[…] update regarding novel coronavirus (nCoV) – January 24, 2020 PICNet newsletter to community of practice – January 14, 2020: An outbreak of atypical pneumonia in Wuhan, China has been closely monitored by the World Health Organization since late December 2019. The causative agent has been identified as a novel Coronavirus (“nCoV-2019”). To date, there have been 42 laboratory-confirmed cases, including 1 mortality,...
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[…] may be tested three or four times daily by drawing blood, which is time-consuming for patients and medical staff, and painful for patients. And according to UBC research, there are at least 10 other drugs used by millions of patients worldwide that could be monitored using this non-invasive technology. The inside of the microneedle is prepared to bind with vancomycin and then used to draw a tiny...
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[…] are all working along with patients to improve safety in hospitals. Tracking and reporting harmful events is vital to improvement efforts. Historically, reporting has been mostly voluntary and focused on particular risks such as infections. There has not been a single measure that gives an overview of harm in Canadian hospitals — until now. The Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) and the Canadian Patient Safety...
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The common cold virus can reproduce itself more efficiently in the cooler temperature found inside the nose than at core body temperature, according to a new Yale-led study. This finding may confirm the popular, yet contested, notion that people are more likely to catch a cold in cool-weather conditions. Researchers have long known that the most frequent cause of the common cold,...
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From the BC Centre for Disease Control, February 27, 2015: There are a number of recent trends in the field of emerging respiratory viruses (ERV), including: 1. Upswing in MERS-CoV reports from the Middle East, primarily Saudi Arabia, since December 2014. a. In the context of the dramatic surge in MERS-CoV that occurred during the spring 2014, with amplification in the nosocomial...
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PICNet Infection Control Word Search #1 H R G E P W Z O Y Q M W V P U L Q T V G T A L E X F D I W F B R Z M Z N K J F G H W L N U W H T F K E L H Y O N O T K L O X L...
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Infection Control Word Search #2 H G D A U T T V O B C L C P G W J G F K S S L B Z J K S T F Q A A D Y Y X O U L V A A D U H X Q Z Q F Y Q I V I S Z Y I Z N Q N...
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PICNet July Newsletter Debugging Healthcare Together! July 2014 FNHA Housekeeping Training Manual First Nations Health Authority has kindly offered to let us share their recently developed Housekeeping Manual . This is a great document with clear, step -by - step information and pictures; the document will be useful for both housekeeping staff and managers. PICNet Annual Report The latest PICNet Annual Report (fiscal year 2013 -2014)...
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PICNet July Newsletter Debugging Healthcare Together! July 2014 FNHA Housekeeping Training Manual First Nations Health Authority has kindly offered to let us share their recently developed Housekeeping Manual . This is a great document with clear, step -by - step information and pictures; the document will be useful for both housekeeping staff and managers. PICNet Annual Report The latest PICNet Annual Report (fiscal year 2013 -2014)...
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[…] • Updated GI outbreak Guidelines – to be posted March 2016 for COP review • VRE Evaluation • Ebola Ethics Review • CA Toolkit • HPV and Ultrasound Probes • ERCP scope reprocessing Communications • News posts • Precaution posters: coming soon • Webber Teleclasses: new web pages Back by Popular Demand … The Evidence is Mounting - The Truth is out There!...
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[…] out. NOT JUST THE LEAFS… NOT JUST THE LEAFS… Jason Te t r o Presentation for PICNet 2018 Educational Conference3/5/2018 12 NOT TO MENTION… THE PANIC PRINCIPLE Jason Te t r o Presentation for PICNet 2018 Educational Conference3/5/2018 13 PUBLIC PANIC MANIFESTATIONS Jason Te t r o Presentation for PICNet 2018 Educational Conference3/5/2018 14 THE 24/7 NEWS STREAM… MCR-1 Jason Te t r o Presentation for PICNet 2018 Educational Conference3/5/2018 15 MCR-1 A MISINTERPRETATION MAELSTROM •Plasmid-mediated colistin resistance•Been around since the 1980s•Only discovered last year •Potential tipping point for a...
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Several stories have been circulating in the U.S. press around a strain of CPO that the media has dubbed “The Phantom Menace”. The stories refer to this report published by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on December 4, 2015. The main summary points of the report are: The plasmid containing OXA-48-like genes has high transfer efficiency, and <mark...
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[…] doesn’t matter if the animal is wild or domestic, a family pet or destined for the dinner table, pathologists see a diverse cross-section of the province’s fauna. On the day of a visit by a News reporter, one of the centre’s nine pathologists is examining a dead skunk, its smell permeating the entire facility. The centre’s diagnostic lab is actually...
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A team led by Danuta Skowronski (Epidemiology Lead, Influenza & Emerging Respiratory Pathogens) of the BC Centre for Disease Control, published a scientific paper last week in the Journal of Infectious Diseases (JID) that may also be of interest to you. The paper reflects the collaborative input of investigators from the Canadian Sentinel Practitioner Surveillance Network (SPSN) and the University of Cambridge (UK). In this paper, the effects...
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The insects tested negative for both the Zika and West Nile virus Species can carry Dengue fever From CBC.ca: A mosquito species capable of transmitting the Zika virus and other tropical diseases may have established a colony in southwestern Ontario, a development that could mean changes for Canadian healthcare providers. Two adult Aedes albopictus mosquitoes, also known as the Asian tiger mosquito, were recently trapped in Windsor-Essex, following...
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Are you photohygienic? "Clean Shots" Photo Contest World Hand Hygiene Day takes place May 5th, 2014. To promote hand hygiene awareness, this year PICNet, the BC Health Authorties, and the BC Patient and Safety Quality Council are running a provincial photo contest. Healthcare workers can snap "selfies", "friendies", or "photobombs" featuring hand hygiene, and upload them to the contest via the PICNet website. <mark...
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[…] polio vaccine is recommended. Health care workers should have a booster dose of the vaccine 10 years after completion of the primary series. Due to immunization, polio has been eliminated in most parts of the world. In 1994, Canada was certified as a "polio free" coun try. Individuals at risk of getting polio in Canada are those who come in contact with people from countries...
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Are you photohygienic? "Clean Shots" Photo Contest World Hand Hygiene Day takes place May 5th, 2014. To promote hand hygiene awareness, this year PICNet, the BC Health Authorties, and the BC Patient and Safety Quality Council are running a provincial photo contest. Healthcare workers can snap "selfies", "friendies", or "photobombs" featuring hand hygiene, and upload them to the contest via the PICNet website. <mark...
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