Hand Hygiene Saves Lives! One in every nine hospital patients in Canada contracts a healthcare-associated infection (HAI), resulting in an estimated 8,000 deaths annually. At least 30 per cent of HAIs can be prevented by following infection prevention and cont rol strategies. Now imagine being able to help those patients with something so simple as… better hand hygiene. • Alcohol-based hand rubs (ABHR) are the preferred method of hand...
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[…] to Man at present are low." According to a local animal behavioralist, "you are more likely to catch a disease from a child than a dog. "MRSA in pets shouldn’t be a major concern." KJCT News, Grand Junction, CO A local expert stated that MRSA in animals is "not that prevalent…so you know, I don’t think people need to become frightened that if they touch a...
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[…] 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: A tutorial slideshow you can share with your staff Hand washing videos Program for Older Adults (with games!) Workplace/Occupational Health information Resources for Patients Public Health Ontario has a great planning document with lots of IC Week activity ideas Interior Health has some great activities and...
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[…] data on clinicalpractice-Pre-emptivealgorithmdesign OR compareexistingalgorithmtoclinicalpractice-Initialapplication-Va l i d at i o n-Refinement-Study:-3 hospitalin 3 countries-Achieveddata extraction-IT & clinicalstaffinvolved-SSI aftercardiacsurgery, Colon surgeryandhip/kneeVan Rooden et al A framework to develop semiautomated surveillance of surgical site infections: An internationalmulticenter study; ICHE 2020 Example application of development frameworkDo notover-specifyanalgorithmAllowroom forpracticevariationVan Rooden et al A framework to develop semiautomated surveillance of surgical site infections: An internationalmulticenter study; ICHE 2020 Example: Va...
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BC Guidelines Gastrointestinal Infection Outbreak Guidelines for Healthcare Facilities Created By: Provincial Infection Control Network of British Columbia (PICNet) June 2016 Revised BC Guideline: Infectious Diarrhea Created By: BC Medical Journal (BCMJ) May 2023 Other Resources Framework and toolkit for infection prevention and control in outbreak preparedness, readiness and response at the health care facility level Created By: World Health Organization (WHO) September 2022 Outbreak preparedness: Prepare for the...
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PICNet Posters Estimation of the Incidence of Provincial Health Care-Associated COVID-19 Infection AMMI Canada – CACMID Annual Conference (Vancouver) Date: 2024 Launching a Provincial Respiratory Illness Surveillance System AMMI Canada – CACMID Annual Conference (Vancouver) Date: 2024[vc_single_image image=”15226″ img_size=”full”...
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[…] e the risk ( e .g. c hoos e to u se an a ero c h am ber i n ste ad o f a c o m pre sso r t o de liver a ero so liz ed m ed ic a tion s). Wh en p erfo rmi ng o r ass is tin g w it h a p la nne d...
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The Introduction to Critical Appraisal education module was designed to introduce Infection Control Practitioners to the Critical Appraisal Toolkit recently developed by the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC). PICNet promotes the use of evidence to guide decisions made in health care, and wants to enable its Community of Practice to become skilled at and comfortable in using the Critical Appraisal Toolkit. Other health care professionals who would like to...
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The first new antibiotic to be discovered in nearly 30 years has been called a ‘game changer’ in the fight against the growing resistance to drugs. You can read about this discovery in today’s news, and read the article abstract on Nature.com. Petri20865063_xxl...
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[…] potentially other conditions, learn how optimal vaccine use can minimize the need for antibiotics, and see how the Canadian Institutes of Health Research has been funding research on antimicrobial resistance (AMR) innovation. In the ID News section read about the use of nanotechnologies to treat HIV, tuberculosis and yeast infections, and learn about a new protein inhibitor to treat malaria. This is the last in a...
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11 IDEAS THAT SHOOK THE WORLD OF HEALTH IN 2015 It takes major news to tilt conventional wisdom off its axis – and this year had its share of blockbusters: Supreme Court of Canada rules on physician-assisted suicide Dairy and red meat take heat Genes are tweaked Overhaul sought for Home-care The brain’s blood-brain barrier is breeched The anti-vaccination movement loses steam Germs get their due Autism gets...
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[…] information was sent to PICNet’s Community of Practice on July 14, 2016; you can also download the following information as a PDF. PICNet has also prepared a Q&A that you can view in our previous news post or as a PDF. Background The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Public Health Agency of Canada have recently raised an alert to an emerging multidrug-resistant (MDR)...
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From CBC News: A Utah man who became the first person in the continental U.S. to die after being infected with the Zika virus passed it to a (family member) caregiver. The man who died in late June caught the virus while travelling abroad to an area where mosquitoes are known to spread Zika and had an unusually high level of the virus in his blood, officials said....
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From The Province news online: Forty-one British Columbians, including an infant who has suffered arm paralysis, have contracted the Enterovirus-D68 bug this year. A spokeswoman for the B.C. Centre for Disease Control said Tuesday that although the virus — which, in extreme cases, can cause paralysis in arms and legs — has made a comeback this year from 2015, when there were no reported cases. The numbers are much...
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The BC Centre for Disease Control issued the following news release on November 15, 2016: BC reduces antibiotic use, but still more to be done The rate of antibiotic prescribing in British Columbia fell 15 per cent between 2005 and 2014, according to a new analysis conducted by the BC Centre for Disease Control. “We’re seeing some good progress when it comes to reducing unnecessary antibiotic prescription in the community,...
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We are elated to share the news that Noorsallah Esmail has accepted the role of Senior Practice Leader with the Provincial Infection Control Network of BC (PICNet). Noorsallah transitioned to her new role May 10th, reporting to Tara Donovan, Network Director. In her new position, Noorsallah is leading the Education and Practice team to address provincial infection prevention and control (IPC) priorities and initiatives within the portfolio. PICNet...
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