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[…] booster dose – for pregnant women to protect infants prior to receipt of 1 st dose • 2018 NACI recommends Tdap at 27-32 weeks gestation for each pregnancy • Passive immunity for infant prior to development of active immunity • To be discussed at BC committee June 2018 NACI statements: https://www.canada.ca/en/public- health/services/immunization/national-advisory -committee-on-immunization- naci.html MMR recommendations by year of birth and HCW Is shedding of live...

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Infection Prevention in Nursing Homes SLIDES

[…] polypharmacy, dosing errors and increased risk of Clostridium difficile In a systematic review, we found up to 63% of residents were infected with a gram negative MDRO In 35 NHs in Boston, 67% of advanced dementia patients in a NH were colonized or infected with MDRO 11 Aim 1 Estimate trends in infections in NH residents, 2006 – 2013 and a point prevalence of infections in NH...

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PICNET Discussion Paper Foot Care Equipment Reprocessing 2016

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Hand Hygiene Program Successes SLIDES

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Strengthening IPC structures in Africa SLIDES

[…] LMICs TC PWT Oct 2017 2 Challenges in setting up education programmes in IPC in Africa Level of basic education (primary and high school) is varied Learning is by rote; critical thinking is not well developed Difficult to understand concepts where there is a lack of infrastructure Irregular access to the internet; self learning is limited Little or no access to current literature Adopting concepts and guidelines...

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What Makes IPC Work SLIDES

[…] Why do you think we’re sometimes disappointed in our leaders? Gundlach AM (2017) Johns Hopkins School of Public Health. Foundations of Organizational Leadership. Most common answers Center for Creative Leadership 2011 Expectations Integrity Visionary Inspirational Decisive Team builder Disappointments Don’t walk the talk Self-centered Non-participative Poor communication Dishonest "The vision thing" Roy Lilley (2017) The Vision Thing. NHS Managers.Net http://myemail.constantcontact.com/The-vision-thing.html?soid=1102665899193&aid=Y5yv0aevPiI Assumptions Leaders think differently to non-leaders Leaders...

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Reporting of Emerging Infectious Disease Outbreaks SLIDES

Rapid reporting of emerging disease outbreaks using unofficial sources: Lessons from ProMED Larry Madoff, MD ProMED , International Society for Infectious Diseases University of Massachusetts Medical School Massachusetts Department of Public Health www.webbertraining.com June 1, 2017 Hosted by Prof. Timothy Landers The Ohio State University College of Nursing...

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CDI Annual Surveillance Report 2010-2011

[…] ** See Limitations in the "About this report" section. The average provincial rate of new infections associated with the reporting facilit ies during the period 2008/2009 to 2010/2011 was 8.5 per 10,000 inpatient days . De spite variability of the rate by FQ in 2008/2009, the FQ rates remained relatively stable since the second FQ of 2009/2010 (Figure 3). Figure 3. Rate and 95% confidence intervals of...

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Fight Antibiotic Resistance SLIDES

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PICNet-Foot-Care-Equipment-Reprocessing-Discussion-Paper_March-2015

[…] understand the intricacies of the provision of foot care services : 1. Review of current published guidelines and standards 2. Literature search and critical appraisal of literature related to foot care and infections found 3. De finition of what foot care includes 4. Level of training of healthcare providers who provide foot care services 5. Actual service that is provided under each healthcare provider...

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Dos and Donts of Hospital Cleaning SLIDES

Do’s and Don’ts for hospital cleaning Professor Stephanie Dancer NHS Scotland & Edinburgh Napier University Hosted by Prof.Jean-Yves Maillard Cardiff University, Wales www.webbertraining.com April 25, 2017 A. Denver Russell Memorial Teleclass Lecture How should we approach control of antimicrobial resistance? 2 ...

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PICNet Newsletter Dec2013

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Intersectional Innovations in Preventing Infection SLIDES

[…] for years Can affect the world in unprecedented ways 11 Outline Intersectional Innovation Infection Prevention Can Intersectional Innovations Help? Future Directions 12 Health Care-Associated Infections: Common, Costly, & Harmful 5 to 10% of hospitalized patients develop an infection Half of infections are preventable Preventive practices used inconsistently 13 One of the most common infections 1/4 of inpatients receive catheters 1/3 of catheter days unnecessary 1/3 of physicians...

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vihaposting-wcgh-45301-ipac-oct-2016

[…] Vancouver Island, BC Island Health is seeking a passionate and experienced Infection Prevention & Con trol Practitioner in Port Alberni, BC Reporting to the Infection Prevention and Control (IP AC) Manager, you work with various departments within I sland Health to provide surveillance and consultation related to infectious disease prevention and control in acute care, residential facilities and community settings. Based at West Coast General H ospital,...

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Norovirus and Healthcare Facilities SLIDES

[…] of the cell (not shown), through interac;ons in part with NS1/2 and NS4. (8) Genome replica;on occurs via a nega;ve-strand intermediate, and genomic and subgenomic RNA are generated by the viral RdRp (NS7), using both de novo and VPg -dependent mechanisms of RNA synthesis. (9) The replicated genomes are translated (within the replica;on complex) or packaged into the capsid, VP1, for virion assembly and exit (10)....

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PICNet 2017 Conference Poster

[…] for disinfection of surfaces Dr. Elizabeth Bryce Medical Microbiologist, Vancouver Coastal Health Patient citizen movement : how having patients on your committees can help you; and other ways to involve patients Carolyn Canfield Honorary Lecturer, Dept of Family Practice, UBC Faculty of Medicine March 10 th Presentations Speaker Lyophilized (freeze -dried) Fecal Microbiota Therapy (fecal transplant) Dr. Christine Lee Medical Microbiologist, Island Health Canadian regulations: what they...

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