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PICNet Newsletters – May 2023

We are excited to share our refreshed and modernized PICNet website. We welcome you to visit https://www.picnet.ca/. We hope that you enjoy the new look and feel and trust it will be more user-friendly for our community of practice. Thank you to all our survey participants who provided valuable feedback to help inform website changes. Congratulations to the following lucky three participants who won Amazon gift cards: Sarah Ormond from Fraser Health Authority ...

IPAC News for the week of May 15 – 19, 2023

Wastewater concentrations of human influenza, metapneumovirus, parainfluenza, respiratory syncytial virus, rhinovirus, and seasonal coronavirus nucleic-acids during the COVID-19 pandemic: a surveillance study. Journal   Public health emergency preparedness for infectious disease emergencies: a scoping review of recent evidence. Journal   Mask mandates removed for health-care workers across N.L., according to internal memo. News   Needle-free Covid vaccination trials taking place in Cambridge. News   Zimbabwe reports more than 800 cholera cases in past three...

IPAC News for the week of May 8 – 12, 2023

A comparison of culture methods and polymerase chain reaction in detecting Clostridioides difficile from hospital surfaces. Journal   Directed carbapenemase testing is no longer just for Enterobacterales: cost, labor, and workflow assessment of expanding carbapenemase testing to carbapenem-resistant P. aeruginosa. Journal   A COVID legacy? When doctors say we should still be masking up. News   Yellowknife pop-up clinic to test for STIs amid ongoing syphilis outbreak. News   TB cases rose 5 percent...

IPAC News for the week of May 1 – 5, 2023

Profiles of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy by race and ethnicity in eastern Pennsylvania. Journal   Perspective on the origin, resistance, and spread of the emerging human fungal pathogen Candida auris. Journal   Why people should check their vaccine records during World Immunization Awareness Week. News   Japan to lift COVID-19 border controls before holiday week. News   Tuberculosis rising after COVID-19 pandemic redirected services, say Canadian health officials. News   Another Toronto hospital relaxes mask mandate...

IPAC News for the week of April 24 – 28, 2023

Profiles of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy by race and ethnicity in eastern Pennsylvania. Journal   Perspective on the origin, resistance, and spread of the emerging human fungal pathogen Candida auris. Journal   Why people should check their vaccine records during World Immunization Awareness Week. News   Japan to lift COVID-19 border controls before holiday week. News   Tuberculosis rising after COVID-19 pandemic redirected services, say Canadian health officials. News   Another Toronto hospital relaxes mask mandate...

IPAC News for the week of April 11 – 14, 2023

Global Incidence of Surgical Site Infection Among Patients: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Journal   Early identification of a COVID-19 outbreak detected by wastewater surveillance at a large homeless shelter in Toronto, Ontario. Journal   Biden ends COVID national emergency after Congress acts. News   Timeline of Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and controversy over COVID court cases. News   'Never seen anything like this': Fungal outbreak infects over 90 workers at Michigan paper mill. ...

IPAC News for the week of April 17 – 21, 2023

Global Incidence of Surgical Site Infection Among Patients: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Journal   Early identification of a COVID-19 outbreak detected by wastewater surveillance at a large homeless shelter in Toronto, Ontario. Journal   Biden ends COVID national emergency after Congress acts. News   Timeline of Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and controversy over COVID court cases. News   'Never seen anything like this': Fungal outbreak infects over 90 workers at Michigan paper mill. ...