[…] by gene classification, Q2 of 2023/24 (identified from 98 new patients) (n = 114) Quarter two (Q2) of 2023/24 (June 23 – September 14, 2023) Carbapenemase-Producing Organisms (CPO) * With surveillance information available ** Exposures are not mutually exclusive Exposure information ** for new CPO cases, Q2 of 2023/24 (n = 94 cases) * Comparisons across health authorities and facility types should be avoided due to potential observer bias,...
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[…] by gene classification, Q3 of 2023/24 (identified from 68 new patients) (n = 76) Quarter three (Q3) of 2023/24 (September 15 – November 9, 2023) Carbapenemase-Producing Organisms (CPO) * With surveillance information available ** Exposures are not mutually exclusive Exposure information ** for new CPO cases, Q3 of 2023/24 (n = 71 cases) * Comparisons across health authorities and facility types should be avoided due to potential observer bias,...
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[…] gene classification, Q4 of 2023/24 (identified from 109 new patients) (n = 132) Quarter four (Q4) of 2023/24 (November 10, 2023 – March 31, 2024) Carbapenemase-Producing Organisms (CPO) * With surveillance information available ** Exposures are not mutually exclusive Exposure information ** for new CPO cases, Q4 of 2023/24 (n = 103 cases) * Comparisons across health authorities and facility types should be avoided due to potential observer bias,...
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[…] Pregnancy. 2006 ; Available from: http:// www.sogc.org/guidelines/documents/185E -CPG -December2006.pdf . 149. Global Report: UNAIDS Report on the Global AIDS Epidemic 2010. Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS). World Health Association; ; Available from: http://www. google.ca/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=6&ved=0CEkQFjAF&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sudafri ca.cooperazione.esteri.it%2FutlSudafrica%2FIT%2Fdownload%2Fpdf%2FUNAIDS2010.pdf&ei=jwl - TseyLafn0QGupYAb&usg=AFQjCNHzcsH1WCRj8rkodsVoZ9IDfWhG0g&sig2=zF -l-Wx3 -7o5ZiBeCgZQCQ . 150. Bitnun SA. Guidelines for the Prevention of Mother -to-Child HIV Transmission. 2011.Unpublished work. 151. Canadian Paediatric Society. Testing for HIV infection in pregnancy....
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[…] documents on registering hand hygiene products Try to keep you awake for 45 minutes! Acronyms AOAC • 1884 Association of Official Agricultural Chemists • Association of Official Analytical Chemists • The Association of Analytical Communities International ATCC • American Type Culture Collection ASTM • American Society of Testing Materials • American Society of Testing and Materials • ASTM International 34 Pages of fun, excitement,...
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[…] Care Devices Position Statement (July 2019) Practice Recommendations for Foot Care in Healthcare Settings (November 2019) AND Canadian Standards Association (CSA) Z314-18 Canadian Medical Reprocessing 2 Disclosures Some images in this presentation were obtained from Google Images 3 IPAC-Canada Position statement is written for health care providers who perform foot care or reprocess critical foot care devices. It is not intended for addressing foot care practices...
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[…] articles added: January 6, 2021 Objective To summari ze the current evidence to inform recommendations pertaining to upper GI endoscopy and AGMP status . Methods The B.C. AGMP expert group searched d atabases (Cochrane, PubMed, Google Scholar) for relevant primary evidence, review articles and guidelines/recommendations from governing bodies, medical societies and other expert groups . Search terms used : The B.C. AGMP expert group used "aerosol...
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[…] control measures in health authority facilities, programs , and services, including outpatient clinics and ambulatory care settings . Definitions • Medical mask: A medical grade face mask that meets American Society for Testing and Materials International ( ASTM), International Organization for Standardization ( ISO) or equivalent performance requirements for bacterial filtration efficiency, particulate filtration efficiency, fluid resistance, pressure differential, flame spread, skin sensitivity and...
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[…] will be assessed. If the product is NIOSH -approved, the product will be assessed to ensure it has the appropriate markings . If respirators are deemed to have equivalency through NIOSH certification or equivalency to international standards, they proceed to the visual and manual inspection step (see step H). If masks are not deemed to have met Canadian or equivalent international standards, they will...
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Martin Moore, an associate professor at Emory University and a research scholar at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, has been working on developing a rhinovirus vaccine that has shown promising results in trials on macaques. The monkeys were able to produce antibodies against many types of rhinoviruses. Moore and his colleagues are now following up on those results with more research and hope to move soon to human trials. They’re not...
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[…] Staphylococcus aureus , a type of S. aureus that become resistant to certain antibiotics such as methicillin, penicillin, and amoxicillin , etc, thus more difficult to treat . Like non-resistant S. aureus , MRSA often lives on the skin or in the nose of healthy people without causing symptoms (colonization) . It can also cause skin and other infections. Most infections are minor, such as pimples and...
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[…] of S. aureus that has become resistant to certain antibiotics such as methicillin, penicillin, and amoxicillin , etc ., and is thus more difficult to treat . Like non- resistant S. aureus , MRSA often lives on the skin or in the nose of healthy people without causing symptoms (colonization) . It can , however, cause skin and other infections. Most infections are minor, such as pimples...
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[…] type of S. aureus that has become resistant to certain antibiotics such as methicillin, penicillin, amoxicillin , etc ., and is thus more difficult to treat . Like non- resistant S. aureus , MRSA often lives on the skin or in the nose of healthy people without causing symptoms ( this is called colonization). It can, however, cause skin and other infections. Most infections are minor, such...
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[…] Methicillin -resistant Staphylococcus aureus , a type of S. aureus that has become resistant to certain antibiotics such as methicillin, penicillin, amoxicillin , etc ., and is thus more difficult to treat . MRSA often lives on the skin or in the nose of healthy people without causing symptoms ( this is called colonization). It can, however, cause skin and other infections. Most infections are minor, such...
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[…] Methicillin -resistant Staphylococcus aureus , a type of S. aureus that has become resistant to certain antibiotics such as methicillin, penicillin, amoxicillin , etc ., and is thus more difficult to treat . MRSA often lives on the skin or in the nose of healthy people without causing symptoms ( this is called colonization). It can , however, cause skin and other infections. Most infections are minor,...
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[…] Methicillin -resistant Staphylococcus aureus , a type of S. aureus that has become resistant to certain antibiotics such as methicillin, penicillin, amoxicillin , etc ., and is thus more difficult to treat . MRSA often lives on the skin or in th e nose of healthy people without causing symptoms ( this is called colonization). It can , however, cause skin and other infections. Most infections are...
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[…] care facilities . MRSA is a type of S. aureus that has become resistant to certain antibiotics such as methicillin, penicillin, amoxicillin , etc ., and is thus more difficult to treat . MRSA often lives o n the skin or in the nose of healthy people without causing symptoms ( this is called colonization) . It can , however, cause skin and other infections. Most infections...
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[…] care facilities . MRSA is a type of S. aureus that has become resistant to certain antibiotics such as methicillin, penicillin, amoxicillin , etc ., and is thus more difficult to treat . MRSA often lives on the skin or in the nose of healthy people without causing symptoms ( this is called colonization) . It can, however, cause skin and other infections. Most infections are minor,...
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