[…] the community . First, these organisms are often resistant to multiple classes of antimicrobials , substantially limiting treatment options . Second, infections caused by these organisms are associated with high mortality rates, up to 50% in some studies. Third , many carbapenem resistance genes can be transmitted from one species of bacteria to another , potentially facilitating widespread resistance. Fourth, since Enteroba cteriacae...
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[…] , as well as the surveillance protocol and reports on CDI in BC. If you have questions or suspect that you have CDI, please contact your doctor or healthcare provider. This quarterly update presents the latest data on incidence and trends of new C DI that were healthcare - associated (HCA) with the reporting facility among inpatients in the last five years....
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[…] pdate August 2018 Highlights for Q 4 20 17/1 8 (Dec 1, 2017 – March 31, 2018 ) 52 new cases of CPO were identified among 51 patients . 2 cases were reported in community healthcare setting s, including the first CPO case identified in the region of Northern Health. The NDM resistance gene accounted for the majority of cases...
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[…] Standardize use and care Improve communication about catheter need Build capacity for alternatives Feedback data in real time Basically, professionals like to be given a choice Compliance Thesaurus.com 47 `The Big C’ Compliance The wrong word It affects everything – but is often absent from published papers Research showing effectiveness of interventions and likelihood of implementation And it is probably our fault...
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[…] of SSI 29 Preventing SSI in Acute Care Hospitals, 2014 SHEA, IDSA, AHA & APIC Gentamicin collagen sponges (GCS) C olorectal surgery, SSI higher with GCS Cardio-thoracic, mixed evidence GCS not approved by FDA in USA Infect Control Hosp Epid 2014; 35: 566-588 30 WHO Recommendations 2016 "…. antibiotic incisional wound irrigation before closure should not be done" Conditional Recommendation Low quality of evidence Lancet...
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[…] after consultation with medical microbiologists or infection control practitioners (ICPs) in the facilit y Check with your local laboratory to confirm the correct way they would like requisitions labelled for screening swabs. This may include wording such as: "Carbapenemase Producing Organism Search". Isolates suspected of harboring a CPO gene should be sen t to the BC Public Health Reference Microbiology Laboratory (BCPHRML)...
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[…] as well as the surveillance protocol and reports on MRSA in BC. If you have questions or suspect that you have MRSA , please contact your doctor or healthcare provider. This quarterly update presents the latest d ata on the incidence and trends of healthcare -associated (HCA) cases of MRA that were newly identified among inpatients in the last five years . <mark...
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[…] infections surveillance report Carbapenem ase -producing organisms (CPO s) update March 2018 Highlights for Q 3 20 17/1 8 (September 8 – November 30 , 2017 ) 11 new cases of CPO were identified in 11 patients in BC acute care facilities . The NDM resistance gene accounted for the majority of cases (8, 72.7 %) . 4 cases (36.4...
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[…] well as the surveillance protocol and reports on CDI in BC . If you have questions or suspect that you have CDI, please contact your doctor or healthcare provider . This quarterly update presents the latest data on incidence and trends of new CDI that were healthcare - associated (HCA) with the reporting facility among inpatients in the last five years ....
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[…] designed was sustainable given PICNet’s high reliance on volunteers and its limited fiscal resources. The Communications Working Group launched PICNet’s website and a number of other marketing and commu nications activities such as PICNet’s monthly newsletter. The Needs Assessment Working Group over saw an ambitious project to develop a provincial "snap shot" of infection prevention, surveillance and control practice in the province and...
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[…] . 2017 ; 26: 11:25 . 9 Focus Percarpio KB, Watts BV. A cross sectional study on the relationship between the utilization of RCA and patient safety at 139 Department of Veterans Affairs medical centers, USA Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2013 ;39:32-7 Analysis on RCA utilization from 2004 through to 2006 Average utilization rate 4.86 RCA per year (3-59) Postoperative sepsis was significantly...
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[…] as well as the surveillance protocol and reports on MRSA in BC. If you have questions or suspect that you have MRSA , please contact your doctor or healthcare provider. This quarterly update presents the latest data on the incidence and trends of healthcare -associated (HCA) cases of MRA that were newly identified among inpatients in the last five years . In...
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[…] infections surveillance report Carbapenem ase -producing organisms (CPO s) update January 2018 Highlights for Q 2 20 17/1 8 (June 1 6 – September 7, 2017 ) 28 new cases of CPO were identified in 2 5 patients in BC acute care facilities . The majority of new cases harbored the NDM resistance gene (20 , 7 1.4%) . 14...
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[…] ase -producing organisms (CPO s) update November 201 7 Highlights for Q 1 20 17/1 8 (April 1 – June 16 , 2017 ) 40 new cases of CPO were identified among 35 patients in BC acute care facilities NDM was the most common gene identified (27 /40 cases, 67.5 %) 31 cases (77.5%) reported healthcare exposure outside Canada . N o known...
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[…] as well as the surveillance protocol and reports on MRSA in BC. If you have questions or suspect that you have MRSA , please contact your doctor or healthcare provider. This quarterly update presents the latest data on incidence and trends of he althcare -associated (HCA) cases of MRA that were newly identified among inpatients in the last five years . In...
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[…] well as the surveillance protocol and reports on CDI in BC . If you have questions or suspect that you have CDI, please contact your doctor or healthcare provider . This quarterly update presents the latest data on incidence and trends of new CDI that were healthcare - associated (HCA) with the reporting facility among inpatients in the last five years ....
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[…] PROFESSOR EMERITUS OF MICROBIOLOGY, FACULTY OF MEDICINEUNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA, OTTAWA, ON, CANADA AND CHIEF SCIENTIFIC OFFICER, CREM CO, INC., MISSISSAUGA, ON, CANADA (WWW.CREMCO.CA) THE AIRBORNE SPREAD OF INFECTIOUS AGENTS: SURVIVAL AND DECONTAMINATION OF HUMAN PATHOGENS IN INDOOR AIR Hosted by Paul Webber paul@webbertraining.com www.wbbertraining.com May 18, 2017 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS SATTAR –TELECLASS ON INDOOR AIR -MAY 18 -2017 2 n MR. PAUL WEBBER (WEBBER TRAINING)...
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[…] ase -producing organisms (CPO) update March 201 7 Highlights for Q 3 20 16/1 7 (September 9 – December 1 , 201 6) 12 new cases of CPO were identified amon g 11 patients in BC acute care facilities NDM was the most common gene identified (10 /12 cases, 83.3 %) 8 cases (66.7 %) reported healthcare exposure outside Canada . N o...
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[…] Presenter: Dr. Mel Krajden Critical analysis of the evidence for health care worker influenza vaccination May 16, 2017 Host: BCCDC Grand Rounds Presenter: Dr. Danuta Skowronski Immunizing Childre n Against Pneumococcal Infections: Experiences from Brazil, USA, and Canada May 18, 2017 Host: ICID "National Grand Rounds" in Infectious Diseases Presenters: Dr. Lily Yin Weckx, Federal University of São Paulo, Brazil; Dr. Sheldon Kaplan,...
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