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2017/11/10

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Antibiotic Awareness Week: Resources

[…] check out their great web page!   PHSA has several antibiotic-related videos on YouTube: The National Collaborating Centre for Infectious Diseases (NCCID) has provided an extensive list of resources: Simple things clinicians can do to help reduce unnecessary antibiotic use / Choosing Wisely Canada Antibiotic (antimicrobial) resistance: fact sheets / Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) Antibiotic resistance fact sheet / World Health Organization (WHO) I Use...

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2023/11/17

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World Antimicrobial Awareness Week Nov 18 – 24 2023

[…] yet the harm it is causing is not well recognized. #GoBlueForAMR is a Canada-wide colour campaign, created to grow the visibility of AMR and share knowledge on how to address this growing threat. You can help by: Sharing the included key messages about AMR and the #GoBlueforAMR campaign either on social media or through newsletters Encouraging participation in the campaign (e.g., wearing blue during WAAW, visiting illuminated landmarks) Using the included...

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2018/11/19

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Infection Control News: Nov 12-16, 2018

[…] risk that Ebola will spread to Uganda is now very high. News Gonorrhea is on the rise, with few options to treat it. News  A pivotal day in world’s response to Ebola nears: the launch of a clinical trial. News  Recent incarceration increases HIV and hepatitis C risk for people who inject drugs. News  Not so fast! Infectious disease specialists are raising concerns about quick tests being used to diagnose conditions...

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2014/10/13

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Ebola information for healthcare professionals in BC

[…] in BC Health care professionals are advised to be vigilant for illness compatible with EVD in travellers returning from outbreak-affected areas. Basic screening questions include 1) travel to an EVD outbreak-affected area and 2) fever. Consider immediate isolation pending diagnostic testing and results. Strict infection control practices (routine and contact precautions) should be implemented for any suspected case. Ebola virus is transmitted through direct contact with bodily fluids, the most infectious being blood, vomitus and...

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2015/12/09

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OXA-48 strain of CPO in the news

[…] is more difficult to identify. CDC has modified their surveillance definition from Jan 2015, which should improve sensitivity for detecting OXA-48. They are reporting aggregated numbers from 2010-2015, so we can’t see yet if the testing is showing more cases. Only 52 cases were identified from 19 states (not all states send their isolates to the CDC for testing) You can read the full CDC report...

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2016/07/14

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Candida auris Q&A

PICNet has prepared the following Q&A to assist you with questions from staff or patients. You can also download this information as a PDF. View our subsequent news post for infection control and laboratory testing information. What is Candida auris? Is it a new type of infection? Candida auris is a type of Candida yeast. Candida yeasts normally live on the skin and mucous membranes but can cause yeast infections. C. auris...

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2018/08/17

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Infection Control News: Aug 13-17, 2018

[…] is not just about infectious diseases and flu. Website Interpreting research evidence: a key skill for IPC, August 16th. Free Webber training. Webinar Ebola outbreak in Congo includes 39 confirmed and 27 probable cases. Lab testing results have brought the suspected number of cases down to 36 from 58. News Papua New Guinea record the fourth case of polio in an ongoing vaccine-derived poliovirus type 1...

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2015/12/21

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Bandage that signals infection

[…] contact with populations of bacteria that commonly cause wound infections. Led by Toby Jenkins, a professor of biophysical chemistry at the University of Bath, the inventors of the new bandage, which has not yet been tested in humans, say it could be used to alert health-care professionals to an infection early enough to prevent the patient from getting sick. In some cases it may even be...

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2016/03/18

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University of Saskatchewan researchers develop new way of combating antibiotic resistance

[…] and Staphylococcus aureus. “Our results suggest the inhibitors should be useful with a broad spectrum of bactericidal antibiotics in Gram-negative or Gram-positive bacteria,” Geyer says. He cautioned that much work remains to be done, for example, to tailor methods to better deliver RecA inhibitors. The University of Saskatchewan has applied for a patent for the RecA inhibitor technology and is currently seeking partners to license and develop...

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2016/07/18

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Zika virus transmitted from patient to caregiver

From CBC News: A Utah man who became the first person in the continental U.S. to die after being infected with the Zika virus passed it to a (family member) caregiver. The man who died in late June caught the virus while travelling abroad to an area where mosquitoes are known to spread Zika and had an unusually high level of the virus in his blood, officials said. The...

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2023/05/24

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PICNet Newsletters – May 2023

[…] visit https://www.picnet.ca/. We hope that you enjoy the new look and feel and trust it will be more user-friendly for our community of practice. Thank you to all our survey participants who provided valuable feedback to help inform website changes. Congratulations to the following lucky three participants who won Amazon gift cards: Sarah Ormond from Fraser Health Authority Jacqueline Hlagi from Vancouver Coastal Health Authority Terry...

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2014/08/28

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Residential Care Visits

For Infection Control Week (October 20-26, 2014), PICNet will be visiting several long-term care facilities across the Lower Mainland. The past two years, our educational infection control game was a huge hit – so be sure to book early if you’d like us to visit!    The workshop lasts 45-60 minutes (depending how many questions your staff have),and we prefer to see staff in groups of 10-20 (depending on the...

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2014/08/28

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Hotel Information

[…] is parking there for $15/day. (PICNet does not cover attendee parking expenses.) Guest Room Reservations You can make your room reservations online or by contacting the reservation department at 604.233.3990 or 1-800-445-8667 (or via email).  Please be sure to mention the group code PICNET or group name Provincial Infection Control Network of BC when making the reservation, to receive the special rate of $135 for a king bedded suite (plus hotel room...

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2014/08/28

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Hotel Information and Map

[…] is parking there for $15/day. (PICNet does not cover attendee parking expenses.) Guest Room Reservations You can make your room reservations online or by contacting the reservation department at 604.233.3990 or 1-800-445-8667 (or via email).  Please be sure to mention the group code PICNET or group name Provincial Infection Control Network of BC when making the reservation, to receive the special rate of $129 for a king bedded suite (plus hotel room...

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2014/08/29

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Hand Hygiene Basics

[…] Prevention and Control Practices for Healthcare Providers Not Involved in Direct Clinical Care. We are leaving this module posted for anyone who would like to do a quick hand hygiene knowledge/practice refresher; but please make sure you have completed whichever of the Infection Prevention and Control Practices modules is required for your job. This online training module, created by the Provincial Hand Hygiene Working Group, is a...

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2015/08/10

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Residential Care Visits 2015

[…] 2015, PICNet’s Bug Gang will visit long-term care facilities across the Lower Mainland. For the past three years, our educational infection control game has been a huge hit. We are limited in the number of facilities we can visit, so be sure to book early if you’d like us to come! PICNet can visit your long-term care facility during mid-September to mid-November 2015. We can do a morning or an afternoon session (or...

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2016/05/12

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Residential Care Visits 2016

[…] Bug Gang will visit long-term care facilities across the Lower Mainland and in Prince George. For the past four years, our educational infection control game has been a huge hit. We are limited in the number of facilities we can visit, so be sure to book early if you’d like us to come! Please note, we can only visit facilities we have not visited before. PICNet can visit your long-term care facility during mid-September to mid-November...

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2016/09/12

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Hotel Information

[…] The hotel is 2.5 blocks from Richmond-Brighouse skytrain station, and there is a free shuttle from the Vancouver Airport. . Guest Room Reservations You can make your room reservations online or by phoning Sheraton Reservations at 1-866-716-8134. Be sure to quote the group code PICNET to get our group rate of $149 for a king bedded suite, or a two queen bed suite ($165 including all taxes). Parking PICNet conference delegates,...

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2015/10/05

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Nobel Prizes in Medicine

[…] in Stockholm awarded the prestigious prize to Irish-born William Campbell, Satoshi Omura of Japan and Tu Youyou — the first-ever Chinese medicine laureate. Campbell and Omura were cited for discovering avermectin, derivatives of which have helped lower the incidence of river blindness and lymphatic filariasis, two diseases caused by parasitic worms that affect millions of people in Africa and Asia. Tu discovered artemisinin, a drug that has <mark...

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2017/07/10

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Paul Webber: recipient of IPAC-Canada’s 2017 Moira Walker Award for for International Service

Paul Webber, the creator of Webber Training and Teleclass Education Africa, is the recipient of IPAC-Canada’s 2017 Moira Walker Award for for International Service. Paul on his international work: “The organization that I helped to create 15 years ago is Webber Training Inc. The 3-fold mandate of the original Teleclass Education was then, and still remains: (1) To bring the best possible infection control information, (2) to the widest...

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