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Referencing the OPHS and Protocols
Use the following examples as a guide when citing the Ontario Public Health Standards (OPHS), any of the associated Protocols and other resources such as Guidance Documents. These citations have been formatted according to the style described in the U.S. National Library of Medicine’s Citing Medicine: The NLM Guide for Authors, Editors, and Publishers available at http://www.nlm.nih.gov/citingmedicine.
General Format
[Corporate author]. [Title in sentence case]. [Place of publication]: [Publisher]; [Year of publication]. Retrieved [Date accessed from OPHS website] from: [URL].
Ontario Public Health Standards
Ontario. Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care. Ontario public health standards. Toronto, ON: Queen’s Printer for Ontario; 2008. Retrieved August 4, 2009 from:
http://www.health.gov.on.ca/english/providers/program/pubhealth/oph_standards/
ophs/progstds/pdfs/ophs_2008.pdf.
Protocols
Ontario. Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care. Infectious diseases protocol, 2009. Toronto, ON: Queen’s Printer for Ontario; 2009. Retrieved August 4, 2009 from:
http://www.health.gov.on.ca/english/providers/program/pubhealth/oph_standards/
ophs/progstds/protocols/id_protocol_09.pdf.
Guidance Documents
Ontario. Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care. Infection prevention and control best practices for personal services settings. Toronto, ON: Queen’s Printer for Ontario; 2009. Retrieved August 4, 2009 from:
http://www.health.gov.on.ca/english/providers/program/pubhealth/oph_standards/
ophs/progstds/pdfs/pssp_2008.pdf.
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