Terms Of Use

This Implementation of Infant Pain Practice Change Resource (ImPaC) is an evidence-based, online, and interactive resource (the “Resource”) for health care workers that may be used strictly for non-commercial practice change process or educational purposes to improve infant pain assessment and management in their clinical settings. By permitting such use The Hospital for Sick Children (“SickKids”) does not grant any broader license or waive any of its or any contributors’ rights under copyright or otherwise at law.

The information contained in this Resource is not binding on the health care leaders, health professionals, educators or the organizations that employ them. The use of the Resource should be flexible, and based on individual needs and local circumstances. SickKids assumes no liability for any inaccurate or incomplete information contained in this module, nor for any actions taken in reliance thereon. You assume full responsibility for the use of any information provided and acknowledge that the use of the information in any setting must be subject to the clinical judgement of those responsible for providing care.

The information contained herein has been supplied by individual subject matter contributors. While every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the contents at the time of publication, neither the authors nor SickKids give any guarantee as to the accuracy or relevancy of the information contained in them or accepts any liability with respect to loss, damage, injury, or expense arising from any such errors or omission in the contents of this work. The information is provided “AS IS” and SickKids assumes no obligation to update the information or advise on further developments concerning the topics mentioned. SickKids will not be responsible or liable in any way for the copyright compliance of the material contained in this Resource.

This Resource has been developed as an infant pain practice change tool for teams of health care professionals. This Resource is NOT intended for use by patients or their families and is not designed or intended to constitute medical advice or to be used for diagnosis. The Resource is NOT a substitute for the personalized judgment and care of a trained medical professional.

To the extent that the Resource permits you to input patient chart information into the Resource, you expressly warrant that you will only input anonymized data. SickKids will not be linking information entered in the application to identify individual device users. This Resource meets SickKids security standards; however, SickKids expressly disclaims any and all warranties regarding the operation and security of the Resource, including that the Resource is fit for any specific purpose, will operate error-free, or will conform to any specifications.

By viewing and using the Resource, or using any information derived from the Resource, you hereby waive any claims, causes of action and demands, whether in tort or contract, against SickKids (including its employees, physicians, staff, directors, officers and agents) and contributors, in any way related to use of the Resource or the information derived from it. SickKids does not accept responsibility for the use of this Resource or any information derived from this Resource outside of SickKids.