Page 1 of 2 . PICNet October Newsletter Debugging Healthcare Together October 2016 Webinar - Thursday Oct 27 The International Centre for Infectious Diseases is hosting a webinar tomorrow: Antibacterial Resistance in Gram - Negatives: prevalence, risk factors and impact of inappropriate therapy . You can register on their website. You can view other upcoming webinars on our Webinars and Lectures page (and we...
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[…] prize for the most creative photo, and a trophy for the health authority with the most photos. Let’s continue to lead the country in hand hygiene! You can also… View the current photos Spread the word! Put up a poster, tweet about the contest,and more. Access hand hygiene resources on the PICNet website Questions about the contest?...
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[…] ESTABLISHMENTS NOVEMBER 2014 ii PREFACE If you are an operator who provide s a service to or on the body of another person of the general public , th ese guideline s should be of interest to you. The purpose of these guideline s is to clarify the expectations of operators of personal service establishments and give guidance on prevention of health...
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[…] Vancouver Coastal Health 9:30 – 10:15 Provincial Housekeeping Best Practices Joanne Archer, PICNet 10:15 – 10:45 Health Break Posters and Exhibitors 10:45 – 12:15 Not what I want to hear: talking with patients when the news is unexpected, unwelcome, and changes lives Evelyn Pollock, RN; Adrienne Mercer and Carolyn Canfield, patients 12:15 – 1:00 Lunch Posters and Exhibitors 1:00 – 1:45 Reprocessing in small health care...
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[…] this time it’s national! Last year, PICNet, the BC Health Authorities, and BCPSQC hosted the Clean Shots photo contest to raise awareness around hand hygiene and have some fun doing it. The Canadian Patient Safety Institute liked our idea (and your photos!) so much that this year they decided to host the contest nationally. Let’s show the rest of the...
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1 PICNet Surgical Site Infection Surve illance Working Group’s Strategic Plan and Options Paper The Provincial Infection Control Network (PICNet) Surgical Site Infection Surveillance Working Group’s Strategic Plan and Options Paper Report DRAFT 2 PICNet Surgical Site Infection Surve illance Working Group’s Strategic Plan and Options Paper DRAFT TABLE OF CONTENTS Executive Summary ...
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[…] Disinfection and Sterilization in Health Care . Can Commun Dis Rep. 1998 Dec;24 Suppl 8:1 -55. 45. U.S. Food and Drug Administration. FDA Clears Glove Made from New Type of Latex. 2008; Available from: http://www.fda.gov/ NewsEvents/Newsroom/Pre ssAnnouncements/2008/ucm116883.htm . 46. Daeschlein G, Lehnert W, Arnold A, Haase H, Junger M. Hygienic safety of a new hydrodynamic wound debridement system. Dermatol Surg. 2010 Sep;36(9):1426 -38. 47. Wong...
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[…] THE PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF MEASLES OUTBREAKS IN CANADA | 31 (43) Pan American Health Organization (PAHO). Meeting of the panel of experts for the documentation and verification of measles, rubellal, and CRS elimination. Immunization Newsletter 2009;31(2):1. (44) Hutse V, Van Hecke K, De Bruyn R, Samu O, Lernout T, Muyembe JJ, et al. Oral fluid for the serological and molecular diagnosis...
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[…] Disinfection and Sterilization in Health Care . Can Commun Dis Rep. 1998 Dec;24 Suppl 8:1 -55. 45. U.S. Food and Drug Administration. FDA Clears Glove Made from New Type of Latex. 2008; Available from: http://www.fda.gov/ NewsEvents/Newsroom/Pre ssAnnouncements/2008/ucm116883.htm . 46. Daeschlein G, Lehnert W, Arnold A, Haase H, Junger M. Hygienic safety of a new hydrodynamic wound debridement system. Dermatol Surg. 2010 Sep;36(9):1426 -38. 47. Wong...
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[…] members of our Community of Practice and our newsletter subscribers. If you would like to change your email receipt preferences, please use the links above or below this email. Toronto , ON World Anti -Microbial Resistance Congress Oct 19-20, 2015 Washington, DC USA 3rd International Course on Implementation in Infection Control Oct 29-30, 2015 Geneva, Switzerland IFIC Course on Behaviour Change <mark...
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[…] on training. For example, m easurable improvements could result from the arrival of a new boss or from a new computer system, rather than from training . Understanding "Failures" • Why do we use the word "failure"? • W hat does that word mean to us? • What feelings does that word stir up in us and in others? Failure is a...
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[…] workers•Mainly concerned with environmental hygiene as they are most often touching the patient•Also concerned with hand hygiene between patient rooms or in specific situations Chain of transmission through contaminated hands and the environmenthttps://www.cdc.gov/hai/prevent/resource-limited/introduction.html The bad newsHEH is still VERY understudied and underfunded in most settingsThis means that:•HEH is quite low among the priorities of most healthcare facilities•The environmental...
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Routine Practices and Additional Precautions for Preventing the Transmission of Infection in Healthcare Settings Created By: Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) September 2017 Routine Practices and Additional Precautions Assessment and Educational Tools Created By: Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) 2012 Urinary Tract Infections Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections (CAUTI) Strategies to prevent catheter-associated urinary tract infections in acute-care hospitals: 2022 Update Created by: SHEA/IDSA/APIC...
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[…] Browsers and Mobile Apps for viewing the modules Flash Adobe Flash Player 10.3 or later, and one of the following browsers: Browser For Windows, any of: Internet Explorer 8 and later Microsoft Edge ( latest version) Google Chrome (latest version) Firefox (latest version) For Mac, any of: Safari 7 and later Google Chrome (latest version) Course Content Provincial training...
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[…] also be assigned to ill patients whenever possible. (page 18) Category B11 15. All HCPs should have easy access to the PPE required and be knowledgeable about how to use it. Managers should monitor PPE usage and reinforce the need to apply and remove PPE properly. (page 18) Category C11 16. As much as possible, within the limitations of personal privacy issues, HCP illness...
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[…] also be assigned to ill patients whenever possible. (page 18) Category B11 15. All HCPs should have easy access to the PPE required and be knowledgeable about how to use it. Managers should monitor PPE usage and reinforce the need to apply and remove PPE properly. (page 18) Category C11 16. As much as possible, within the limitations of personal privacy issues, HCP illness...
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[…] transmission of C. difficile (86) , Klebsiella spp. (8 7) ■ Contaminated thermometers in the transmission of VRE and C. difficile (42;88 - 90) ■ Ultrasonic nebulizers in the transmission of MRSA (91) ■ Re usable fingerstick blood sampling devices in the transmission of hepatitis B (92) ■ Environmental surfaces near infant bedside, such as countertops, crib sides, pacifiers, toys in the...
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Viral respiratory illnesses spread when every l ink is present. Multiple measures work together to break each link, (see examples in the blue boxes) and most measures act on more than one link. CHAIN OF INFECTION FOR VIRAL RESPIRATORY ILLNESS Infection prevention and control and public health measures break the links to prevent infections • Early testing & diagnosis • Investigate clusters and...
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All exhibitor information can be downloaded in one PDF document. Update: Driving to the conference? You can get free parking by booking your parking here. Exhibitor table locations are shown in the floorplan below. If you have visited this page before, please refresh your browser to ensure you are looking at the most recent version of the floorplan; the version you should see...
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