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2019/10/23

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Infection Control in New Construction Teleclass Slides, Oct.24.19

[…] ICU/OR/NNICU/special vent rooms Energy and water conserve Surge capacity Water damage response Tie-ins and utility outages 3 What and Where Risk During Construction AIR & WATER Patients Immune suppressed Convalescent areas Departments Surgery Radiation Ca theterization Equipment cleaning Procedures Bedside or areas Issues for Environmental Infection Control Utility planning emergent and routine outages Ventilation management during projects Water quality assurance (opportunistic pathogens) 4 Design Guidelines Design criteria...

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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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2016/06/29

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Provincial Precaution Signs

Additional Precaution Signs PICNet and the B.C. regional health authorities have recently created and updated provincial additional precaution signs, which serve as a visual aid to communicate additional infection prevention and control (IPC) measures, including personal protective equipment (PPE). The new and revised signs aim to enhance adherence to current IPC best practices within health care settings. Changes and improvements to content from the 2017 versions of...

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2015/11/13

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PICNet Newsletter Nov2015

[…] PICNet 2016 Conference Invitation to present GI Outbreak Guidelines Review Webinar: Interactive Handoutvers Grand Rounds: Microbiota Infection control news: MRSA Antibiotic Awareness Week Webber Training Join Our List Join our Mailing List! Upcoming Conferences 9th World Congress of the World Society for Pediatric Infectious Disease s (WSPID) Nov 18-21, 2015 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 12th Int'nl Congress on AIDS in Asia & the Pacific...

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2016/01/19

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Ebola Outbreak Lessons Learned SLIDES

[…] unclear methods and tools Emphasis placed only on the number of lives touched and not on the quality or efficacy of the activity in the short or long run Many reports were published for the worlds consumption without being given to national leaders to use in making decisions Guinea: Solutions Clear Progress was made in IPC: Framework for activities and overall goals was...

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2016/10/26

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PICNet October 2016 Newsletter

Page 1 of 2 . PICNet October Newsletter Debugging Healthcare Together October 2016 Webinar - Thursday Oct 27 The International Centre for Infectious Diseases is hosting a webinar tomorrow: Antibacterial Resistance in Gram - Negatives: prevalence, risk factors and impact of inappropriate therapy . You can register on their website. You can view other upcoming webinars on our Webinars and Lectures page (and we also post...

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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 seemed to...

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2023/10/18

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2023-10-19 Slides_CBIC 2023

[…] explicit permission of CBIC. What certification means for me… What is CBIC?Certification Board of Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc.Voluntary, autonomous, multidisciplinary board Mission:Provide pathways to demonstrate and maintain competence in infection prevention and control.Vision: A world free of infections through demonstrated professional competency. CBIC Examinations•Certification in Infection Control (CIC®) Examination CBIC Examinations•Associate-Infection Prevention and Control (a-IPC™) Examination•Long Term Care Certification in Infection Prevention (LTC-CIP) Certificate versusCertificationA certificateis...

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2016/02/25

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Pre-Conference Workshop

[…] is in our every day lives, but most of us are not consciously aware of most of what is being non verbally communicated within our communications. Raising your Non Verbal IQ™ will open a whole world to you and give you an incredible edge in being an effective communicator by increasing your ability to recognize, label, predict the effect, and respond to non-verbal patterns of communication....

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2024/06/20

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Announcement – Senior Practice Leader_PICNet_2024-05-17

[…] 7 2024 Sent on behalf of : Tara Donovan, Network Director, PICNet PHSA Dr. Titus Wong , Provincial Medical Director, PICNet PHSA Announcement – Senior Practice Leader: Noorsallah Esmail We are elated to share the news that Noorsallah Esmail has accepted the role of Senior Practice Leader with the Provincial Infection Control Network of BC (PICNet). Noorsallah transitioned to her new role May 10...

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2014/09/02

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Join Our Community of Practice

[…] your workplace.To join, simply sign up to receive notifications and updates from PICNet on whichever of the following topics you are interested in: Educational Opportunities: Information on upcoming conferences, workshops, and new educational resources PICNet Newsletter: Periodic e-newsletter with infection control news, links to new resources, and updates on PICNet’s projects and events Community of Practice Notifications: Notification of infection control <mark...

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2015/10/19

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PICNet Newsletter Oct2015

[…] versions of Jeopardy! Patient Safety Week and Antibiotic Awareness Week Canadian Patient Safety Week takes place October 26 -30 . You can find resources, including Canada's Virtual Forum, on the Canadian Patient Safety Institute website. World Antibiotic Awareness week takes pl ace November 16 -22 ; you can find resources on the World Health Organization website. Influenza vaccination clinics f or staff It's time to...

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2016/09/09

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Canadian Immunization Guide Chapter on Influenza and Statement on Seasonal Influenza Vaccine for 2016-2017

[…] preliminary review of the literature and expert opinion, and consistent with other countries’ recommendations, NACI now includes adults with neurologic or neurodevelopment conditions among the groups for whom influenza vaccination is particularly recommended. BACKGROUND The World Health Organization’s (WHO) recommendations on the composition of influenza virus vaccines are typically available in February of each year for the upcoming season . The WHO...

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2016/09/14

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CARSS 2016 Report EN 2016 09 12 FINAL

[…] tissue infection STI Sexually transmitted infection TB Tuberculosis TMP -SMX Trimethoprim -sulfamethoxazole US CDC United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention UTI Urinary tract infections VRE Vancomycin -resistant Enterococci VRSA Vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus WHO World Health Organization XDR -TB Extensively drug -resistant TB 1 | CANADIAN ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM – REPORT 2016 M essage from the Chief Public Health Officer and the President...

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2017/03/13

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Goldfarb_Pediatric

[…] al; Int J Circumpolar Health . 2013;72:19903. Novel Diagnostics - Public Health old specimens, new tools Goldfarb et al; Int J Circumpolar Health . 2013;72:19903. How common is Cryptosporidium in Iqaluit compared to rest of world? QGH prevalence Shirley DT et al., Curr Opin Infect Dis 2012, 25:555 –563 Cryptosporidium – discovery new kid on the map Spring 2013: Crypto retrospectively found to be...

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2020/11/26

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03 Hand Hygiene

[…] 2 nd or 3 rd Edition -Chapter 19  Ben nett JV & Brachman PS. Bennett & Brachman’s Hospital Infections. 5th ed. Ed. William R Jarvis: Philadelphia, PA, 2007 – Chapter 3 Other readings  World Health Organization : WHO Guidelines on Hand Hygiene in Health Care. 2 PICNet Orientation Program Overview Hand hygiene has been identified as the most effective way of preventing the...

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2023/10/18

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2023-10-20 Slides_Clean Hospitals Day 2023

[…] space, air, water, and resources•Healthcare personnel is in contact with these different populations and with each other The burden of healthcare-associated infections•A silent pandemic•500,000 patients each day•16 million deaths every year•NO healthcare system in the world has solved this problem•Most of these infections are caused by contaminated hands and environment, though infections can of course, be endogenous as well A (very) rough estimateof HEH...

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2016/10/25

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Rhinovirus vaccine research

[…] new vaccine, Moore needed a lot of rhinoviruses. He also needed a lot of different types of rhinoviruses. So far, scientists have identified 160 types from people with colds.  “We probably have one of the world’s biggest collections of kid snot,” said Gern. Out of his snot collection, Gern and his colleagues can isolate many different types of rhinoviruses. They can then extract <mark...

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2015/07/15

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PublicHealthOntario_UTI in the elderly

[…] fluids (Minimum 1 -1.5 L/Day ) • Other infections ? • Take vital signs: • Fever? Change in BP, Pulse, RR ? • Physical assessment for UTI symptoms Pressure from family to treat? • Educate: Newsletter or One on One as it comes up • Risk of Morbidity and Mortality (Nicolle et al 2000 ): "The presence of asymptomatic bacteriuria has not been shown to be...

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2015/09/22

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Evidence vs Tradition Bathing

Kathleen M. Vollman MSN, RN, CCNS, FCCM, FAAN Clinical Nurse Specialist / Educator / Consultant ADVANCING NURSING kvollman@comcast.net Northville Michigan www.vollman.com © ADVANCING NURSING LLC 2013 Evidence vs. Tradition: Examining the science on bathing critically ill patients Hosted by Paul Webber paul@webbertraining.com Sponsored by www.sage.com www.webbertraining.com September 24, 2015 Disclosures Sage Products Speaker Bureau & Consultant Eloquest Healthcare Speaker Bureau & Consultant Hill-Rom Speaker Bureau & Consultant 2 Session...

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