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BC Guidelines for PersonalServiceEstablishments
COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL HEALTH PROTECTION AND SAFETY Guidelines for Personal Service Establishments (PSEs) Ministry of Health and Ministry Responsible for Seniors Canadian Cataloguing in Publication Data Main entry unter title: Guidelines for Personal Service Establishments ISBN 0-7726-2620-0 1. Beauty shops - Sanitation - British Columbia 2. Public health laws - British Columbia 3. Communicable diseases - British Columbia - prevention I. British Columbia Public...
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Evidence vs Tradition Bathing
[…] Hospital that it should do the sick no harm." Florence Nightingale Advocacy = Safety 4 Protect The Patient From Bad Things Happening on Your Watch Implement Interventional Patient Hygiene 5 Interventional Patient Hygiene Hygiene…the science and practice of the establishment and maintenance of health Interventional Patient Hygiene….nursing action plan directly focused...
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What Did the Romans Ever Do For Us
[…] Semmelweis (1818 – 65) Florence Nightingale " The very first requirement in a hospital is that it should do the sick no harm. " ― Florence Nightingale , Notes on Nursing: What It Is, and What It Is Not Joseph Lister (1827- 1912) Infection control beginnings In 1944, MRC recommended establishing an ICC <mark...
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PICNet_CPO_Surveillance_Report_Q1_201516
[…] the most common gene identified (1 1/2 1 cases, 5 2.4 % ) · 17 cases (81.0%) reported healthcare exposure outside Canada Carbapenems are a class of antibiotic usually reserved to treat serious infections , and are often considered one of the antibiotic treatments of last resort. However, over the last decade some bacteria have developed resistance to...
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PICNet_CPO_Surveillance_Report_Q2_201516
[…] identified among patients in BC acute care facilities in Q 2 • NDM was the most common gene identified (1 3/2 1 cases, 61.9%) • 8 cases (3 8.1 %) reported healthcare exposure outside Canada and 7 cases (33.3%) had contact with known CPO cases Carbapenems are a class of antibiotic usually reserved to treat serious infections , <mark...
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PICNet_CPO Surveillance Report Q3 2015_16
[…] among patients in BC acute care facilities in Q 3 • NDM was the most common gene identified (1 1/2 0 cases, 55.0 %) • 5 cases (2 5.0 %) reported healthcare exposure outside Canada and 4 cases (20.0 %) had contact with known CPO cases Carbapenems are a class of antibiotic usually reserved to treat serious infections ,...
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Strategies to Reduce Skin Injury SLIDES
[…] – 2014 Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, February 14, 2011. Numbers for local and state government Unavailable prior to 2008/Nov 2011, Release 10:00 a.m. (EST) Thursday, November 8, 2012, 2013 data http://www.bls.gov/ news.release/pdf/osh2.pdf . Accessed 01/07/2016 http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/osh2.pdf * Incidence rate per 10,000 FTE Number, Incidence Rate, & Median Days Away From Work for Occupational Injuries RN’s...
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PICNet_CPO Surveillance Report Q4_2015-16
[…] • 24 cases (75 .0 %) reported healthcare exposure outside Canada . No known risk factors were identified among 6 cases (18.9%) Carbapenems are a class of antibiotic usually reserved to treat serious infections , and are often considered one of the antibiotic treatments of last resort. However, over the last decade , some bacteria have developed resistance to carbapenems...
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PHAC Endoscopy Notice 2016 04 20
[…] with reprocessed duodenoscopes (1). To date there have been no similar reports of outbreaks associated with duodenoscopes in Canada. Objective: To summarize what is known about the risk of CRE infect ion associated with duodenoscopy and make recommendations for Canada. Findings: Outbreaks associated with flexible endoscopy (including duodenoscopes) have usually, but not always been associated with breaks <mark...
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C. difficile Prevention Using Human Factors Teleclass SLIDES
Clostridium difficile prevention using a human factors and systems engineering approach Nasia Safdar , MD, PhD William. S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital and the University of Wisconsin-Madison Hosted by Paul Webber paul@webbertraining.com www.webbertraining.com January 31, 2019 Identify how to apply a systems engineering approach to C. difficile prevention Describe the complementary data collection approaches useful in characterizing C. difficile prevention efforts....
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2023-01-26 Slides_PPE Implementation in Healthcare
[…] implementation strategies are required to reduce the barriers and strengthen the enablers. Governments, HF managers, HWs should be engaged We advocate for sustainable PPE implementation strategies that address its multilevel transdisciplinary complexity, which will enhance safety and health care quality and effectiveness. We hope the lessons learned in this review can inform decision...
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2023-10-16 Provincial IPC Community Immunization Clinic Guidance Final
Passive entrance screening Community immunization clinics Infection prevention and control guidance This guidance outlines the infection prevention and control (IPC) measures required for the set-up and safe operation of immunization clinics in community settings (e.g., community pharmacies, public health units, schools, community centres, arenas). • All health-care workers and staff, and clients must...
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Jeopardy_HandHygieneGame_Apr2024
[…] hard copy of the game can be adapted using a poster board. Divide participants into three or more contestant teams . Play the game in Slide Show mode. Instruct each contestant/team to select the category, and points value. The host should select/click on the correspoding area of the Points...
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Emerging Respiratory Viruses Teleclass SLIDES
[…] of front-line medical workers University of Toronto Joint Center for Bioethics 17 March 2009: First cases in Mexico and US June 11, 2009: WHO declares global pandemic Sept 2009: > 296,000 cases, ~ 3500 deaths worldwide Affected children and young adults (median age = 18) Ability to cause severe pneumonia Higher risk of complications in pregnancy Community exposure Novel...
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ResCareSurveyPoster
[…] together to promote hand hygiene in health car e facilities. Most of our work to date has focused on acute care, so this year we want to h elp promote hand hygiene in Residential Care. And we need your help! We would like to support you by creating communications materials such as posters, brochures, and online content that...
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COVID19_PPESupplyAssessmentDistributionProtocol.2020Archived
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...
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