Search
Hand hygiene: the “before” moment
In January, we promoted the 4 Moments for Hand Hygiene – a simple and effective way to ensure safe, quality care and prevent infections in health care settings. This month, we’re focusing in on the first moment: before initial patient / patient environment contact. In a nutshell, here’s what you need to remember: When? Clean your hands when entering a room: before touching client/patient/resident before touching any object or furniture...
Type: Post
CIHI report on Measuring Patient Harm in Canadian Hospitals
1 in 18 Canadian hospital patients experience harm from preventable errors Governments, national and provincial organizations, individual health regions and hospitals 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...
Type: Post
IPAC Survey for PHSA employees
[…] Disease Control BC Mental Health and Addictions BC Emergency Health Services The survey is completely anonymous, and takes about 5 minutes to complete. You could also win a Starbucks gift card! Please note: you must use Google Chrome, not Internet Explorer, to complete the survey. If you don’t have Chrome on your computer, you can contact the Service Desk. Click here to take the survey The survey is...
Type: Post
BCCDC Flu Policy Survey – enter to win!
[…] time. You will not suffer any negative consequences, personal or professional, by doing so. Because the survey is anonymous, data cannot be withdrawn after submission. The survey does not collect any personal identifiers, your computer’s IP address will not be collected, and all data collected will remain confidential. Click this link to complete the survey: https://surveys.phsa.ca/s/hcwsurvey/ Use Google Chrome, Firefox, Safari, IE 9 or higher or...
Type: Post
section3-eng
[…] immune, immunized, immunization, immunizations, vaccine, vaccines, vaccination, booster, baby, babys, child, children, young, age, months, grades,immunisation, immunisations" /> <meta name="dc.language" scheme="ISO639-2/T" content="eng" /> <!-- METADATA ENDS | FIN DES METADONNEES --> <!-- PHAC-ASPC site wide Google Analytics Code Start --> <script type="text/javascript" src="/includes/analytics-analytique/jquery144/jquery.min.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="/includes/analytics-analytique/ga-addon.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript"> var _gaq = _gaq || ; _gaq.push(, , , , , ); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script');...
Type: Media
Monitoring Cleaning Compliance Teleclass Slides
[…] compliance: - minimal acceptable compliance of 80% - same-day feedback (re-clean required) Effective disinfectant agent: - wide range of kill in < 1min - container-wipe application system 24 25 BATTLEFRONT: INFECTION HOUSEKEEPING IS THE FRONT LINE IN THE " BATTLE OF THE BUGS " ! BE SURE YOU HAVE OPTIMIZED YOUR DEFENCES! TRAINING OPTIMAL KILLING AGENT FEEDBACK ON COMPLIANCE Infectious Disease Housekeeper 007 Picture from Google...
Type: Media
Srigley_PHH_Handouts
[…] lists of included studies and relevant review articles Search for unpublished studies and grey literature in the repositories of major infection prevention and control organizations and public health agencies, repositories of dissertations and theses, and Google •Search strategy developed by experienced librarians 2/27/2015 4 Data Extraction and Quality Assessment •All steps performed independently by 2 reviewers, with disagreements resolved by a 3 rdreviewer •Qualit y assessment...
Type: Media
Intra nasal naloxone decision summary
[…] ze the current evidence used by the B.C. AGMP expert group to inform its recommendations pertaining to IN naloxone and AGMP status . Methods The B.C. AGMP expert group searched d atabases (Cochrane, PubMed , Google Scholar) for relevant primary evidence, review articles, and guidelines/recommendations from governing bodies, medical societies, and other expert groups. Search terms used : The B.C. AGMP expert group used "nasal" or...
Type: Media
intra_nasal_naloxone_decision_summary
[…] ze the current evidence used by the B.C. AGMP expert group to inform its recommendations pertaining to IN naloxone and AGMP status . Methods The B.C. AGMP expert group searched d atabases (Cochrane, PubMed , Google Scholar) for relevant primary evidence, review articles, and guidelines/recommendations from governing bodies, medical societies, and other expert groups. Search terms used : The B.C. AGMP expert group used "nasal" or...
Type: Media
Ebola: Infection prevention and control recovery plans in Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone
[…] strengthening is dependent on this. This meeting comes at a critical time as the 3 countries have progressed significantly in the Ebola response but getting to zero cases is still paramount. A report will be made publicly available following the meeting. You can find the latest Ebola information and updates on the World Health Organization website. Cases of Ebola Virus Disease in the past 21 days....
Type: Post