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Thursday March 8, 2018
March 8th |
Topic |
Presenter |
Slides |
8:00–8:30 |
Registration and Breakfast |
Exhibitors |
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8:30–8:40 |
Welcome and Opening Remarks |
PICNet Medical Co-Lead |
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8:40–9:00 |
Update on PICNet |
Bruce Gamage PICNet |
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9:00–10:00 |
Courageously you! The leadership power of small acts |
Sabina Nawaz Global CEO Coach, Leadership Keynote Speaker, CEO Nawaz Consulting |
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10:00 –10:30 |
Health Break |
Exhibitors |
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10:30–12:00 |
Taking the snag out of your Catch-22: Ethical decision making Interactive session |
Duncan Steele MA, PMP, MHA(c) Ethicist, System-Level Ethics, Fraser Health Authority |
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12:00–1:00 |
Lunch |
Exhibitors |
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1:00–1:45 |
Waste woes: Do’s and don’ts |
Teri Guimond Hazardous Waste Coordinator Business Initiatives and Support Services |
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1:45 – 1:50 |
Let’s Dance |
Joanne Archer, PICNet |
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1:50 – 2:35 |
For those who seek to study: How ICPs can be involved with research |
Jocelyn Srigley MD, MSc, FRCPC Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Director, Infection Prevention & Control, PHSA |
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2:35–3:05 |
Health Break |
Exhibitors |
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3:05–3:50 |
Genome sequencing meets shoe-leather epidemiology: Use of whole-genome sequencing data to investigate a cluster of NDM-positive Citrobacter freundii in British Columbia |
Katy Short Epidemiologist, Fraser Health |
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3:50- 4:05 |
Let’s dance and Wrap-up |
Joanne Archer and Bruce Gamage |
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Friday March 9, 2018
March 9th |
Topic |
Speaker |
Slides |
8:00–8:30 |
Breakfast |
Exhibitors |
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8:30–9:15 |
The art of execution: Examining the noose of implementation science |
Jason Tetro Visiting Scientist, University of Guelph |
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9:15–10:00 |
The disinfectant duke-out |
Jim Gauthier MLT, CIC Senior Clinical Advisor, Infection Prevention, Sealed Air Diversey Care and Dr. Titus Wong BSc, MD, MHSc, FRCPC Clinical Assistant Professor Medical Microbiologist, Infection Control Physician; Medical Lead, Infection Control, Vancouver Coastal Health |
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10:00–10:30 |
Health Break |
Exhibitors |
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10:30–11:15 |
Critical device failure: Now what? |
Emily Rose Human Factors Specialist at Vancouver Coastal Health Quality & Patient Safety
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11:15–12:00 |
Vaccinations: What’s new and/or improved? |
Dr. Monika Naus MD, MHSc., FRCPC Medical Director, Immunization Programs and Vaccine Preventable Diseases Service at BC Centre for Disease Control |
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12:00–1:00 |
Lunch |
Exhibitors |
|
1:00–1:45 |
It’s all in your hands: Preventing hand dermatitis |
Monica Herrera MHA, CDMP Clinical Duty To Accommodate Advisor DisAbility Programs, Workplace Health, Fraser Health |
|
1:45–1:55 |
Let’s Dance (and bathroom break!) |
Joanne Archer, PICNet |
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Short n Snappy Presentations
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1:55–2:10 |
Microbial dissemination from a flushing toilet in a patient bathroom |
Jesse Cooper, Vancouver Coastal Health |
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2:10–2:25 |
Introduction of a gastrointestinal pathogen multiplex panel and selective culture (GPMP&SC) testing algorithm to identify the causative agents of gastroenteritis |
Laina VanDenBoomen, Island Health |
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2:25–2:40 |
Planning education on the fly: Implementing a series of short n snappy IPAC in-services in a 230-bed long-term care facility |
Eleanor Elston, Island Health |
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2:40–3:05 |
Introduction to Critical Appraisal Toolkit |
Joanne Archer, PICNet |
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3:05–3:10 |
Let’s Dance |
Joanne Archer, PICNet |
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3:10–3:40 |
Door prizes and Wrap-up |
Bruce Gamage |
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