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2017/02/20

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PICNet Program Quickprint

[…] Nations people Isobel McDonald RN BScN MEd Clinical Nurse Specialist, Public Health, First Nations Health Authority Shawana Buchholz RN MPH Clinical Nurse Educator Health Protection, First Nations Health Authority 11:15–12:00 Contact and disease transmission through the lens of fluid fragmentation Dr. Lydia Bourouiba Esther and Harold E. Edgerton Assistant Professor, The Fluid Dynamics of Disease Transmission Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology 12:00–1:00 Lunch Exhibitors 1:00–1:45 Fresh...

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2014/09/02

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PICNet Newsletter Mar2014

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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2014/09/02

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PICNet Newsletter Jun2014

PICNet June Newsletter Debugging Healthcare Together! June 2014 Clean Shots hand hygiene photo contest Congratulations to the Clean Shots winners, and thanks to everyone who made the contest such a success. If you haven't already checked out all the great photos, you can view the full set or the 100 finalists . (If you're using an older browser and have problems viewing the...

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2017/02/15

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Annual repeat influenza vaccination effects: new research results published

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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2014/09/02

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PICNet Newsletter July2014

[…] the suite of resources on the BCCDC website . Provincial Hand Hygiene Report The latest annual report on hand cleaning compliance in BC acute care facilities has been posted to the PICNet website . Good news: the 2013- 2014 annual rate was 77%, and in the fourth quarter, the province reached 79%. That's just 1% away from our target of...

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2016/12/16

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PICNet_HCC_Report_Q1_2016-17

Hand cleaning compliance in healthcare facilities, Q1 2016/2017 Prepared by the Provincial Hand Hygiene Working Group of British Columbia (PHHWG) November 2016 What is hand cleaning? Hand cleaning means using an alcohol- based hand rub or soap and water to kill or remove germs on hand surfaces. Wh y is hand cleaning important ? Bo th patients in acute care facilities and residents in residential care facilities are vulnerable...

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2016/12/16

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Infection Control in the Elderly Teleclass HANDOUT

Infec&on Control in Elderly Care Facili&es – Where Should We Go? Prof. Andreas Voss, Radboud University, The Netherlands A Webber Training Teleclass Hosted by Paul Webber paul@webbertraining.com www.webbertraining.com 1 Andreas Voss, MD, PhD Clinical Microbiology & ID Professor of Infec;on Control CWZ and Radboud umc Nijmegen, The Netherlands www.webberraining.com December 15, 2016 Hosted by Paul Webber paul@webbertraining.com !  The differences between various countries and their way...

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2016/12/16

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BC Influenza Surveillance Bulletin: Increased RSV Activity

[…] with Increasing RSV Activity in BC During weeks 48-49 (November 27 to December 10, 2016), seasonal influenza activity was observed in BC. Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) activity continued to increase during this period, notably at the BC Children’s and Women’s Health Centre Laboratory where over one-third of tests were RSV positive in weeks 48-49. At the BCCDC Public Health Laboratory, influenza positivity increased from 7% in...

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2014/09/02

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HCC Q3 of 2013/2014

[…] after direct patient care 2. Reporting performance on a regular basis to senior leaders, physicians, and managers across the health authorities, and to the public 3. Using a variety of communications s uch as posters, newsletters, and posting of results on units 4. Making improvements to reduce the barriers identified, such as ensuring that hand cleaning products are readily available for all staff and...

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2016/10/27

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CIHI report on Measuring Patient Harm in Canadian Hospitals

[…] 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 Institute (CPSI) have developed a new measure of harm occurring in Canadian hospitals, and a national picture...

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2016/10/24

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Overview of Online Immunization Courses

Overview of Immunization Courses Housed on BCCDC The BC Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC) hosts a range of online immunization courses available for free for BC health professionals . These courses range from providing theoretical and clinical understanding of immunology, vaccines and immunization practice to those that improve confidence in addressing questions and concerns parents have in relation to immunization s. The courses vary in length...

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2016/10/18

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Collaboration and Support of the CIC Certification Exam SLIDES

[…] the CIC® Credential Pre-scripted presentation Available to the public on the CBIC website Can be used by anyone to present on the CIC® Credential Suggested uses: On your organization’s website A link in your e- newsletter At professional meetings 9 Template Letter to your Supervisor Also part of the Marketing Toolkit Catered more towards the individual IP/ICP Pre-scripted letter with highlighted...

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2016/06/21

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2016/09/22

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PICNet_HCC_Report_Q4_2015-16

Hand cleaning compliance in healthcare facilities, Q4 2015/2016 Prepared by the Provincial Hand Hygiene Working Group of British Columbia (PHHWG) July 2016 What is hand cleaning? Hand cleaning means using an alcohol- based hand rub or soap and water to kill or remove germs on hand surfaces. Wh y is hand cleaning important ? Bo th patients in acute care facilities and residents in residential care facilities are vulnerable...

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2016/09/12

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Colistin-resistant E.Coli found in another U.S. patient

[…] called carbapenems that are also reserved to treat especially tough bugs. It was the first time this kind of double-resistance was reported in the U.S., though several other cases have been reported elsewhere in the world. All the U.S. cases have been treatable by other antibiotics. And, importantly, researchers report that the bacteria do not seem to have infected other people. When bacteria...

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2016/07/13

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PICNet Candida auris QA

Page 1 of 1 Candida auris Q&A July 2016 What is Candida auris ? Is it a new type of infection? Candida auris is a type of Candida yeast. Candida yeasts normally live on the skin and mucous membranes but can cause yeast infections. C. auris was first identified in 2009 in Japan. C. auris is considered an emerging pathogen because an increasing numbers of infections have been...

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2016/06/17

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Hand cleaning compliance in the healthcare facilities, Q3 2015/2016 Prepared by the Provincial Hand Hygiene Working Group of British Columbia (PHHWG) May 2016 What is hand cleaning? Hand cleaning means using an alcohol- based hand rub or soap and water to kill or remove germs on hand surfaces . Wh y is hand cleaning important ? Both patients in acute care facilities and residents in residential care facilities...

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2016/04/27

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Qmentum Program Teleclass SLIDES

[…] say ‘I don’t know’ Make it stick Submit Leading Practice(s) 42 May 4 ( FREE … WHO Teleclass - Europe) SPECIAL LECTURE FOR 5 MAY Prof. Didier Pittet, University of Geneva Hospitals Sponsored by the World Health Organization May 12 INFECTION PREVENTION RESOURCES: TOO FEW? TOO MANY? A DISCUSSION OF STRATEGIES TO CALCULATE APPROPRIATE IP PERSONNEL RESOURCES Kate Gase, BJC Learning Institute, St. Louis May 16 (...

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2016/04/04

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Preventing Candida Infections SLIDES

[…] REDUCE S. AUREUS NASAL COLONIZATION Dr. Julian Ketel, Waiariki Institute of Technology, New Zealand April 20 (Free WHO Teleclass ...

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2016/03/21

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BC’s Animal Health Centre: detecting avian influenza

[…] 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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