Source: Vancouver Coastal Health : Public safety advisory for customers of Foody World Vancouver Coastal Health is warning customers not to consume any produce or ready-to-eat foods made in-house at Foody World, at 3000 Sexsmith Road in Richmond, due to possible listeria contamination. So far at least 6 people have been hospitalized due to the illness. Potentially contaminated items include...
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[…] down the walls built by microbes Canadian scientists have discovered a possible way to break through the defences of some antibiotic-resistant respiratory infections. It’s hoped that the findings could someday benefit people with cystic fibrosis and other chronic lung diseases who are at greater risk of infections. The research looked at biofilms, which are one...
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[…] August 23 concluded that most nosocomial cases involved patient-to-patient infection, facilitated by overcrowding in the emergency room and breaches in compliance with infection control measures among patients, visitors and healthcare workers. For more information: http://www.emro.who.int/surveillance-forecasting-response/surveillance- news/who-mission-on-middle-east-respiratory-syndrome-coronavirus-merscov-in-saudi-arabia.html. This past week, the WHO confirmed a third nosocomial outbreak...
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[…] be done, for example, to tailor methods to better deliver RecA inhibitors. The University of Saskatchewan has applied for a patent for the RecA inhibitor technology and is currently seeking partners to license and develop it. The work is supported by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada. Read <mark...
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Excerpted from The Maple Ridge & Pitt Meadows News: “Violet” is one of three Xenex “germ-zapping robots” that have been put to work in the Fraser Health region, trying to ensure the rooms are free of superbugs that cause infections. Cathy Wiebe, director of clinical operations at Ridge Meadows Hospital, explained that Violet is the latest weapon <mark...
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Excerpted from Infection Control Today: The recent discovery of E. coli carrying mcr-1 and ndm-5 — genes that make the bacterium immune to last-resort antibiotics — has left clinicians without an effective means of treatment for this bacterium. But in a new study, University at Buffalo researchers have assembled a team of three antibiotics that, together, are capable of...
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[…] with you. Returns We welcome back Jenn Diep, Project Manager, and Tara Donovan, Network Director, who have both returned from maternity leave. Welcomes Mahta Khoshnam Tehrani We are thrilled to share the wonderful news that Mahta Khoshnam Tehrani has joined PICNet as our second temporary full-time Lead, Research and Knowledge Translation alongside Mahmood Rahman. Mahta holds a BSc,...
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[…] their defensive walls rather than attacking the bacteria itself. It means that in future, bacteria may not develop drug-resistance at all. The team, supported by the Wellcome Trust, used Diamond Light Source, one of the world’s most advanced scientific machines, to investigate a class of bacteria called ‘Gram-negative bacteria’. Gram-negative bacteria is particularly resistant...
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A clever video on antimicrobial resistance from Health Education England: Thanks to Reflections on Infection Prevention and Control for sharing this....
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[…] doesn’t matter if the animal is wild or domestic, a family pet or destined for the dinner table, pathologists see a diverse cross-section of the province’s fauna. On the day of a visit by a News reporter, one of the centre’s nine pathologists is examining a dead skunk, its smell permeating the...
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[…] data on GI outbreaks in hospitals and the community, as well as information on norvirus prevention measures provided by PI CNet, which reflect the provincial GI Guidelines. PICNet Manager Bruce Gamage was interviewed by CBC News Early Edition on the topic of Norovirus this morning (January 7); you can listen to...
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[…] Journal, 204(10), 553- 554. 8. Leahy, A.L. (2008). Medical tourism: the impact of travel to foreign countries for healthcare. Surgeon, 6(5), 260-261. 9. CMA calls for national solution to medical tourism. (2007, February 7). CBC News. 10. Howze, K.S. (2007). Medical tourism symptom or cure? Georgia Law Review, 41, 1013-1052. 11. Garcia-Altes, A. (2005). The development of health tourism services. Annals of...
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[…] less pain and discomfort and spent up to 80 per cent less time in the hospital chair, as a SC injection around five minutes per visit, compared with 30-90 minutes for IV treatment. http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanonc/article/PIIS1470-2045%2813%2970383-8/abstract http://www.bsms.ac.uk/about/ news/herceptin-by-injection-is-quicker-and-preferred-say-breast-cance/ 43 44 Waste streams…….. 45 46 Pharmaceutical Waste and Disposal Aerosols (inhalers) Hazardous Drugs, Bulk...
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[…] Low infective dose in hamsters in presence of antibiotics Over 1000 cfu orally did not colonize nor infect unchallenged hamsters Looked at relationship with Lactobacilli and other gut flora 30 C. difficile Deep cleaning "… breaking the cycle of faecal-oral spread." Included deep cleaning (emptying ward) (Cartmill 1994) Floor Contamination Especially washrooms, sluice rooms Moved by...
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[…] h HumanLabZ.org Look back for MAC/ M. avium cases Look back for culture- negative PVE, aortic graft infection Investigation of Mycobacterium chimaera infection associated with cardiopulmonary bypass. Public Health England. https://www.gov.uk/government/ publications/health-protection-report - volume-9-2015/hpr-volume-9-issue-15 - news-30-april (19 May 2015, update 29. December 2015 Look back at University Hospital Zurich yielded no cases Look back Switzerland: ongoing Look back yielded around 20 cases of...
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[…] the patient as, "I am X." The patient is not only affected, the doctor , as the messenger , is contaminated – the very relationship needed for recovery is jeopardized. Major Shift D elivering negative news without eye contact changes the level that the recipient receives the volatility. For...
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[…] to a nurse before he died. It has been known for five years that some ticks in Spain harbored the virus. Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever is fatal in about 30 percent of cases, according to the World Health Organization. It is normally found in Africa, the Middle East, the Balkans and Central...
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[…] to grow the visibility of AMR and share knowledge on how to address this growing threat. You can help by: Sharing the included key messages about AMR and the #GoBlueforAMR campaign either on social media or through newsletters Encouraging participation in the campaign (e.g., wearing blue during WAAW, visiting illuminated landmarks) Using the...
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[…] Health Authority PHC Providence Health Care PHHWG Provincial Hand Hygiene Working Group PHSA Provincial Health Services Authority PICNet Provincial Infection Control Network of British Columbia VCHA Vancouver Coastal Health Authority VIHA Island Health Authority WHO World Health Organization Hand Cleaning Compliance in BC Acute Care Facilities 2013/2014 Provincial Infection Control Network of British Columbia (PICNet) 1 Executive summary Hand cleaning has long...
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