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2014/09/02

Reprocessing Medical Devices

BC Guidelines Best Practice Guidelines for Cleaning, Disinfection and Sterilization of Critical and Semi-critical Medical Devices in BC Health Authorities Created By: British Columbia Ministry of Health December 2011 Notice: The Best Practices Guidelines for Cleaning, Disinfection, and Sterilization of Critical and Semi-critical Medical Devices for BC Health Authorities is currently being updated. We will notify our community of practice and partners once the resource is revised and approved...

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2022/06/30

Mpox

PICNet Mpox Guidelines The interim infection prevention and control Mpox guidelines are intended for health-care workers in health care settings, programs and services, where patient care is delivered. This includes acute care/inpatient settings, primary and community clinics, pre-hospital, home health and long-term care. Other non-health care settings are beyond the scope of this guidance. These recommendations are based on current knowledge and will be updated when more information becomes available...

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2015/05/19

Uncategorized

Emerging Respiratory Pathogens update

From BCCDC: As we enter the summer months and our human influenza surveillance indicators decline to inter-seasonal levels, we would like to update you on recent global trends related to emerging respiratory pathogens, including novel influenza A viruses and MERS-CoV. HIGHLIGHTS Human Infections with Avian Influenza Avian Influenza A(H5N1). Egypt continues to experience a large-scale outbreak of avian influenza A(H5N1), with year-to-date case counts (n=132) exceeding prior yearly totals in...

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2015/11/09

Conference Program and Presentations

[…] Fraser Health Authority Process to facilitate transfers/ admissions to long-term care facilities under viral GI and RI outbreak measures Noorsallah Esmail, IPC Consultant, and Jacqui Hlagi, IPC Consultant, Fraser Health PowToons: using cartoon videos to improve communications with staff about reprocessing medical devices View Janet Bristeir, Coordinator for Reprocessing Practices Improvememt Program, Vancouver Coastal Health Glowing Ambulances: cleaning and disinfection in emergency service vehicles...

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2014/08/28

Hotel Information

[…] Minoru Boulevard Richmond, BC Tel: (604) 273-6336 www.vancouverairport.hilton.com The hotel is two blocks from the Lansdowne skytrain station, and a short taxi ride from Vancouver Airport. View larger map (.jpg) View interactive map ( Google Maps) Parking If you are driving to the hotel, there is parking there for $15/day. (PICNet does not cover attendee parking expenses.) Guest Room Reservations You can make your room...

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2014/08/28

Hotel Information and Map

[…] Minoru Boulevard Richmond, BC Tel: (604) 273-6336 www.vancouverairport.hilton.com The hotel is two blocks from the Lansdowne skytrain station, and a short taxi ride from Vancouver Airport. View larger map (.jpg) View interactive map ( Google Maps) Parking If you are driving to the hotel, there is parking there for $15/day. (PICNet does not cover attendee parking expenses.) Guest Room Reservations You can make your room...

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2018/05/14

Uncategorized

VCH video: glove removal and hand cream application

Vancouver Coastal Health has produced a short video on glove removal and hand cream application. These techniques can help prevent dermatitis....

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2016/11/23

Influenza

Development of universal flu shot: two articles

[…] vaccine is going to be tested in a really robust way.” Read the full article and watch the video on CTV.ca International team of researchers using computer modelling to develop universal flu vaccine From Science News Daily: A research group involving the universities of Lancaster, Aston and Complutense in Madrid has applied ground-breaking computational techniques to design the vaccine. The...

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2014/09/02

PICNet Newsletter Mar2013

Page 1 of 2 PICNet PROVINCIAL INFECTION CONTROL NETWORK OF BRITISH COLUMBIA A program of the Provincial Health Services Authority PICNet March Newsletter Debugging Healthcare Together! Issue: #2 March 2013 CRE in the News Following the publication of a news release by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control stating that more than 200 U.S. hospitals and long- term, acute-care facilities had cases of Carbapenem -Resistant...

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2014/09/02

PICNet Newsletter July2014

[…] the suite of resources on the BCCDC website . Provincial Hand Hygiene Report The latest annual report on hand cleaning compliance in BC acute care facilities has been posted to the PICNet website . Good news: the 2013- 2014 annual rate was 77%, and in the fourth quarter, the province reached 79%. That's just 1% away from our target of 80%, so keep up the great...

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2014/09/15

PICNet Newsletter July2014

[…] the suite of resources on the BCCDC website . Provincial Hand Hygiene Report The latest annual report on hand cleaning compliance in BC acute care facilities has been posted to the PICNet website . Good news: the 2013- 2014 annual rate was 77%, and in the fourth quarter, the province reached 79%. That's just 1% away from our target of 80%, so keep up the great...

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2019/08/21

Engaging and Educating Nurses Teleclass Slides, Aug.22.19

[…] paul@webbertraining.com Objectives Discuss the importance of nurses’ engagement in evidence-based practice Provide tangible strategies to effectively engage nurses in evidence-based practice 2 My experiences Past Clinical nurse Current Teacher Mentor Researcher 3 3 4 Daily News, 2012 4 Pronovost P et al. N Engl J Med 2006;355:2725-32 . Importance of "WHY?" 5 5 Evidence can be Highly Influential 6 6 Best practices must already be happening...

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2020/10/19

Clean Hospitals Teleclass Slides, Oct.20.20

[…] Self-Assessment Framework Publications White papers & academic papers in peer-reviewed journals Our activities around HEH 4 Our activities around HEH (cont.) Specialized industry-led working groups Mapping guidelines for HEH Transposable model for hospital hygiene Fake news and how to respond to it Participation to conferences Interclean and the Healthcare Cleaning Forum iClean 2020 Australia International Solid Waste Association ( ISWA) World Congress SVS Hygiene...

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2023/06/29

PICNet-Memo-Viral-Hemorrhagic-Fever-June-27-2023_approved_final_v2

[…] IPC and Medical Microbiologist on call. References 1. World Health Organization (WHO). Marburg virus disease – Equatorial Guinea and the United Republic of Tanzania. May 8 2023. Accessed May 23 2023. https://www.who.int/eme rgencies/disease -outbreak - news/item/2023 -DON444 2. World Health Organization (WHO). Ebola disease caused by Sudan ebolavirus – Uganda 14 January 2023. Accessed April 6, 2023. https://www.who.int/emergencies/disease -outbreak - news/item/2023 -DON433 3. U.S....

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Andrea Vu Tran

2020/01/23

2019 nCoV, BCCDC, COVID-19, Featured

Novel Coronavirus (nCoV-2019) outbreak in Wuhan, China

[…] to: http://www.bccdc.ca/health-professionals/data-reports/communicable-diseases/emerging-respiratory-virus-updates for all related past and future documents, including lab guidance. This situation is being closely monitored by the BC Center for Disease Control, Public Health Agency of Canada, World Health Organization and other international partners who are collaborating on a unified approach. A travel advisory was put out by the Government of Canada on January 7, 2020. For plain language information that...

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2016/03/09

PICNet March2016 Newsletter

[…] us to hear from all of our Community of Practice, so we have a separate survey for those who were unable to attend . You can enter to win a Starbucks gift card! Please use Google Chrome rather than IE for all the surveys (unless you have a newer version of IE). The "Before" moment: Why do you think it's lower? The health authorities have joined...

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2016/05/11

Calculating Appropriate IP Personnel Resources SLIDES

[…] HealthCare kag9373@bjc.org 27 Questions? May 16 ( FREE Teleclass - Broadcast live from the 2016 IPAC-Canada conference) PHYSICIANS, FARMERS, AND THE POLITICS OF ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE Dr. Laura H. Kahn, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University Sponsored by Virox Technologies Inc. (www.virox.com) May 16 ( FREE Teleclass - Broadcast live from the 2016 IPAC-Canada conference) WHAT’S NEW IN NUMBER...

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2017/03/10

Role of Dry Surface Contamination

[…] Spread contamination to stop contamination? Vandini et al . PLoS One 2014;26;9(9):e108598. More here if you’re interested. Bacterial load of coliforms (black circles) and S. aureus (white circles). Black arrow = beginning of the " live" cleaning agent; black dotted arrow = conventional cleaning agent. 38 Improve existing procedures Try something new! 39 Ali et al. J Hosp Infect 2012;80:192-198. Try something new! Microbe unfriendly design...

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2021/09/27

2021-09-29 Slides_Past, Present & Future

[…] agents and/or processes, but no verification of effective decontamination•The drivers for increased amenability to decontamination would be either regulatory or customer-driven•Ver y of ten IPC is not a decisive part of device choice•This is an international market. If we have higher standards in the UK, that is insufficient to influence device design globally. Deep cleans, including terminal cleans•These are a vital component of the wider applications...

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2024/07/22

2024-06-10 Slides_Applying an Equity Lens to IPAC Policies

[…] the lands, sky and waters across all of Canada since time immemorial to this very day. May their wisdom always guide our own paths forward with open hands, open hearts and open minds for the mutual success and benefit of all in Canada. Ma rkha m S touffville Hospital 2 Disclosure No relevant disclosures regarding the presentation material I am not an a subject matter expert...

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