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Glossary This glossary was created with input from members of PICNet, PHAC Infection Control Guidelines and the BC Ministry of Health. A Acute Care Facility – A hospital where lengths of stay average < 30 days, and where a variety of services are provided, including surgery and intensive care. Additional Precautions – Interventions implemented for certain pathogens or clinical presentations in addition to routine infection control practices, to reduce the...
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Antibiotic-resistant genes are being spread via animal feed
Excerpted from The Independent: Antibiotic-resistant genes are being spread around the world in animal feed, according to new research that adds to fears humanity could lose one of our most important medicines. A UK government-commissioned report last year estimated 10 million people a year could die worldwide by 2050 because of the rise of ‘superbugs’, prompting the then Prime Minister David Cameron to announce a crackdown on over-prescribing by GPs...
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