Stop! Clean Your Hands day: CPSI video competition
This year, the Canadian Patient Safety Institute (CPSI) is hosting a video competition for Stop! Clean Your Hands Day (also known as World Hand Hygiene Day). CPSI is looking for creative and original video submissions featuring the important questions you ask yourself to make sure the care you provide is the safest possible. Every video they receive will be uploaded to CPSI's YouTube channel. STOP! Clean Your Hands Day takes place May 5,...
Angus the C. diff dog guest stars at PICNet conference; and will soon have a canine colleague
Attendees at the PICNet 2017 Educational Conference were treated to a visit by a special guest...
Yellow fever outbreak in Brazil
Several news stories and epidemiological updates on the yellow fever outbreak in Brazil: Brazil orders 11.5 million yellow fever vaccines amid worst outbreak in years From Straitstimes.com: Rio de Janeiro said on Saturday (March 11) it plans to vaccinate the state's entire population against yellow fever in response to an outbreak that has killed at least 113 people around Brazil. Although Rio has not registered any cases, it is close to where the disease...
BCCDC Emerging Respiratory Virus (ERV) Bulletin
The substantial increase in human cases of avian influenza A(H7N9) in China, to which BCCDC alerted you earlier this year, continues. Highlights: During this fifth wave beginning in October 2016, the number of human A(H7N9) cases reported in China has surpassed the number of cases reported in any of the four prior waves since the virus was first identified in February 2013 (see Figure below). As of March 1, 2017, a cumulative total of...
Vaccine Innovation Conference
May 10, 2017Hyatt Regency Montreal Montreal, Quebec vaccineinnovationconference.ca The Vaccine Innovation Conference will be held May 10, 2017 in Montreal hosted by the Vaccine Industry Committee. This one day conference will include academic, industry and government leaders focusing on vaccine innovation in Canada. The goal of this one-day event is improved knowledge exchange and awareness of Canadian vaccine innovations and accomplishments to support investment for vaccine R&D. The Vaccine Innovation Conference is...
Annual repeat influenza vaccination effects: new research results published
A team led by Danuta Skowronski (Epidemiology Lead, Influenza & Emerging Respiratory Pathogens) of the BC Centre for Disease Control, published a scientific paper last week in the Journal of Infectious Diseases (JID) that may also be of interest to you. The paper reflects the collaborative input of investigators from the Canadian Sentinel Practitioner Surveillance Network (SPSN) and the University of Cambridge (UK). In this paper, the effects of annual repeat influenza vaccination are...
Health Canada: Fluoroquinolone safety information update
Fluoroquinolones: Fluoroquinolones are a class of prescription antibiotic, approved for use in Canada to treat many types of bacterial infections, including respiratory and urinary tract infections. They include: ciprofloxacin (Cipro), moxifloxacin (Avelox), levofloxacin, norfloxacin and ofloxacin. Current labeling includes a warning that the drugs can lead to tendon ruptures. Health Canada Review: Health Canada reviewed the potential risk of side effects from the use of oral or injected fluoroquinolones, focusing on the more serious known side effects: Tendonitis/tendinopathy (tendon...