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2014/09/16

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IPAC BC Education Day 2014 Registration Brochure

IPAC -BC Education Day Friday November 7, 2014 Education Day held at : Executive Inn Coquitlam Ballroom 49.246083, -122.8926 405 North Rd, Coquitlam, BC (604) 936-9399 () http://www.executivehotels.net/coquitlamhotel/ For more information, please contact: Jacquie Hlagi Jacqueline.Hlagi@fraserhealth.ca 604- 561-7344 IPAC -BC is a local chapter of The Infection Prevention and Control Association of Canada ( IPAC – CANADA) formerly CHICA- Canada -2947117 4040505 Accommodations : Preferred rates are...

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2016/03/30

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MGrinder_Bookmarks_forprint

[…] 7. Physical Presence 8. Decontamination 9. Frozen Hand Gesture 10. Gesturing: Four Quadrants 11. Gesturing: Assigning Attributes 12. Gestures of Relationship 13. High Expectations 14. Kinesthetic Equivalents of Credibility and Approachability 15. BLIP (Breathing Level Indicates Permission) 16. Indicators of Breathing 17. Influencing Another’s Breathing 18. Pause, Breathe and Join 19. Break and Breathe 20. Voice Patterns and Breathing 21. Pause and Look Intelligent...

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2014/08/29

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Infection Prevention and Control Basics Courses

Infection Prevention and Control Basics Courses Updated on PHSA Learning Hub:  PICNet’s Infection Prevention and Control (IPAC) online courses on PHSA’s Learning Hub have been updated as of August 8th, 2022 and can be accessed from the following links: Infection Prevention and Control Basics for Health Care Workers in Patient Care Areas and/or Direct Care Roles Infection Prevention and Control Basics for Non-direct...

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2015/01/28

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2015 CDI/CPO Symposium

Videos of Symposium Presentations Videos of the presentations are available to all members of PICNet’s Community of Practice; the password needed to view the videos is picnet2015. . Background In March 2014, PICNet hosted a provincial meeting to address outbreaks of Carbapenemase producing organisms (CPO) and Clostridium difficile infection (CDI), and to develop strategies for their prevention and control. Since that time, the...

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2015/01/07

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Antibiotic discovery

The first new antibiotic to be discovered in nearly 30 years has been called a ‘game changer’ in the fight against the growing resistance to drugs. You can read about this discovery in today’s news, and read the article abstract on Nature.com. Petri20865063_xxl...

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2016/02/23

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New research finds how ‘superbugs’ build their defences

Scientists at the University of East Anglia are getting closer to solving the problem of antibiotic resistance. New research published today in the journal Nature reveals the mechanism by which drug-resistant bacterial cells maintain a defensive barrier. The findings pave the way for a new wave of drugs that kill superbugs by bringing down their defensive walls rather than attacking the bacteria...

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2016/10/17

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Listeriosis Outbreak

Source: Vancouver Coastal Health : Public safety advisory for customers of Foody World Vancouver Coastal Health is warn ing 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 all ready-to-eat meat...

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2014/10/06

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BCCDC, Ebola Virus, EV-D68, H7N9, MERS-CoV

Emerging Respiratory Viruses

[…] Ebola outbreak affecting several countries of West Africa, we would also like to remind and update you about several emerging respiratory viruses (ERV) with ongoing global monitoring since our last bulletin of June 17, 2014, including: 1. MERS-CoV. Activity has declined substantially relative to the dramatic surge that occurred in April 2014. However, sporadic cases continue to be reported from affected regions in the...

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2023/04/03

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PICNet News

PICNet’s Team Announcements

[…] 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, MsC and PhD in Electrical...

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2015/09/18

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MERS-CoV

Emerging Respiratory Virus Update

[…] 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 in Saudi Arabia, this time in the holy city of...

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2016/03/18

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University of Saskatchewan researchers develop new way of combating antibiotic resistance

[…] 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 the full news article in Infection Control Today...

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2017/08/30

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Researchers use antibiotics combo to kill first strain of highly resistant E. coli

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 eradicating the deadly bacterium. <mark...

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2014/09/02

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PICNet Newsletter Jan2013

PICNet PROVINCIAL INFECTION CONTROL NETWORK OF BRITISH COLUMBIA A program of the Provincial Health Services Authority PICNet January Newsletter Debugging Healthcare Together! Issue: #1 January 2013 ARO Guidelines Revision - your input is requested The ARO Guidelines Working Group has been revising the 2005 Antiobiotic Resistant Organisms (ARO) Provincial Guidelines to reflect their review of the latest evidence on common AROs and...

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2014/12/02

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Chemotherapy – Health, Safety, and Waste Management Issues SLIDES

[…] 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 Chemo, & empty vials & IV bags that contained Warfarin, Arsenic...

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2017/03/10

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Evaluating IPC Education

[…] behind future activities There is a hugely motivational aspect to this Training task-orientated within a specific working environment helps staff to acquire skills to complete a procedure to a set standard Clinical and non-clinical "Good news, It’s Mandatory Training Day" 11 Confession Time I delivered around 1000 in-house training sessions in my NHS Career I have no idea if they were effective People...

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2022/04/26

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2022-04-28 Slides_Infection Prevention Crystal Ball Initiative

[…] analysis" Timing the future "Micro-, meso-, and macro-history" Deepening the future "Causal layers analysis" (CLA) Creating alternatives "Scenario planning" Transforming the future "Visioning", "Backcasting" 18 Commonly used techniques 1. Mapping the Future 19 20 https:// news.yale.edu/2015/06/11/hidden-secrets-yale-s-1491-world-map-revealed-multispectral-imaging Henricus Martellus, Florence, Italy, late 15th century Mapping | Anticipation | Timing | Deepening | Alternatives | Transforming 21 What is holding us back or getting...

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2023/08/16

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2023-08-16 Slides_Understanding the Immunity Debt

[…] returned to near-normal 2023FebDORSCON Green•Mask-wearing only mandatory in healthc. facilities w/ patient contact•All other restrictions are lifted Pandemic Response Measures, SingaporeDORSCON, Disease Outbreak Response System Condition. Sources: Ministry of Health, Singapore, Wikipedia, Straits Times, Channel News Asia (CNA) 6Disappearance and reappearance of respiratory viruses during COVID-19 response measures•Routine Respiratory Pathogens (RP) multiplex PCR testing (BioFire) •Around Dec 2019/Jan 2020 –Large proportion of positives –Mainly Flu A/B...

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2023/09/20

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Srigley 2023_Barriers to IPC in LTC in BC

[…] to host and collect the survey responses from a conve - nience sample of HCWs who provided informed con - sent. Recruitment of participants occurred from August 11, 2021, to September 24, 2021 via staff newsletters and communications platforms of all health authorities in BC, as well as social media and public websites of health authorities and affiliated organizations. To incentivize participation, six...

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2015/12/09

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CPO

OXA-48 strain of CPO in the news

Several stories have been circulat ing in the U.S. press around a strain of CPO that the media has dubbed “The Phantom Menace”. The stories refer to this report published by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on December 4, 2015. The main summary points of the report are: The plasmid containing OXA-48-like genes has high transfer efficiency, and...

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2016/10/13

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Infection Control Week 2016

[…] own HA’s intranet) Thanks to all of you — in every area of health care — for all that you do to help prevent infections! Interior Health has an article in @IH Magazine, and an InTheLoop news story with profiles of the IPAC staff. Northern Health has an online poster featuring the whole IPAC team; click on the staff photos to...

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