Gaps in knowledge become gaps in safety.

Damage to your reputation:

Patients and families choose facilities they trust. One public infection incident can undo years of hard-earned credibility.

Where Infection Shield Comes In:

We find the gaps before an inspector does, build IPAC programs that fit how your facility runs, and give your team the training and support to stay compliant year-round.

Our IPAC Consulting Services

Tailored infection prevention and control for healthcare and non-healthcare facilities across Canada. Find the service built for your setting.

IPAC Long-Term Care

Our specialty. Ontario long-term care homes need strong, ongoing IPAC programs, including regular IPAC team meetings and follow-up assessments. We help identify gaps, strengthen your IPAC practices, and prepare your team for inspections and ongoing compliance.

General IPAC

Infection prevention for any setting — offices, schools, daycares, clinics. Practical assessments, staff training, and policies built around how your space actually runs.

Dental Office IPAC

IPAC that holds up to a public health inspection. Sterilization and reprocessing reviews, hands-on staff training, and a custom office manual aligned to RCDSO standards.

Veterinary Hospital IPAC

Protecting animal and human health alike. Zoonotic risk assessment, cleaning and reprocessing protocols, and training shaped around a working clinic.

Construction & Renovation IPAC

Building or renovating near care? We deliver ICRA risk assessments and containment plans that protect patients and keep your project on schedule.

Education & Certification

Structured IPAC education through the International College of Infection Control Professionals, helping your team build the knowledge and skills needed for effective IPAC leadership.

Simple, clear, and stress-free. Three steps to a safer, compliant facility.

Step 1

Free Consult, Then On-Site Assessment

Start with a free consultation. From there, a certified consultant performs a full on-site assessment of your policies, practices, staff, and environment to pinpoint exactly where your gaps are.

Step 2

Your Custom Action Plan

You receive a clear written report with prioritized, easy-to-follow recommendations tailored to how your facility actually runs.

Step 3

Implementation & Ongoing Support

We train your team, help put the plan in place, and stay on as your partner with follow-up audits and continuous guidance.

Why Choose Infection Shield?

When it comes to infection prevention and control, experience and credibility matter. Here’s why facilities across Canada trust us.

Led by a Medical Doctor

Founded by Dr. Kamyab Ghatan, MD, AL-CIP, CIC, LTC-CIP, DISIPC, CDIPC, a National Infection Prevention and Control Consultant. You’re guided by genuine clinical and IPAC expertise.

Certified IPAC Specialists

Our consultants hold the Certification in Infection Control (CIC), bringing proven, up-to-date knowledge to every facility we serve.

We Speak the Inspector's Language

We work to the standards of the Ministry of Health, Public Health Ontario & PIDAC, so you stay ready for any inspection.

Tailored, Not Templated

No two facilities are alike. We build customized IPAC programs that fit how your team actually works, not generic checklists.

Ongoing Partnership

Infection control never stops, and neither do we. You get follow-up audits, training, and continuous support long after the first visit.

Trusted Across Sectors

From long-term care and dental to veterinary and construction, we’ve helped facilities prevent outbreaks, resolve non-compliance, and protect their people.

Partner with a team that puts your safety first.

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Years of Experience in IPAC Services

More Than Consultants. Your Partner in Protection.

We look at your facility the way an inspector would, then fix what they'd flag before they ever arrive.

For over a decade, Infection Shield has helped clinics, long-term care and homes, dental and veterinary practices, and healthcare construction sites stay safe and compliant.

We go beyond stopping the spread of infection. We protect every person who steps inside your doors, from your staff and patients to visitors and clients. Every program we build is shaped around how your facility actually runs, never a one-size-fits-all checklist.

MD, AL-CIP, CIC, LTC-CIP, DISIPC, CDIPC

FOUNDER

Our IPAC Consulting Services

When it comes to infection prevention and control, experience and credibility matter. Here’s why facilities across Canada trust us.

Long-Term Care · Ontario

Season cleared

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fewer healthcare-associated infections in 6 months

A high-risk season with zero outbreaks.

We rebuilt their IPAC program, retrained staff, and closed every environmental cleaning gap. They passed reinspection with zero critical findings.

Surgical Clinic · British Columbia

Order lifted

days to a lifted Public Health order

A closure threat, reversed in a month.

We rebuilt their IPAC program, retrained staff, and closed every environmental cleaning gap. They passed reinspection with zero critical findings.

Long-Term Care · Ontario

Outbreak resolved

0 %

fewer healthcare-associated infections in 6 months

From repeat outbreaks to a clean inspection.

We rebuilt their IPAC program, retrained staff, and closed every environmental cleaning gap. They passed reinspection with zero critical findings.

WANT RESULTS LIKE THESE?

Book a free consult. We’ll review your facility’s risks and show you exactly what to fix first.

What Our Clients Say

Trusted by healthcare leaders and infection control professionals across Canada.

5.0 rating from 7 reviews

I have known Dr. Ghatan for several years. His experience and advocacy with infection prevention is excellent. If you have need for consultation and assistance he will offer an excellent perspective and process.

Keith McGlone

Infection Shield Consulting Inc. is owned and managed by seasoned & knowledgeable IPAC Consultant with vast experience in LTC IPAC program as well as other sectors. I had the opportunity to be mentored by the National Chief Infection Control officer (Kam) and that experience has shaped my career as a successful Infection Control Practitioner.

Pearl Abdulkadir

Kamyab Ghatan, Founder of Infection Shield Consulting is a welcome Infection Prevention and Control resource to the healthcare industry. His expertise and clarity provide a much needed resource and sounding board in the fight against healthcare related infections among our most vulnerable populations.

D'Arcy Mykietowich

CEO

Kamyab Ghatan MD, CIC is highly skilled in his trade! his knowledge of IPAC especially in the LTC and Retirement Sector is exceptional! He has grown many IPAC leaders within the industry, including myself! He would be an asset to any organization.

Aleksandra Grzeszczuk

Legal Nurse Expert & Health Law Enthusiast

Kamyab has offered support and guidance to our communities. The teams enjoy his visits, and webinars. His calm approach to infection control leave staff feeling confident and assured…. He is always there when you need assistance ….

Tracy R

Vice President, Long Term Care

Ready to Protect Your Facility?

Find your gaps before an inspector does. Book a free consultation and see how Infection Shield can keep your facility safe, compliant, and inspection-ready.

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