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2014/10/13

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BCCDC, Ebola Virus

Ebola information for healthcare professionals in BC

[…] in BC Health care professionals are advised to be vigilant for illness compatible with EVD in travellers returning from outbreak-affected areas. Basic screening questions include 1) travel to an EVD outbreak-affected area and 2) fever. Consider immediate isolation pending diagnostic testing and results. Strict infection control practices (routine and contact precautions) should be implemented for any suspected case. Ebola virus is transmitted through direct contact with bodily fluids, the most infectious being blood, vomitus and...

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2024/08/08

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Surveillance Protocols

[…] Carbapenemase Producing Organisms (CPO) & Candida auris (C.auris) Surveillance Protocol for Carbapenemase Producing Organisms (CPO) and Candida auris (C. auris) in British Columbia CPO Fillable Forms: Appendix B – Requisition Form for Carbapenemase-Producing Organisms (CPO) Testing Appendix C – Surveillance form (acute care) Appendix D – Addendum form for CPO or C. auris infections (acute care) Appendix E – Notification of CPO or C. auris transmission investigation...

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2014/09/03

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PHAC_Routine_Practices_and_Additional_Precautions_2013

[…] visitors regarding respiratory hygiene, hand hygiene and, when necessary, the reason for precautions necessary for their care. CII 9. The med ical, psychological and safety needs of patients on additional precautions should be met (35;36;38;39; 435;436) . BII 10. Pre-placement immunization recommendations/screening for vaccine -preventable infections, including hepatitis B, measles, mumps, rubella, pertussis, varicella, tetanus, diph theria and annual influenza, should be followed unless valid medical contraindications...

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2022/03/04

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2022-03-03 Slides_Unintended Consequences of Chlorhexidine Bathing

[…] resistance: Focus on activity of drug•Post-exposure colony counts•CHX resistance: Ability to survive exposure that kills rest of population•1% -4% CHG =10,000 -40,000 mg CHX/LHorner C et al JAC 2012, 67:2547.8 No established, standardized method of testing for CHX resistance•Phenotypic methods•Agar or broth macro/microdilutionMICs/MBCs•Time kill assays•Post-exposure colony counts•Efflux over-expression•Epidemiologic cutoff•Genotypic methods•Detection of efflux pump genes by PCR•qacA/B, smr, norA/B, cepA, qacE9 CHX susceptibility of clinical bacterial isolates and...

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2022/03/01

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2022-03-03 Handout_Unintended Consequences of Chlorhexidine Bathing

[…] Unintended Microbial Consequences of Routine Chlorhexidine BathingDr. Mary Hayden, Rush University Medical Center, ChicagoThe Denver Russel Memorial Teleclass LectureHosted by Prof. Jean-Yv e s Maillard, Cardiff University, WalesA Webber Training Teleclasswww.webbertraining.com5No established, standardized method of testing for CHX resistance•Phenotypic methods•Agar or broth macro/microdilutionMICs/MBCs•Time kill assays•Post-exposure colony counts•Efflux over-expression•Epidemiologic cutoff•Genotypic methods•Detection of efflux pump genes by PCR•qacA/B, smr, norA/B, cepA, qacE9CHX susceptibility of clinical bacterial isolates and...

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2021/12/14

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2021-12-16 Slides_COVID-19 – Dress Rehearsal for Disease X

[…] emergence 1407 human pathogens 58% are zoonotic 130 of the 177 recently emerged pathogens zoonotic (RR=2.0) Woolhouse ME, Gowtage-Sequeria S. Host range and emerging and reemerging pathogens. Emerg Infect Dis 2005; 11(12): 1842-7. 13 Global Examples of Emerging and Re-Emerging Infectious Diseases Cell  2020 1821077-1092DOI: (10.1016/j.cell.2020.08.021) David Morens and Anthony Fauci , NIAID Copyright © 2020 Elsevier Inc. 14 PANDEMICS IN HISTORY Shayanne Gal/Business Insider, May 22,...

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2021/08/04

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Lunch & Learn

Lunch and Learn Sessions: COVID-19 Reflections (May – July 2021)

[…] facilitate future lunch and learn sessions and will keep our community of practice updated.     Date Topic Presenter(s): May 13, 2021 PICNet’s Role in British Columbia’s COVID-19 Pandemic Response Tara Donovan   VCH PPE Testing Lab Jesse Copper and Dr. Titus Wong May 20, 2021 Immune Compromised Populations BC Cancer Agency IPAC Team   Infection Prevention and Control (IPAC) Experience in COVID-19 Outbreaks in...

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2020/09/15

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Reprocessing of Foot Care Devices Teleclass Slides, Sep.17.20

[…] of contaminated podiatry equipment Failure to perform environmental cleaning and disinfection between patients Nursing home: 46 infected Epidemiological analysis suggested podiatry care, phlebotomy, nail care performed at skilled nursing facility were associated with HCV 10 Examples of Outbreaks (cont’d.) Wise ME, Bancroft E, Clement EJ, Hathaway S, High P, et al. Infection Prevention and Control in the Podiatric Medical Setting: Challenges to Providing Consistently Safe Care. 2015...

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2020/05/28

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2019 nCoV, BCCDC, COVID-19

Novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19)

[…] & Safety, PICNet has collaborated with the health authorities to develop provincial-level Infection Prevention and Control COVID-19 guidelines and resources for healthcare in the province.   For information about COVID-19, please go to the BC Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC) website.    Information for the Public  (Prevention & Risks, Testing, Community Settings, Public Exposures, etc).   Information for health-care providers  (Lab Testing, Infection Control, Clinical...

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2020/02/20

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Developing a PPE Training Program Teleclass Slides, Feb.19.20

[…] Free Hospital, UK 14 Westmead engineering controls Current: 2 Q-class rooms for adults Dedicated beds in the ICU Anteroom, patient room with ensuite Utility room A Staff shower Utility B for transfer of waste, blood samples etc. New: state of the art biocontainment unit Paediatric and adult beds 15 Q-class rooms 16 Engineering controls Organisation of PPE supplies in donning area Build upon existing dirty and...

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2020/01/29

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2019 nCoV, BCCDC, COVID-19, Featured

Novel Coronavirus (nCoV-2019) outbreak

[…] CDC assesses the current threat as low, we are advised to stay vigilant and notify appropriate authorities of suspect cases.   This memo is to supplement Dr. Danuta Skowronksi’s update and Dr. Mel Krajden’s laboratory testing memo (14 Jan 2020) and to summarize infection prevention recommendations and notifications. We ask that all care providers assist in early case identification and containment by observing the following: Ask patients presenting...

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2020/01/23

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2019 nCoV, BCCDC, COVID-19, Featured

Novel Coronavirus (nCoV-2019) outbreak in Wuhan, China

[…] CDC assesses the current threat as low, we are advised to stay vigilant and notify appropriate authorities of suspect cases.   This memo is to supplement Dr. Danuta Skowronksi’s update and Dr. Mel Krajden’s laboratory testing memo (14 Jan 2020) and to summarize infection prevention recommendations and notifications. We ask that all care providers assist in early case identification and containment by observing the following: Ask patients presenting...

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2019/06/12

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PICNet-surveillance-protocol-for-CDI-2019

[…] three or more times per day for more than 24 hours), or more frequently than is normal for the patient. 2) It is assumed that any stool sent to the laboratory for C . difficile testing is from a patient that has had at least three episodes of loose stools in a 24 -hour period. It is accepted that some patients may have had only one or...

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2019/04/29

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Infection Control News: April 22-26, 2019

[…] Canada says could have posed serious health risks. The product was contaminated with E. coli, which could pose serious health risks for those with a weakened immune system. News. Gonorrhoea, syphilis rates skyrocket in N.W.T. News. Blood tests on patients at a dental clinic have come back negative following concerns they may have been exposed to bloodborne viruses a year ago after health officials discovered improper sterilization of...

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2019/01/29

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C. difficile Prevention Using Human Factors Teleclass SLIDES

[…] Wisconsin-Madison Hosted by Paul Webber paul@webbertraining.com www.webbertraining.com January 31, 2019 Identify how to apply a systems engineering approach to C. difficile prevention Describe the complementary data collection approaches useful in characterizing C. difficile prevention efforts. Examine the interprofessional aspects of C. difficile prevention Objectives of the Session 2 Complexity of C. difficile infection Challenges to containment Uncertain incubation period Multiple reservoirs Environmental persistence...

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2018/07/17

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Infection Control News: July 9-13, 2018

[…] lab when funds are tight. Feature Causes and incidence of community-acquired serious infections among young children in south Asia Causes and incidence of community-acquired serious infections among young children in south Asia (ANISA): an observational cohort study. Journal UK: Supermarkets recall frozen vegetables over listeria fears. News   HIV vaccine human trials leave scientists ‘cautiously pleased’: Researchers urge cautious optimism as experimental treatment moves on to...

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2014/09/03

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PICNet_Annual_Report_06_07

[…] and processes. (7) Establish data sharing agreement with health authorities, identifying that HAs own their data and PICNet is custodian. 25% A PICNet PIA application has been registered with the Information Privacy/Sharing Working Group ( IPSWG). This work is being undertaken by the CDAD Surveillance working group. Once completed the group will begin work on data sharing agreements with the HAs. Objective 6: To seek and...

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2018/02/16

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PICNet_CDI_Surveillance_Report_Q2_2017-18

[…] 3) The line in each graph represents the overall linear trend over time. 4) Direct comparison of the number of cases or the rate between health authorities is not recommended due to variations in laboratory testing for confirmation of CDI diagnosis and in the application of CD I case definition. Figure 1. Provincial rate and number of new cases of CDI associated with the reporting facility,...

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2017/12/20

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PICNet_CDI_Surveillance_Report_Q1_2017-18

[…] 3) The line in each graph represents the overall linear trend over time. 4) Direct comparison of the number of rates or cases between health authorities is not recommended due to variations in l aboratory testing for confirmation of CDI diagnosis and in the application of CDI case definition. Figure 1. Provincial r ate and number of new cases of CDI associated with the reporting facility,...

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2017/11/06

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PICNet surveillance protocol for CDI 2017

[…] three or more times per day for more than 24 hours), or more frequently than is normal for the patient. 2) It is assumed that any stool sent to the laboratory for C . difficile testing is from a patient that has had at least three episodes of loose stools in a 24 -hour period. It is accepted that some patients may have had only one or...

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