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Infection Control News: Sept 10-14, 2018
Study finds influenza vaccine may be more effective in females than males. News ONA wins second decision on “unreasonable and illogical” Vaccinate or Mask influenza policies. News Antidepressants may cause antibiotic resistance. News Wal-mart in Surrey, BC that closed over concerns of Legionnaires’ disease reopens. Fraser Health has confirmed seven cases of Legionnaires’...
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Infection Control News: February 25-March 1, 2019
Another two measles cases have been reported by Vancouver Coastal Health. News. How does herd immunity work? A Video from CBC. YouTube will no longer serve ads on channels that espouse anti-vaccination rhetoric. News. Bacterial pneumonia was implicated in 43% of all community-based, unexpected infectious disease deaths during a recent 2-yr study in Ont. The...
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Infection Control News: Aug 20-24, 2018
[…] dog lick? Veterinarian Dr. Ted Morris talks about a rare and potentially deadly bacterial infection that can come from a dog or cat lick. Video. Europe sees sharp rise in measles: 41,000 cases, 37 deaths. News Pregnancy planning for HIV-positive patients. For pregnant women, the chance of transmitting the HIV to the baby...
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Infection Control News: Oct 29 – Nov 02, 2018
National shortage for hepatitis A, B, and for rabies vaccines. The shortage affects vaccines that people would purchase, so not the publicly-funded ones that we can get through health units or healthcare providers. News. Health Canada said there have been a total of 33 acute flaccid myelitis or AFM cases reported so far in 2018, including 18...
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Infection Control News: March 25-29, 2019
Zika. The US CDC downgraded its travel restriction guidelines for pregnant women. Zika transmission has dropped in 88 countries. According to the CDC, the only country pregnant women should avoid traveling to is India. News. CDC zika webpage The Interior Health Authority has confirmed a new case of measles in 100 Mile House, B.C., nearly two...
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Infection Control News: March 18-22, 2019
Canadian experts say prolonged antibiotic treatment for Lyme disease ‘harmful’. News Children’s noses ‘hold clues’ to serious lung infections. News Drug-resistant superbugs may have found a new foe in the Irish soil. News Nearly four in 10 US HIV infections from people unaware of infection. News Being in outer space can have some odd effects...
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Infection Control News: July 9-13, 2018
[…] Environmental decontamination 1: what is it and why is it important? Journal Scientists hope to unlock the secret of how mucus fights infection and pave the way for developing new antibacterial substances in the future. News | Journal Influenza-MRSA co-infection may require Vancomycin plus second antibiotic. Journal Rare STI could turn <mark...
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Infection Control News: Oct 9-12, 2018
[…] University analyzed the bacteria in the mouths of 226 2-year-olds and found that a child’s oral microbiota can be used as a tool to predict weight gain during the first two years of their life. News. From CBC.com: 5 new Ebola cases confirmed in eastern Congo. The current epidemic in...
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Infection Control News: Nov 05-09, 2018
Needle phobia keeps many adults from getting the annual flu shot. Here’s why that fear needs to be addressed, with different ways to fight the fear of needles. News. Why are there so many shortages of common vaccines? Either there has been a spike in demand somewhere in the world, or there has been a...
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UCal_Influenza_Vaccination_Report_2014_
[…] the initial drafts of this report. Juliet Guichon Ian Mitchell Margaret Russell June 20, 2014 Calgary 3 3. SUMMARY OF PROCEEDINGS 4 .1 Introduction BACKGROUND In 2009- 2010, pandemic H1N1 influenza became national front page news. 1 "Swine flu" as it was then called, was the subject also of business 2 and sports 3 reporting...
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PICNet Survey Results Summary for CoP
[…] Notices/posters 16% Directly from my manager/ward supervisor/ etc. 14% Your health authority intranet/blog 13% Directly from my Infection Control Practitioner 11% Other 8% Social media (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn) 6% "Other" included: IPAC BC/IPAC -Canada; Google news; Link Nurse Program; manuals and guidelines . PICNet Response: We’re glad to hear that our monthly e-newsletters and other emails suit your...
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IPAC News for the week of August 29 – September 2, 2022
[…] SARS-CoV-2 breakthrough infections and reinfections during the Omicron wave. Journal Advancing Diagnostic Stewardship for Healthcare-Associated Infections, Antibiotic Resistance, and Sepsis. Journal Students, schools gearing up for first in-person orientation since COVID-19 halted events. News Iraq: Cholera outbreak tops 1,000 cases. News Monkeypox outbreak can be stopped in Europe, WHO...
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Infection Control News: February 11-15, 2019
[…] in surgical and ICU patient. Stool testing cannot distinguish C. diff infection from asymptomatic colonisation. There is an opportunity for quality improvement. Study Mexican researchers may have found possible cure for Human Papilloma Virus (HPV). News The Public Health Agency of Canada says at least 30 Canadians who had surgery at a clinic in Tijuana, Mexico are...
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Emerging Antimicrobial Resistance teleclass SLIDES
[…] Prof. M. Lindsay Grayson Infectious Diseases & Microbiology Department , Austin Health Department of Medicine, University of Melbourne, Australia Hosted by Claire Kilpatrick WHO Infection Control Global Unit www.webbertraining.com April 12, 2017 Sponsored by the World Health Organization Infection Control Global Unit - www.who.int/gpsc/en Conflict of Interest Disclosures Funding: •Australian Commission on Safety & Quality in...
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Infection Control News: July 2-6, 2018
Does a full hospital mean higher infection risk? – A new study finds the opposite to be true. News | Journal Finally, there’s a way to keep syphilis growing in the lab. News A century-old cure may help ward off superbugs, the ‘global climate change of health’. News First phage therapy center <mark...
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Infection Control News: March 4-8, 2019
Measles UNICEF warned of a resurgence of measles in the world, noting that ten countries, including Brazil, Ukraine and France, were responsible for about three quarters of the total increase in cases in 2018. News. Fraser Health confirms new case of measles in Metro Vancouver area, bringing total to 17. News....
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2023 CPO / C. auris Symposium
On July 27, 2023, PICNet held a symposium on Carbapenamese-Producing Organisms (CPO) and Candida auris (C. auris). This in-person symposium brought together select infection prevention and control (IPC) professionals including leaders and epidemiologists, as well as medical microbiologists and public health partners. The purpose of the symposium was to facilitate...
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Infection Control News: January 7-11, 2019
Accelerating the elimination of viral hepatitis. The Lancet This First Nation produces clean water. So why are so many residents afraid to drink it? News Scientists develop universal Ebola treatment effective in single dose. News New virus similar to Ebola found in China. News Marburg virus, a cousin to Ebola, has been found <mark...
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