Search
VCH PPE Testing Lab
[…] Other: N/A The PPE Testing Laboratory has received start up and operational funding from: VCH, BC MOH and donations from LGH Foundation ( Huscroft Family), and UBC and VGH Foundation ( Teck , Chan Better World Foundation) Disclosures - PPE Testing Laboratory Team – Titus Wong, Jesse Cooper, Julie Frketich , Rachael Ritchie, Allison Muniak , Dean Chittock , Daniel Brard , Torin Brockington -Tyhy ,...
Type: Media
2022-11-09 Slides_Strength of Evidence Teleclass Slides
[…] Control and Epidemiology (APIC)•Australian National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)•National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) •National Health Service (NHS) England, •Infection Prevention Society (IPS),•European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID),• World Health Organization (WHO) and the •Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC)Other guidelines identified in this search5 CriteriaInclusion•published from January 2009 to April 2019•published with the intent of being a...
Type: Media
2023-03-07 Slides_HAI Electronic Record Data
[…] and dissemination of data regarding a health-event for use in public health action to reduce morbidity and mortality and to improve health"•SSI, CLABSI, UTI…•1 in 25 patientsadmittedtohospitalSurveillance:•Within1 facility•National networks(PREZIES, KISS)•Mandatoryor voluntaryparticipation•Confidentialor public data4IncidenceComparetoreferencedataFeedback tocliniciansInterventionsHaley, 1985, World Health Organization2011, UmscheidICHE2014, MagillNEJM 2018 Is surveillance useful?5Abbaset al JHI 2019, Haley1985, Surveillance= data 4 action SurveillanceConventionalsurveillance•Manual, retrospectivechartreview•Determineinfectionstatus basedon case-definition•Data collectioninclrisk factors•Reports& interpretation•Labour-intensive•Pronetoerror•"The more youlook, themore youfind"Whyautomatedsurveillance?•More efficient by...
Type: Media
2023-03-07 Slides_HAI Electronic Record Data
[…] 25 patients admittedtohospital Surveillance: • Within 1 facility • National networks (PREZIES, KISS) • Mandatory or voluntary participation • Confidential or public data 4 Incidence Compareto reference data Feedback to clinicians Interventions Haley , 1985, World Health Organization2011, Umscheid ICHE 2014, Magill NEJM 2018 Is surveillance useful? 5 Abbaset al JHI 2019, Haley1985, Surveillance = data 4 action Surveillance Conventionalsurveillance • Manual, retrospective chartreview • Determine infectionstatus...
Type: Media
Ebola Clinical Care Guidelines
[…] virus disease (EVD): What do health professionals need to know about EVD? National case definition: Ebola virus disease Case report form Interim guidance: Ebola virus disease: Infection prevention and control measures for borders, healthcare settings and self monitoring at home. Public health management of cases and contacts of human illness associated with EVD World Health Organization Global Alert and Response (GAR) — Ebola virus disease Link to...
Type: Post
Meningitis A vaccine in Africa
[…] of infant vaccination. A study just published in Clinical Infectious Diseases by Andromachi Karachaliou of Cambridge University and her colleagues shows what this could lead to: Ms Karachaliou’s computer model predicts that the epidemics will return with a vengeance in about 15 years if MenAfriVac does not become a routine childhood jab, as the World Health Organisation (WHO) recommends it should. Read the full story...
Type: Post
Infection Control J-parody for PHN
[…] 500 pt 100 pt 200 pt 300 pt 400 pt 500 pt 100 pt 200 pt 300 pt 400 pt 500 pt 100 pt Don’t Eat Poop Clean Me Up Scotty Those Nasty Critters Stop The Spread CD Champions 2 Everyone needs to do this before they eat: 100: Don’t Eat Poop 3 What is: Hand Hygiene 100: Don’t Eat Poop 4 Gloves are a great...
Type: Media
Infection Control J-parody for lab
[…] 500 pt 100 pt 200 pt 300 pt 400 pt 500 pt 100 pt 200 pt 300 pt 400 pt 500 pt 100 pt Don’t Eat Poop Clean Me Up Scotty Those Nasty Critters Stop The Spread CD Champions 2 Everyone needs to do this before they eat: 100: Don’t Eat Poop 3 What is: Hand Hygiene 100: Don’t Eat Poop 4 Gloves are a great...
Type: Media
PHAC_Guidance_CDI_Acute_Care_Settings_
0 | CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION INFECTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL GUIDANCE FOR MANAGEMENT IN ACUTE CARE SETTINGS To promote and protect the health of Canadians through leadership, partnership, innovation and action in public health. — Public Health Agency of Canada CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION: Infection Prevention and Control Guidance for Management in Acute Care Settings is available on Internet at the following address: http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca Également disponible en français sous le...
Type: Media
DiseasePrevention
[…] </div> </div> </div> <div class="government-links clearfix"> <a href="http://www2.gov.bc.ca" target="_blank"> <img alt="Government of British Columbia Home" title="Government of British Columbia Home" src="/images/bc_logo.gif" /> </a> <ul class="horizontalMenu barSeparated medias clearfix"> <li item="1"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/ProvinceofBC" target="_blank">YouTube</a></li> <li item="2"><a href="http://www. newsroom.gov.bc.ca/connect.html#facebook" target="_blank">Facebook</a></li> <li item="3"><a href="http://www.newsroom.gov.bc.ca/connect.html#twitter" target="_blank">Twitter</a></li> <li item="4"><a href="http://www.newsroom.gov.bc.ca/connect.html#blogs" target="_blank">Blogs</a></li> <li item="5"><a href="http://www.newsroom.gov.bc.ca/connect.html#rss" target="_blank">RSS Feeds</a></li> <li item="6"><a href="http://www.newsroom.gov.bc.ca/enewsletters/Default.aspx" target="_blank">E-Newsletters</a></li> <li item="7"><a href="http://www.newsroom.gov.bc.ca/ministries/" target="_blank">Ministry Media Rooms</a></li> </ul>...
Type: Media
workplace-occupational-health
[…] <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en-US"> <head profile="http://gmpg.org/xfn/11"> <title>Workplace / Occupational Health | Do Bugs Need Drugs?</title> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /> <!-- Headway SEO Juice --> <link rel='canonical' href='http://www.dobugsneeddrugs.org/educational-resources/workplace-occupational-health/' /> <!-- Stylesheets --> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="http://www.dobugsneeddrugs.org/wp-content/ themes/headway-2015/style.css" id="style" /> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="http://www.dobugsneeddrugs.org/wp-content/themes/headway-2015/media/cache/headway.css" media="screen, projection" /><!-- Headway Elements --> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="http://www.dobugsneeddrugs.org/wp-content/themes/headway-2015/media/cache/leafs.css" media="screen, projection" /><!-- Headway Leaf Sizing --> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="http://www.dobugsneeddrugs.org/wp-content/themes/headway-2015/custom.css?1407782249" /><!--...
Type: Media
RiskAssessment
What is Risk Assessment? Notice the symptoms Cough DiarrheaVomiting Rash Do they also have a fever? Are the symptoms new? Is there something I should do? Is there something I should advise the patient to do? Whom should I tell? Have I seen more than one person with these symptoms today? e.g. Personal Protective Equipment e.g. respiratory etiquette, mask Physician or charge...
Type: Media
Emerging Respiratory Viruses Teleclass SLIDES
[…] of front-line medical workers University of Toronto Joint Center for Bioethics 17 March 2009: First cases in Mexico and US June 11, 2009: WHO declares global pandemic Sept 2009: > 296,000 cases, ~ 3500 deaths worldwide Affected children and young adults (median age = 18) Ability to cause severe pneumonia Higher risk of complications in pregnancy Community exposure Novel Influenza A (pH1N1) Evan Frustaglio 18 Mitchell R,...
Type: Media
Ebola PICNet 2015-04-24
The Ebola Battle: From Both Sides Patrice Gordon, Family Nurse Practitioner Canadian Red Cross Emergency Response Unit Kenema Ebola Treatment Centre, Sierra Leone 1 2 Identified in 1976, Zaire 55-80% mortality, >500 deaths Numerous small outbreaks since, all in Central Africa Filovirus , 5 species, 4 can infect humans Bats, primates likely reservoir with spillover events to humans ? via consumption of bushmeat Human to human transmission through...
Type: Media
Shirley Clarke_BackWhereItBelongs
Back where it belongs Incorporating infection control practices into patient care simulations What are the issues? • Assumption • All health authorities expect students enter the work place with the ability to safely implement infection control practices…. • Reality • Educators are working with a stuffed curriculum and infection control is just one thing to do and it is introduced in theory and then coached...
Type: Media
MERS-COV Teleclass SLIDES2
MERS-COV Implications for healthcare facilities Sotirios Tsiodras, MD, MSc, PhD Associate Professor of Medicine & Infectious Diseases Medical School, National & Kapodistrian University of A thens Hosted by Paul Webber paul@webbertraining.com www.webbertraining.com March 3, 2016 New Coronavirus - MERS-CoV 2 MERS-CoV EPIDEMIOLOGY 4 MERS 2012-2016, Epicurve 6 MERS-CoV cases by region of likely acquisition Ian Mackay, www.virologydownunder.blogspot.com.au 8 MERS 2012-2016, Epicurve 9 MERS – Global epi curve n...
Type: Media
Strategies to Reduce Skin Injury SLIDES
[…] – 2014 Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, February 14, 2011. Numbers for local and state government Unavailable prior to 2008/Nov 2011, Release 10:00 a.m. (EST) Thursday, November 8, 2012, 2013 data http://www.bls.gov/ news.release/pdf/osh2.pdf . Accessed 01/07/2016 http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/osh2.pdf * Incidence rate per 10,000 FTE Number, Incidence Rate, & Median Days Away From Work for Occupational Injuries RN’s with Musculoskeletal Disorders in US, 2003 –...
Type: Media
PrecautionSigns_VIHA
[…] KEEP SIGN POSTED UNTIL ROOM CLEANED HOUSEKEEPER will remove sign after cleaning STOP CONTACT PRECAUTIONS Bed # Families and visitors: Please report to staff before entering Required: - Gown & Gloves Point-of-Care Risk Assessment When there is a risk of splash or spray, wear face and eye protection. Clean hands before entering and when leaving room Clean hands with A) hand foam/gel or B) soap and water...
Type: Media
Practical Approaches for Monitoring Cleaning SLIDES
[…] skin sites: 50% Hand contamination after contact with high-touch surfaces: 50% Bedrail Abdomen Guerrero DM, et al. Acquisition of spores on gloved hands after contact with skin of CDI patients and with environmental surfaces in their rooms. AJIC 2012;40:556-8 5 Basic infection control practices InfectedPatient Susceptible Patient Environment Hand washing, gloves, gowns Environmental Cleaning Dubberke ER, et al. Strategies to prevent CDI in acute care hospitals. Infect...
Type: Media