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BCCDC puts call out for more doctors and nurses to help monitor for flu
Vancouver – Experts at the BC Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC) are already gearing up to monitor flu-like illness for the coming season and they’re looking for more community doctors and nurses to help. Influenza viruses constantly change, and each season the flu shot has to be updated to match the new strains that are most likely to make people sick. Last year, influenza got off to an early start...
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Infection Control News: Sept 4-7, 2018
Having to pay for your own shingles vaccine isn’t ageism, BC tribunal rules. News 8 stories you should read during Sepsis Awareness Month. News B.C. health researchers advance HIV progress with new method addressing dormant strains. News There are currently 1.2M Canadian children living in low-income housing. 25% of them did not received full recommended doses of diphtheria, whooping cough and tetanus vaccine by the age of 2. Find...
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Canadian-designed mosquito trap could help fight Zika virus
A Canadian-led research team has taken a form of trash that promotes the spread of mosquitoes and turned it into a potential weapon against the disease-carrying insects. The scientists have repurposed used tires — which can fill with rain water and provide an ideal breeding chamber for female mosquitoes — by fashioning chunks of the rubberized material into traps for their eggs. “What we are aiming at is destroying the...
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Presenter Bios
In order of presentation: Dr. William Jarvis, MD Jason and Jarvis Associates, LLC William R. Jarvis, M.D. is board-certified in pediatrics and board-eligible in pediatric infectious diseases. From 1980-2003, Dr. Jarvis worked at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in a number of leadership positions including Acting Director, Hospital Infections Program (HIP); Assistant Director for Program Development, Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion; and Director, Office of Extramural Research,...
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Hand Hygiene Basics
Please note: the BC Cancer agency has a Hand Hygiene for Volunteers education module on the LearningHub that you may find useful if your facility has volunteers. Please note: as of May 2017, this module has been rolled into each of these courses: Infection Prevention and Control Practices for Direct Clinical Care Providers and Infection Prevention and Control Practices for Healthcare Providers Not Involved in Direct Clinical Care. We...
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Glossary
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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Create a LearningHub account
In order to complete the Provincial Hand Hygiene Education Module or the Infection Prevention and Control Basics module, you will need a PHSA LearningHub account. Anyone can have a LearningHub account; you do not have to work for a BC health authority. Once you have created an account, you will be able to track your courses and print certificates of completion. Please note: for any issues with your LearningHub account,...
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Resources from Other Organizations
Ethical Infection Prevention and Control Decision-Making Framework – provides a step-by-step fair process for infection prevention and control professionals and others to work through ethical issues that arise in IPC. Developed by: The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) and Infection Prevention and Control Canada (IPAC Canada) May 2024 Do Bugs Need Drugs? has lots of great information and resources on handwashing, flu prevention, and antibiotic awareness:...
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Healthcare-associated Infections
Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs, also known as nosocomial infections or hospital acquired infections) are infections acquired by patients during their hospital stay for other conditions. They include: infections caused by Clostridioides difficile (CDI), methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), Carbapenemase producing organisms (CPO), and other bacteria and viruses encountered in healthcare facilities infections associated with...
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Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)
About MRSA Surveillance Reports To review the quarterly reports click here....
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