[…] antimicrobial-resistant organisms and reduce overall infection rates. Health care providers (HCPs) may wash hands up to 30 times per shift. 1 It is estimated that 25 per cent of nurses report symptoms or signs of dermatitis involving hands and as many as 85 per cent give a history of having skin problems. Frequent and repeated use of hand hygiene products, particularly soaps and other detergents, is...
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[…] baumannii (carbapenem/colistin resistant) Carbapenem resistant Enterobacteriaceae Escherichia coli (ESBL producing) Klebsiella pneumoniae (ESBL producing, carbapenem resistant) Extended spectrum β -lactamase (ESBL) producing Enterobacteriaceae 6 http://www.cdc.gov/hai/organisms/cre/TrackingCRE.html Carbpenemase-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae: US, 1915 7 http://www.cddep.org/projects/resistance_map/resistance_overview_0 8 Intra-abdominal isolates (2002-12) Decreased activity of amikacin, ceftazidime, ceftriaxone, ciprofloxacin, levofloxacin, imipenem-cilastatin against all Enterobacteriaceae from ICUs Reduced susceptibility of A. baumannii ESBL-positive isolates between 2007-8 and 2010-12 E. coli increased from 4.6% to 6.8%...
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Demystifying the CIC ® Certification Examination Hosted by Paul Webber paul@webbertraining.com November 5, 2015 www.webbertraining.com Teleclass broadcast sponsored by www.gojo.com Objectives Discuss eligibility criteria and required supporting documents Provide insight to the test development process Provide reasoning behind CBIC policies Dispel some of the common misconceptions around the certification and recertification exam 2 How do I get Started in Infection Prevention and Control? Contact APIC or IPAC...
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[…] order to create the resources you have requested. Section 4 summarizes the items that will be brought forward to the SOAC. T he SOAC will discuss the requests for new resources, recommend which should be developed, and advise on the priorit y based on demand, need, and workload. The PICNet management team will update you as this progresses. If you have any questions or comments about...
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[…] -19 Infection Prevention and Control/Workplace Health and Safety Working Group • BCCDC Communicable Diseases Medical Health Officers Group • BCCDC Primary Care Reference Group Background Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) A infections (H5N1) are being detected in wild and domestic birds and other animals in BC, other Canadian provinces, and globally. 1–5 At present, this is primarily a communicable disease affecting animals. The agricultural sector is taking...
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[…] BC Catherine Fast, Director Employee Wellness, Provincial Health Services Authority Bruce Gamage, Network Manager , PICNet, Pr ovincial Health Services Authority Keva Glynn, Director Performance Management, Ministry of Health Services Janice de Heer, Corporate Director, In fection Prevention and Control, Interior Health Authority 1 Italicized members indicate non-voting status. Dr. Bonnie Henry, Advisory Committee Chair, Physician Epid emiologist, BCCDC,...
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[…] FM Inc. is a British Columbia owned and operated company that has focused primarily on providing cleaninghousekeeping auditing services and housekeeping management software solutions for hospitals and other facilities in North America for over two decades. For this most recent independent audit we have built upon the experience gained in performing the audits carried out annually in BC from 2005 through to today. Specifically, clarity changes...
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Revised May 7, 2013 1 Interim Guidance – Novel Coronavirus (nCoV) Infection Prevention and Control Guidance for Acute Care a Settings The Public Health Agency of Canada (the Agency) has developed this document to provide infection prevention and control (IPC) guidance to healthcare organizations and healthcare workers (HCWs) for the management of patients presenting to healthcare facilit ies in Canada, who have travelled from the Arabian Peninsula or neigh...
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[…] care beds housed in acute care facilities, and patients with short -term emergency room admissions. Data collection and reporting The provincial MRSA surveillance protocol , including case definition s and core data elements , was de veloped by the PICNet Surveillance Steering Committee (SSC) to standardize data collection with minimum burden to the HA s. Each HA incorporated the core data elements into their MRSA surveillance...
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[…] Network of BC Communicating with Healthcare Workers: the old, the new, the tried… and the untried PICNet Educational Conference March 2016 {Inform {Educate {Remind {Refresh {Reassure {Reinforce {Respond {Listen {Practices {Protocols {Resources {Reasons {Changes { Developments {News {Issues {Questions {Confusion Why communicate? Choices, choices! So which do we use? Audience (s) Ty p e o f information Format Preferences Urgency Permanence Sensitive/ Confidential = dictates Quotes from...
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Feces Management: Time to Address the Risks Jim Gauthier MLT, CIC Providence Care Kingston, Ontario, Canada Hosted by Bruce Gamage Provincial Infection Control Network of Vancouver www.webbertraining.com April 9, 2015 Teleclass Broadcast Sponsored by www.meiko. de Disclaimer Jim has been hired as a consultant or has been sponsored as a speaker by the following companies: Meiko Steven’s ArjoHuntleigh Virox Diversey 3M Ecolab 2 Disclaimer None of these companies have...
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[…] Infection Prevention and Control Guidance for C. auris for Health Care Settings , to align with Public Health Agency of Canada’s (PHAC) Candida auris Infection Prevention and Control in Canadian Healthcare Settings - Canada.ca (updated December 23, 2024). PHAC guidance expands on recommendations for management of C. auris and additional recommendations for transmission events and outbreaks. 1 The term ‘patient’ in this guideline refers to persons receiving...
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[…] outbreak may be somewhat different from the generic case definition for RI. Furthermore, the case definition for residents/patients may be different from that developed for staff members. Residents or patients who meet the working case de finition will be considered ‘cases’ regardless of the results of laboratory testing unless another diagnosis is confirmed. 7. Identifying an Outbreak 7.1 Case Definition for Respiratory Infection...
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[…] Hosted by Claire Kilpatrick www.webbertraining.com June 13, 2019 Objectives - Explain the need for SSI surveillance in order to support infection prevention and safe surgery - Outline the approaches taken to conduct SSI surveillance - Describe the challenges and some of the proposed solutions for undertaking SSI surveillance in under-resourced settings - Summarize the role of the World Surgical Infection Society (WSIS) in supporting surveillance and improvement...
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[…] Public Health on a daily basis, and ensure that contact numbers are readily available. Identify who will be the media spokesperson (this may be a designated person from the Health Authority . Deci de how frequently the OPMT will meet, and set the next meeting date and time. The Outbreak Prevention and Management Team members for the facility and the Public Health representative should...
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Respiratory Infection Outbreak Guidelines for Healthcare Facilities Reference Document for use by Health Care Organizations for Internal Policy/Protocol Development February 2018 Revised from Provincial Infection Control Network Reference for Respiratory Outbreak Prevention and Control Guidelines, February 2011 British Columbia Provincial Infection Control Network Acknowledgements PICNet would like to acknowledge and thank the following individuals for their contributions to this document: Respiratory Infection Outbreak Guidelines Revisions Working Group Joanne Archer,...
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[…] Reporting of c ompliance data in residential care facilities started from fiscal year 2014/15 Key findings in 201 6/1 7 • CDI : The provincial annual rate of new CDI associated with the reporting facility de creased significantly in 2016/1 7 compared with 2015/16 . There was a significant downward trend in the provinc ial rate of CDI from 2012/13 to 2016/17, with the lowest rate in...
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