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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Candida auris Alert The US CDC and the Public Health Agency of Canada have recently raised an alert to an emerging multidrug-resistant (MDR) yeast, Candida auris (C. auris), that is causing potentially lethal, invasive infections in healthcare settings. Two countries have described healthcare outbreaks of C. auris, and analysis of these clusters suggest that C. auris is being transmitted within healthcare facilities. No cases have been identified in Canada, but...
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From BCCDC: While the world’s attention is understandably focused on the Ebola outbreak affecting several countries of West Africa, we would also like to remind and update you about several emerging respiratory viruses (ERV) with ongoing global monitoring since our last bulletin of June 17, 2014, including: 1. MERS-CoV. Activity has declined substantially relative to the dramatic surge that occurred in April 2014. However, sporadic cases continue to be reported...
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Several Canadian and U.S. jurisdictions have reported active measles cases. For more details please refer to the Public Health Agency of Canada’s Measles and Rubella Weekly Monitoring Reports and the U.S. Centre for Disease Control and Prevention’s report on measles cases and outbreaks. Based on current measles activity, we are recommending the following: Ensure health-care worker immunizations are up to date. Encourage patients to be up to date with...
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During fall 2015, PICNet’s Bug Gang will visit long-term care facilities across the Lower Mainland. For the past three years, our educational infection control game has been a huge hit. We are limited in the number of facilities we can visit, so be sure to book early if you’d like us to come! PICNet can visit your long-term care facility during mid-September to mid-November 2015. We can do a morning or an afternoon session (or two sessions, depending...
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During fall 2016, PICNet’s Bug Gang will visit long-term care facilities across the Lower Mainland and in Prince George. For the past four years, our educational infection control game has been a huge hit. We are limited in the number of facilities we can visit, so be sure to book early if you’d like us to come! Please note, we can only visit facilities we have not visited before. PICNet can visit your long-term care facility during mid-September to mid-November 2015...
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Infection Control Week takes place October 15-21, 2017, and PICNet has lots of activities and resources available: 1. Planning and Communications Toolkit To help you plan your IC Week activities and promotion, you can use PICNet’s downloadable toolkit, which contains a planning/resources template, 20 different activities to choose from, and communications tools such as sample newsletters, blog posts, and tweets. Download the Toolkit 2. “Let’s Go Viral!” Workshop In-A-Box Run...
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Downloads: Conference Program (with exhibitor times) Exhibitor Floorplan Shipping Label Template Shipping Information If you are shipping any boxes directly to the hotel, please note that the Hilton will be charging for a storage fee for boxes that need to be stored overnight, either before or after the conference. The fee (payable directly to the Hilton, not PICNet) is $25/day per regular-sized item, and $150/day for oversized shipments (anything over 100 lbs and/or in a crate)...
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