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2016/09/12

Exhibitor Information

[…] $5 per box and $50 per pallet/skid. If you are sending large items (ie, on a pallet), please inform Pia Schattner, conference services manager, at least 1 week in advance. Downloads Registration form (Excel) Floorplan (PDF) Shipping Label Template ( Word) Conference program/schedule Booking your guest room You can view our hotel location and information page, or go directly to Sheraton Online Bookings. Questions? You can call or email Helen Evans, Communications...

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2024/06/19

Pertussis IPC guidance_final_31May2024

www.picnet.ca Provincial Infection Control Network of British Columbia Pertussis: Infection Prevention and Control Information for Health Care Workers Infectious agent Pertussis, also knowns as whooping cough, is caused by the fastidious, gram -negative aerobic bacteria, Bordetella pertussis . It is primarily a toxin -mediated disease. Clinical presentation Pertussis is an acute and prolonged infectious cough with course of illness varying with age 1,2 ....

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2024/06/19

Mumps_IPC_31May2024

www.picnet.ca Provincial Infection Control Network of British Columbia Mumps: Infection Prevention and Control Information for Health Care Workers Infectious agent Mumps virus, a member of the family Par amyxoviridae, genus Rubulavirus. 1 Clinical presentation Most typical symptoms include pain, swelling and tenderness in one or more salivary glands, usually parotitis and/or orchitis . Nonspecific prodromal symptoms can include low -grade fever, anorexia,...

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2017/03/15

How to Become CIC Certified

[…] approx. 1300 questions 150 multiple choice questions, 135 scored + 15 questions being evaluated All questions fit into a category on the Content Outline All questions have answers reference in CBIC approved references No negative wording, exclusionary words (all, never…) or multiple answers (A+B, A+C, A+B+C, B+D) All nation-specific references had been removed 17 Passing Score Individual responses for each question analyzed...

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2018/02/13

Refugee Health SLIDES

Refugee Health: A New Perspective for Infection Prevention and Control Ruth Carrico PhD DNP APRN FNP-C CIC Associate Professor Division of Infectious Diseases Associate Founder, Global Health Center University of Louisville School of Medicine Hosted by Dr. Pierre Parneix Hôpital Pellegrin, Bordeaux, France www.webbertraining.com February 15, 2018 Objectives Describe the process of refugee resettlement in the US Review existing surveillance processes for refugee health and <mark...

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2014/08/28

Hotel Information and Map

Hotel Information The Empire Landmark Hotel, is located on Robson Street between Broughton and Nicola. The hotel features the Cloud 9 revolving restaurant with its 360 degree view of the city. Empire Landmark Hotel 1400 Robson Street Vancouver, BC V6G 1B9 Tel: (604) 687-0511 Toll free: 1-800-830-6144 http://www.empirelandmarkhotel.com/ For Reservations, please call toll free 1-800-830-6144 or via email at reservations@empirelandmarkhotel.com. Room rates Standard Room (1...

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2019/10/23

Infection Control in New Construction Teleclass Slides, Oct.24.19

Infection Control Risk Assessment Issues ...

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2023/10/10

2023-10-12 Slides_Management Practices

Management Practices to Support Infection PreventionSarah R. MacEwan, PhDAssistant Professor, Division of General Internal MedicineCollege of Medicine, The Ohio State Universitywww.webbertraining.comOctober 12, 2023Hosted by Martin Kiernanmartin@webbertraining.com AgendaBackgroundThe SMART ProjectPractice #1: Communicating HAI DataPractice #2: HAI Review & FeedbackPractice #3: Speaking UpPractice #4: Rewards & RecognitionPractice #5: Patient & Family EducationUsing a Web-Based Toolkit for HAI Prevention Innovative and independent center within the College of...

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2015/07/10

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McMaster researchers develop new infection test

Researchers from Hamilton’s McMaster University have created a new test that can identify diseases like hepatitis C and C. difficile much earlier than ever before. Dr. Yingfu Li, a biochemistry and biomedical sciences professor, said the test allows doctors to get results in a matter of hours as opposed to days. It can also detect infections in lower concentrations that would otherwise be missed in regular tests. Read...

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Researchers from Hamilton’s McMaster University have created a new test that can identify diseases like hepatitis C and C. difficile much earlier than ever before. Dr. Yingfu Li, a biochemistry and biomedical sciences professor, said the test allows doctors to get results in a matter of hours as opposed to days. It can also detect infections in lower concentrations that would otherwise be missed in regular tests. Read...

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2015/10/06

BCCDC

PICNet Co-Directors Lead Pilot Study

NEWS RELEASE from Genome BC Are self-disinfecting surfaces the “Midas” touch for reducing hospital infections? Pilot study examines environmental and genomic solution for healthcare associated infections Healthcare associated infections (HAIs) are a major burden on patients and healthcare systems worldwide. Despite strict hygiene practices and other preventative measures in hospitals there are an estimated 220,000 cases with 8,000 deaths per year <mark...

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NEWS RELEASE from Genome BC Are self-disinfecting surfaces the “Midas” touch for reducing hospital infections? Pilot study examines environmental and genomic solution for healthcare associated infections Healthcare associated infections (HAIs) are a major burden on patients and healthcare systems worldwide. Despite strict hygiene practices and other preventative measures in hospitals there are an estimated 220,000 cases with 8,000 deaths per year <mark...

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2015/11/19

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Canada Communicable Disease Report: focus on antibiotic resistance

[…] 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...

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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...

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2015/12/23

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Study links IBS to Vitamin D deficiency

[…] (IBS) and lack of vitamin D. There is no single known cause and no single known cure for IBS, although food and stress have been identified as aggravating factors. In the study by the University of Sheffield’s Molecular Gastroenterology Research Group, 82 per cent of the 52 IBS sufferers tested had insufficient levels of vitamin D. Read the full news article...

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[…] (IBS) and lack of vitamin D. There is no single known cause and no single known cure for IBS, although food and stress have been identified as aggravating factors. In the study by the University of Sheffield’s Molecular Gastroenterology Research Group, 82 per cent of the 52 IBS sufferers tested had insufficient levels of vitamin D. Read the full news article...

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2016/07/14

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Candida auris Q&A

PICNet has prepared the following Q&A to assist you with questions from staff or patients. You can also download this information as a PDF. View our subsequent news post for infection control and laboratory testing information. 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...

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PICNet has prepared the following Q&A to assist you with questions from staff or patients. You can also download this information as a PDF. View our subsequent news post for infection control and laboratory testing information. 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...

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2016/07/14

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Emerging multidrug-resistant Candida auris: information on infection control practices

[…] 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...

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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...

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2016/07/18

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Zika virus transmitted from patient to caregiver

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 <mark...

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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 <mark...

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2016/11/03

EV-D68

Enterovirus case results in paralysis

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...

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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...

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2016/11/07

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Lab testing confirms new Lyme-related bacteria discovered in three BC ticks

News Release BC Centre for Disease Control November 7, 2016 For Immediate Release Vancouver – The BC Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC) and Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) confirm three ticks collected in British Columbia since June have tested positive for a new species of bacteria closely related to Borrelia mayonii (B. mayonii). “This is a rare discovery which highlights that our tick surveillance program...

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News Release BC Centre for Disease Control November 7, 2016 For Immediate Release Vancouver – The BC Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC) and Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) confirm three ticks collected in British Columbia since June have tested positive for a new species of bacteria closely related to Borrelia mayonii (B. mayonii). “This is a rare discovery which highlights that our tick surveillance program...

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2024/05/17

2019 nCoV

Announcement – Senior Practice Leader: Noorsallah Esmail

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...

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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...

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2023/07/18

PICNet Newsletter – July 2023

Transition ing BCCDC COVID-19 IPC resources to general IPC materials, available @picnet.ca PICNet and the Ministry of Health, in collaboration with health-authority partners, are using a phased approach to revise COVID-19-specific provincial infection prevention and control (IPC) guidance and resources to viral respiratory illness (VRI) and general IPC materials. This transition aligns with the following announcements and changes: On April 6, 2023, the B.C....

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Transition ing BCCDC COVID-19 IPC resources to general IPC materials, available @picnet.ca PICNet and the Ministry of Health, in collaboration with health-authority partners, are using a phased approach to revise COVID-19-specific provincial infection prevention and control (IPC) guidance and resources to viral respiratory illness (VRI) and general IPC materials. This transition aligns with the following announcements and changes: On April 6, 2023, the B.C....

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2022/05/05

2022-05-05 Slides_World Hand Hygiene Day

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