[…] Continence 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 Implmentation 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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SSI Surveillance Strategies in Under-Resourced Settings Joseph S. Solomkin, MD, FACS, FIDSA On behalf of the World Surgical Infection Society Sponsored by the World Surgical Infection Society (www. worldsis.org ) Hosted by Claire Kilpatrick www.webbertraining.com June 13, 2019 Objectives - Explain the need for SSI surveillance in order to support infection prevention and safe surgery - Outline the approaches taken to conduct SSI surveillance -...
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[…] An Integrated Stewardship Model 6 2015 Antibiotic Stewardship & IP Facts AS and IP are bound by a common goal: to keep patients safe and improve outcomes, regardless of where care is rendered A significant world-wide concern are the development of MDROs Clinicians often order tests for patients without symptoms specific for the disease process, e.g., urine cultures among patients without symptoms of a UTI...
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[…] Burden of Influenza. Accessed on October 23, 2020 from https://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/burden/index.html Influenza. Accessed on October 22, 2020 from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Influenza Mayo Clinic. Influenza. Accessed on October 23, 2020 from https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/flu/symptoms-causes/syc-20351719 Windsor W. Jon & Rohde R.E . An Evaluation of the Influenza Hospitalization Surveillance Network (IHSN). American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science, Clin Lab Sci October 2019, ascls.119.001834; DOI: https://doi.org/10.29074/ascls.119.001834 World Health Organization (WHO)). Influenza. Accessed on October...
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[…] •Request feedback on visit and usefulness of the report •Adapt the language to the clientele and staff References •Socioeconomic Factors | CDC•People with Certain Medical Conditions | CDC•Visitor's Guidelines: Re-Opening of Congregate Living Settings (kwhab.ca)•Key Elements of Environmental Cleaning in Healthcare Settings (publichealthontario.ca)•Action IPAC Activities Support IPAC Practices Congregate Living Settings (publichealthontario.ca)• World Health Organization (WHO) virox.comdiversey.comgamahealthcare.comThanks to Teleclass EducationPAT R O N S...
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[…] December 2012 Provincial Infection Control Network of BC (PICNet) 555 West 12th Avenue, Suite 400 East Tower, Room 413/414 Vancouver, BC V5Z 3X7 www.picnet.ca Tel: 604 -707 -2667 Fax: 604- 707-2649 Email: picnet@phsa.ca Disclaim er The information in this report aims to increase awareness of healthcare- associated infections in the acute care facilities for healthcare providers, decision makers, patients , and the public. This report...
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Cleaning of Breast Pump Kits for Multiple Use by the Same Mother in Healthcare Settings A Discussion Paper for Information This discussion paper has been reviewed and is supported by Perinatal Services BC Oversight Council, Health Canada , Midwives Association of BC , and the Provincial Infection Control Network. Breast milk should be the only food or drink that a baby is offered for the first...
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British Columbia Provincial Nursing Skin & Wound Committee Procedure: Swab for Culture & Susceptibility in Susp ected Wound Infection Note: This is a controlled document. A printed copy may not reflect the current, electronic version on the CL’cK Intranet. Any document appearing in pa per form should always be checked against the electronic version prior to use; t he electronic version is always the current version....
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10/31/2016 www.medscape.com/viewarticle/870145_print http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/870145_print 1/7 www.m edscape.com |October 20, 2016 M yths S urrounding A ntibiotics After 80 years of experience, m uch is known about antibacterial agents. Unfortunately, som e of what is "known" is incorrect. To paraphrase Osler, half of everything we're taught is wrong— the problem is, which half? Here, we seek to debunk five widely believed m yths about antibiotics and resistance. Myth 1: Hum ans Invented Antibiotics in the 20th Century The first clinically useful antibacterial agent that was safe and effective was prontosil rubrum , a sulfa drug synthesized in 1931. However, prontosil was not the first antibacterial agent to be invented, and hum ans were not the initial inventors. Genetic analysis indicates that bacteria invented antibiotics and an antibioticresistance m echanism som ewhere between 2 and 2.5 billion years ago. Bacteria have been killing each other with these weapons, and using resistance m echanism s to protect them selves against these weapons, for 20 m illion tim es longer than we have even known that antibiotics exist. To underscore the point, in 2011, a study was published in which investigators explored a deep cave in the Carlsbad Caverns system in New M exico, a geological form ation that has been isolated from the surface of the planet for 4 m illion years. The section of the cave that they explored had never before been accessed by hum ans. The investigators cultured m any different types of bacteria from the walls of the caves. Every strain of bacteria was resistant to at least one m odern antibiotic; m ost were m...
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Barley Chironda RPN, CIC National Healthcare Sales Director International Infection Control Specialist Clorox HealthCare Fresh Thinking needed or Else Disclaimer 1. Employed by Clorox Canada as the Healthcare Sales Director and IPAC Specialist 2. Past President of Greater Toronto Area - Infection Control Chapter –(Volunteer) 3. Social Media Manager – Infection Prevention Control Canada –(Volunteer) 4. International Infection Control Specialist – The Cdiff Foundation–(Volunteer) AGENDA 1. Infection Prevention...
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Laina VanDenBoomen presentation at PICNet 2018 Educational Conference 1 Improving the Diagnosis of Diarrhea Introduction of a new testing algorithm combining a molecular multiplex panel (GPMP) with selective culture (SC) Laina VandenBoomen BSc. RT(CG) BACKGROUND •Infectious diarrhea affects millions of people each year and causes significant morbidity and mortality •Rapid and accurate detection of gastrointestinal (GI) pathogens is vital so that appropriate therapy can be started and infection control measures taken...
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Antimicrobial stewardship research priorities: where do we go from here? Caroline Nott, MBBS, FRCPC; and Kathryn Suh, MD, FRCPC, CIC ® Antimicrobial stewardship program The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, ON Canada Hosted by Paul Webber paul@webbertraining.com www.webbertraining.com November 21, 2019 2 Your presenters Caroline Nott, MBBS, FRCPC Director, Antimicrobial Stewardship Program, The Ottawa Hospital Kathryn Suh, MD, FRCPC Director, Infection Prevention and Control, and Antimicrobial Stewardship Physician, The...
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[…] 2022 -11 -16 i. PICNet contact details updated MRSA Surveillance Protocol Reviewed November 2022 Page 3 Introduction Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) remains one of the most prevalent bacterial pathogens in both healthcare and community settings worldwide 1. Effective surveillance for healthcare- associated infections is critical for infection prevention and control programs to establish baseline frequency of disease, identify risk factors, measure the impact of prevention...
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Provincial Guidance on Return to Wo r k and Exposure Management for Health Care Workers with Viral Respiratory Illness U pdated: October 20, 202 3 This document replaces the Interim Guidance on Return to Work for Health- Care Workers with Confirmed or Suspected COVID-19 and Management of Health- Care Worker Exposures to COVID -19 (June 28, 2022). INFECTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL PROVINCIAL GUIDELINES 2 Purpose This guidance supports organizational...
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[…] mucous membranes!Routine Practices/Standard PrecautionsIf they are leaking, limit their movement and protect yourself. If it is dirty or you used it, clean it! 20 words The EnvironmentI do recognize that we live in a buggy worldI only want clean equipmentI only want clean handsI only want to limit the movement of those whosoiltheenvironment! Cleaning and DisinfectingDisinfecting is not as important as effective cleaning(Dettenkofer2004)Housekeeping...
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HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATED INFECTION SURVEILLANCE IN THE ERA OF ELECTRONIC HEALTH DATAPhilip Russo, PhD, MClinEpid, BNAssociate ProfessorDirector, Cabrini Monash University Department of Nursing Research Hosted by Jane Barnettjane@webbertraining.comwww.webbertraining.comApril 3, 2019 Objectives•Provide brief historical background to HAI surveillance•Discuss current surveillance issues, including findings of a systematic review the impact of electronic HAI surveillance software on IP’s•Explore future surveillance options in the era of electronic medical records2 BackgroundSurveillance"ongoingand systematiccollection, analysisand...
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Taking a Christmas vacation to New York? Be sure to take your kids to see The Secret World Inside You, an exhibition of the human microbiome at the American Museum of Natural History. You can read the full story about the exhibition on the New York Times website. An immune cell on the attack against a swarm of disease-causing Staphylococcus bacteria....
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Welcome to the new PICNet website! The site has moved to a new platform, but the content is still the same; just a few pages have been reorganized. You’ll see we have a new Guidelines and Toolkits section, but everything else is in the same place as before. You may, however, need to update any bookmarks you have to our site, as several...
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Looking for previous news postings? You can find PICNet’s news archives from May 2014 to September 2014 here. Earlier news postings have not been archived....
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News Release BC Centre for Disease Control November 7, 2016 For Immediate Release Vancouver – The BC Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC) and Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) confirm three ticks collected in British Columbia since June have tested positive for a new species of bacteria closely related to Borrelia mayonii (B. mayonii). “This is a rare discovery which highlights that our tick surveillance program...
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