[…] has some great activities and games on glove use: – Gloves, Hand Hygiene and You info sheet – Gloves, Hand Hygiene and You poster – Glove Use True/False Quiz (and solutions) – Hand Hygiene and Glove Use Word Search Puzzlemaker (Discovery Education) – create your own infection control-related puzzles E-bug has some fun resources and games for young learners, if you have any kids you’d like to get <mark...
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www.picnet.ca Provincial Infection Control Network of British Columbia Pertussis: Infection Prevention and Control Information for Health Care Workers Infectious agent Pertussis, also knowns as whooping cough, is caused by the fastidious, gram -negative aerobic bacteria, Bordetella pertussis . It is primarily a toxin -mediated disease. Clinical presentation Pertussis is an acute and prolonged infectious cough with course of illness varying with age 1,2 ....
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www.picnet.ca Provincial Infection Control Network of British Columbia Mumps: Infection Prevention and Control Information for Health Care Workers Infectious agent Mumps virus, a member of the family Par amyxoviridae, genus Rubulavirus. 1 Clinical presentation Most typical symptoms include pain, swelling and tenderness in one or more salivary glands, usually parotitis and/or orchitis . Nonspecific prodromal symptoms can include low -grade fever, anorexia,...
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[…] -480. 3 PLoS One . 2022 Mar 10;17(3):e0265076. 4 BDJ Open . 2021 Mar 24;7(1):15. doi: 10.1038/s41405 -021 -00070 -9 AGMP Decisions (Summary Paragraphs) on Procedure Page 1 of 1 Decision Summary: Dental Ultrasonic Scal ing The B.C. AGMP Expert Committee reviewed whether Dental Ultrasonic Scaling are aerosol generating medical procedure s (AGMP s). In conjunction with the UBC Therapeutics I nitiative group, <mark...
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1 Work ing Groups, Expert Committees and Task Group WORKING GROUPS Surveillance Working Group (SWG) Chair: Katherine Sunderland In collaboration with the health authorities, PICNet chairs this working group whose purpose is to provide recommendations to PICNet’s leadership to develop, implement, and ensure the quality of provincial infection prevention and control surveillance prog rams. Objectives of the working group include: d evelop, review...
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STEERING COMMITTEE Provincial Infection Prevention and Control Steering Committee (PIPSC) Co -chairs: Tara Donovan & Dr. Titus Wong In partnership with the Ministry of Health, health authorities and other partners, PICNet chairs this steering committee, whose purpose is to deliver integrated, consistent, effective, provincial activities to reduce healthcare -associated infections by imp roving infection prevention and control (IPC) practices across the continuum of...
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[…] this during the delivery of oxygen through high- flow nasal cannula (HFNC), non -invasive ventilation (NIV), and mechanical ventilation maintains a closed circuit reducing the risk of aerosol generation into the environment (2,3) . By breaking the circuit, it may provide a path for exhaled breath or patient -derived secretions which may be infectious (4) . Dailey and Fink (5) evaluated nebulizers,...
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B.C. Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Supply, Assessment, Testing and Distribution Protocol May 1, 2020 Please note: The information contained in this document has been archived and is made available for historical referencing only. The content was developed during the COVID -19 pandemic is no longer being updated and therefore, may not reflect current information or recommendations. Understanding and implementation of the B.C. Personal...
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[…] approx. 1300 questions 150 multiple choice questions, 135 scored + 15 questions being evaluated All questions fit into a category on the Content Outline All questions have answers reference in CBIC approved references No negative wording, exclusionary words (all, never…) or multiple answers (A+B, A+C, A+B+C, B+D) All nation-specific references had been removed 17 Passing Score Individual responses for each question analyzed...
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[…] in maintaining standards due to lack of resources Will not advise superiors- do not want to appear aggressive or a show off So, 20 TC PWT Oct 2017 Cost of an IPC programme In the USA, a reduction of only 6% would off set the cost IPC by saving on reduced hospitalisation . BSI are the highest costing HCAI of all the types...
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Sleep Quality in Hospitalized Patients with Infection: An Observational Study Farrin A. Manian, MD, MPH Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Visiting Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA Hosted by Paul Webber paul@webbertraining.com www.webbertraining.com February 12, 2015 Disclaimers The content of this presentation is solely the responsibility of the speaker and does not necessarily represent the official view of...
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[…] daily in ICU with CHG (determine if exclusion criteria) Patient-centered bath times Evaluate clinical stability and patient preference. Avoid bathing between 2400 -0600. Evaluate workloads on all shifts. Adjust distribution of care practices. Avoid re usable bath basins and use of washcloths Remove soaps and creams from the unit stock. Replace basin with better strategies for containing emesis and keeping supplies. Reduce par levels of...
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[…] 2014 RATES lbs kits Prov/Weight V8G 2Y5 T5K 2V2 S7K 3J4 M5G 2L3 P7B 5G7 H9R 2Y2 E2A 1A9 A1B 3V6 B2A 3M4 C0A 1R0 X0E 0P0 Y0B 1H0 BCgroup NBgroup PEgroup Lookup From S usan 1001 West Broadway, Suite 310 Visa Mastercard Let's Go Viral! Order Form (2016) USA Other If you are located outside of Canada or the USA, select "Other" for province,...
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[…] part of EARS-Net (European surveillance) Alternatives available to treat infections in last 10-15 years such as linezolid & daptomycin 6 Impact - Overview Enterococci are the 2 nd most common cause of HCAIs in the USA after S. aureus & 89% of EFm associated with central-line-associated BSI are VRE Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol , 2013 B. VRE are bacteria of serious concern which require...
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[…] how of a situation, not only what, where, when. Qualitative research Qualitative Research is intended to deeply explore, understand and interpret social phenomena within its natural setting. Patton MQ: Qualitative Research and Evaluation Methods. Tho usand Oaks, CA, USA: Sage Publications, Inc; 2002. Hugo.Sax@usz.ch | Lauren.Clack@usz.ch | 14 July 2016 | Page 5 rather than adopting a simplified, reductionist view of the...
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[…] paramedics have limited understanding of infectious disease that may demonstrate poor compliance with infection prevention and control protocols when caring for patients. 9 EMS Provider Compliance with Infection Control Recommendations is Suboptimal Study done in USA. Published in Prehospital Emergency Care 2014 Observational study in large ED 423 EMS deliveries observed 899 providers Use of gloves in 512 (56.9%) Hand washing...
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[…] and MDRo ) do not discriminate between age, gender, religion, or ethnicity 4 Rate of Nosocomial in Europe, incidences vary from 1% for all types of nosocomial infections and up to 23.6% in PICU. In USA the total rate around 4%. Study from Southeast Asian countries reported overall prevalence rate of 9.1% . Overally in high-income countries HCAIs rate is 5...
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[…] nf C ontrol H osp E pidemiol 200 4; 25:264 The University of Geneva Hospitals (HUG), 8 years follow-up « Geneva model » of hand hygiene promotion, Reproduced with success (2002-2005) in single hospitals in France, Belgium, USA, Australia … in multiple hospitals in Hong Kong, Australia, Belgium, … in national promotion campaigns: Belgium, the UK, Switzerland THE LANCET Vol 256...
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