On July 5, after a year of intensive training culminating in exams he passed, English springer spaniel Angus will be introduced at Vancouver General Hospital as Canada’s first, and the world’s only current C. difficile hunter. He succeeds the world’s first C. diff sniffer, a beagle in the Netherlands named Cliff, who has retired. Angus uses his scent-tracking abilities to find toxins in the bacterial organisms...
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Nov 14-20, 2016 Below are some resources for World Antibiotic Awareness Week: World Health Organization materials Government of Canada resources Association of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Disease Canada (AMMI) Antibioticwise.ca website Do Bugs Need Drugs? website Centers for Disease Control resources There are also two antibiotic-related webinars taking place this week: NPSF webcast: Taking action to combat antibiotic resistance and improve antibiotic use – Nov 14 PHAC webinar:...
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[…] some unusual donors stepped in. Brazil contributed 18 million doses of yellow fever vaccine — three times the amount in the emergency stockpile — to contain the African outbreak. Even South Sudan, one of the world’s poorest nations, gave up 400,000 doses intended for its children. The outbreak, which began last December and appeared to be over as of September, went largely...
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[…] MERS-CoV cases reported since July 4. However, the outbreak will not be officially declared over until two incubation periods (28 days) have passed after the last patient has cleared virus or died according to the World Health Organization (WHO). As of September 16, eight confirmed cases remain under treatment, of whom seven have tested negative for MERS-CoV and are being treated in general wards. b....
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[…] Canadian-developed vaccine for the Ebola virus has proven to be extremely effective in a full-scale clinical trial, opening the possibility that future outbreaks of the disease can be successfully contained. The trial, led by the World Health Organization, was staged in Guinea, a country that was ravaged by the Ebola epidemic that swept across West Africa in 2014-2015. Reporting Thursday in <mark...
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[…] PICNet website . We hope to s ee you there! Webber Training Upcoming Webber Teleclasses The Patient Experience as a Catalyst for Change 24 January 2013 Speaker: Margaret Murpy, Expert Lead, Patients for Patient Safety, World Health Organization Infection Prevention and Social Change 31 January 2013 Speaker: Prof. Elaine Larson, Columbia University Why Evidence Should Have Biological Plausibility: The Story Of Chlorhexidine And Its...
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[…] Journal, 204(10), 553- 554. 8. Leahy, A.L. (2008). Medical tourism: the impact of travel to foreign countries for healthcare. Surgeon, 6(5), 260-261. 9. CMA calls for national solution to medical tourism. (2007, February 7). CBC News. 10. Howze, K.S. (2007). Medical tourism symptom or cure? Georgia Law Review, 41, 1013-1052. 11. Garcia-Altes, A. (2005). The development of health tourism services. Annals of Tourism Research, 32(1),...
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[…] on the homepage to make sure you're viewing the new version. Also, just a reminder that our site won't display in older version s of Internet Explorer; you can use Google Chrome instead. Infection Control News Be sure to check PICNet's News page ; at your request, we've been posting infection control news items more frequently. PICNet Educational Conference 2016 The PICNet...
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[…] SMH Biocontainment Unit ’. Regional Health Authority Conta ct I nformation for IPC (for Healthcare Professionals) : Contact the switchboard in your health authority to reach 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....
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[…] Canada. Extreme Heat Events Guidelines: Technical Guide for Health Care Workers . 2011. Accessed July 14, 2023. https://www.canada.ca/en/health -canada/services/environmental -workplace -health /reports - publications/climate -change -health/extreme -heat -events -guidelines -technical -guide -health -care -workers.html 2. World Health Organization (WHO). Heat and Health. 2018. Accessed July 14, 2023. https://www.who.int/news - room/fact -sheets/detail/climate -change -heat -and -health 3. Health Canada. Acute Care During Extreme Heat: Recommendations and Information...
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[…] These diseases can lead to pneumonia, deafness, brain damage, heart problems, blindness, paralysis and carry a risk of life-long disability or death.</p> <h3>Rigorous research is ongoing</h3> <p>Vaccines are continuously <a href="/im/vs-sv/vs-faq04-eng.php">monitored and tested</a> around the world and in Canada before they are approved for use. Canada has <a href="/im/vs-sv/index-eng.php">several systems</a> in place to keep a watchful eye on any reports of unusual, adverse side effects...
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[…] and visible o Complete the whole job PICNet - 05 March 2015 © Lyric Management 2015 49 After* Endurance , • January 1917 - WWI was ongoing • Shackleton could have retired, or toured the world with his story, or started planning another expedition...
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[…] problem of our time". A new documentary travels to an ocean reef, a rainforest canopy, a frigid cave and even the mouth of a giant lizard – all in the urgent search for new antibiotics. World Premiere : CBC-TV’s The Nature of Things Thursday, March 5 at 8 p.m. (8:30 p.m. NL) The world desperately needs new antibiotics. In Canada...
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[…] Implementation Federally-funded project aimed to reduce CAUTI rates 4-year project (Sept 2011 – Aug 2015) To date: 40 states, District of Columbia, & Puerto Rico ~1000 hospitals 30% reduction on medical-surgical units (Fakih IDWeek 2014) World Health Organization Italy, Japan, Africa, Latin America … 32 33 What if you need further help in preventing CAUTI? 34 Additional Approaches Tier 1 & Tier 2 CAUTI GPS Applying Mindfulness...
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[…] Reported outbreaks mainly due to invasive medical procedures 7 8 9 IP&C Guidelines in Ambulatory Care Centers for Disease Control (CDC) – Guide to Infection Prevention in Outpatient Settings: Minimum Expectations for Safe Car, 2011 World Health Organization – Hand hygiene in outpatient care, home-based care and long-term care facilities, 2012 Public Health Agency of Canada – Infection prevention and control best practices for long term care,...
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[…] Nursing, 2011. 38(3): p. 242 -251. 4. Tariq, G., Beji;, C., Salvacion, P & Mosende, V., Outcomes i n an Acute Care Hospital in Abu Dhabi After Implmen tation of a Diabetic Foot Prevention Program. World Council of Enterostomal Therapists Journal, 2013,33(2): p. 30 -34. 5. Vig, S., & Sevak, L., Diabetes Specialist Nursing: A Pivotal Role to Play in Care of the Diabeti c...
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[…] guidelines for bedpan management in case of MDRO and C. difficile 38% Intensive Care Unit all bedridden patients gets ALWAYS incontinent products for the convenience of the staff 24 These numbers do not representing ‘the world. Itgives an impression of the practice Preliminary results Survey KNIP Consultancy Infection Prevention With help from: Prof.dr. Pola Brenner, Chili Tim Lieske, Germany, Jim Gautier, Canada 25...
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[…] guidelines for bedpan management in case of MDRO and C. difficile 38% Intensive Care Unit all bedridden patients gets ALWAYS incontinent products for the convenience of the staff 24 These numbers do not representing ‘the world. Itgives an impression of the practice Preliminary results Survey KNIP Consultancy Infection Prevention With help from: Prof.dr. Pola Brenner, Chili Tim Lieske, Germany, Jim Gautier, Canada 25...
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[…] 2005; WHO, 2009) 15 Standard Precautions Observation Tool (SPOT) Designed to measure observed adherence to components of SP in hospital settings Established construct validity, items drawn from CDC Borrows from design and methods of the World Health Organization (WHO) hand hygiene observation tool 16 The SPOT 3 sections header: institutional and observer level information, session data, observer initials, date and time columns: provider role, encounter duration,...
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