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LunchAtDesk
How clean are that keyboard and mouse? Clean your hands before eating, and make sure you’re not touching dir ty surfaces at the same time – otherwise you’re giving germs a free ride into your body! Eating lunch at your desk?...
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Tadros CPOs
1 Manal Tadros Medical Microbiologist Fraser Health Authority Carbapenemase Producing Organisms 2 Objectives §Discuss Laboratory detection of CPO § Summarize the Epidemiology of CPO in Fraser Health Authority § Discuss Infection Control measures implemented at FHA to prevent transmission of these organisms 3 4 5 I. Laboratory Detection of Carbapenemase Producing Organisms §From Clinical Specimens: All CPO § From Surveillance Specimens: In FH: Only CPE are detected 6...
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Gamage CPO in BC
[…] BSN CIC PICNet Manager Background CPO in Canada Provincial Picture Infection Prevention and Control Measures Carbapenemasesare a class of enzymes that inactivate carbapenem antibiotics by hydrolysinginactivate carbapenem antibiotics by hydrolysing them. Carbapenem antibiotics often referred to as "last Carbapenem antibiotics , often referred to as last resort antibiotics": •Imipenem M • M eropenem •Ertapenem Carbapenemases most commonly in Ecoli...
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PICNet HealthyAtWork Brochure
[…] injure yourself at work? (And do you know what forms to fill out?) - You need your immunizations brought up to date? - You have health and safety concerns at work? If you don’t know the answers to these questions, contact your occupational health department or manager. If you have concerns about your health, contact your family doctor or Healthlink BC (dial 811). About PICNet <mark...
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Faecal Transplant to Control C. difficile Disease
Recurrent Clostridium difficile : The Role of Faecal Microbiota Transplants Dr Jonathan Sutton Ysbyty Gwynedd Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board www.webbertraining.com September 29, 2015 * Borody et al. Journal of clinical gastroenterology 38(6) 2004 ‘Toying with human motions’ IPS Liverpool 29th September 2015 The Power of Poop IPS Liverpool 29th September 2015 From me ...
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LunchAtDesk2
How clean are that keyboard and mouse? Clean your hands before eating, and make sure you’re not touching dir ty surfaces at the same time – otherwise you’re giving germs a free ride into your body! Eating lunch at your desk?...
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LindaHoang_How did it get from there to here
How did it get to there from here? Understanding transmission from whole genome sequencing Linda Hoang MSc, MD, FRCPC Medical Microbiologist BC Centre for Disease Control Public Health Laboratory PICNet Medical Co -Lead BCCDC Public Health Laboratory Objectives • Molecular Epidemiology • Evolution of Tools that Guide Outbreak Investigations • The Role of Whole Genome Sequencing for Outbreak Investigations BCCDC Public Health Laboratory BCCDC Public Health Laboratory Imag...
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ChristineLee_BCaLM
[…] Dept. Pathology and Lab Medicine, UBC Importance of C. difficile Infection •Leading cause of HAI •Increase in rates in community ? –HA rates: 2005 (84/100,000) 2011 (70/100,000) 2015 (48/100,000 patient -days) •Reduced efficacy of abx therapy –Metronidazole failure rates for uncomplicated CDI: 2.5% vs 18% –Following 2 recurrences: > 60% risk of recurrence with abx •Increased length of stay and hospital costs –4d increase in LOS; additional...
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Richards_Patient HH
[…] (PHC) PICNET Education Day March 10, 2017 Patient Hand Hygiene Improving Patient Hand Hygiene • Acute medical unit with recent increase in AROs • Engaged nursing staff on unit • Nurses provided hand wipes to their patients before all meals for 4 weeks • Assessed compliance and perception, time considerations, and perceived barriers pre, during and post- survey Improving Patient Hand Hygiene: Results • Pre-intervention survey: •...
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Dos and Donts of Hospital Cleaning SLIDES
[…] Edinburgh Napier University Hosted by Prof.Jean-Yves Maillard Cardiff University, Wales www.webbertraining.com April 25, 2017 A. Denver Russell Memorial Teleclass Lecture How should we approach control of antimicrobial resistance? 2 ...
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ResCareSurveyPoster
Hand hygiene in residential care - How can we help you? The BC Hand Hygiene Communications Group is a group of communications staff from each Health Authority who work together to promote hand hygiene in health car e facilities. Most of our work to date has focused on acute care, so this year we want to h elp promote hand hygiene in Residential Care. And we need your help!...
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