[…] at the health care facility level. Publication Using Intervention Bundles to Reduce the Rate of Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections in Acute Care Settings. Journal Doctors brace for busy flu season without pandemic restrictions. News B.C. vaccine campaign: Health officials to release plan for fall boosters. News An E. coli outbreak associated with Wendy’s restaurants has now sickened 97 people in...
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[…] influenza, and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). This transition aligns with the following announcements and changes: Policy_Communique_Infection_Prevention_Control_Measures_Respiratory_Illness BC Ministry of Health (Oct 13, 2023) Actions protect people, B.C. communities this respiratory illness season | BC Gov News (Sep 28, 2023) After BC Ministry of Health approval of revised materials, the COVID-19 information is being removed from the BCCDC COVID-19 Infection Control webpage and updated materials are posted...
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Long-running Ebola outbreak is now an international health emergency, say experts. News Lawmakers mull proposal to end religious exemptions for measles shots in New York State. News Ottawa’s new medical officer tables stay-the-course 2019 budget. News Los Angeles is dealing with a deadly, flea-borne typhus outbreak. News Over 109,000 people died from measles in 2017 — needlessly. News...
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Kitchen towels are full of bacteria — but can they make us sick? The biggest takeaway of this study is how often we should be washing things like kitchen towels. News All kids should get vaccinated for hepatitis B at birth, experts say. News. Lungs from hepatitis C-infected donors can be safely transplanted. News. Reports highlight Klebsiella superbug, other CRE concerns. News....
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California’s tightened rules pay off against measles. News Ebola could spread if ‘violent attacks’ continue in Congo, WHO warns. News C. difficile sniffing springer spaniel is making hospitals safer. News Alaska officials fear tuberculosis spread at religious event. News WORLD. Rift valley fever (RVF) outbreak on Mayotte. A RVF outbreak in the French overseas territory of Mayotte has resulted in 129 lab-confirmed...
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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...
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[…] to receive notifications and updates from PICNet on whichever of the following topics you are interested in: Educational Opportunities: Information on upcoming conferences, workshops, and new educational resources PICNet Newsletter: Periodic e-newsletter with infection control news, links to new resources, and updates on PICNet’s projects and events Community of Practice Notifications: Notification of infection control news and advisories,...
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[…] 1994 Approximately 70,000 subscribers in ≥185 countries 2 2 "The popular ProMED-mail e-list offers a daily update on all the known disease outbreaks flaring up around the world, which surely makes it the most terrifying news source known to man." – Steven Johnson "The Ghost Map", p. 219 Riverhead Books/Penguin, 2006 A Compliment? 2 3 Rhinolophus ("Horseshoe Bat") EcoHealth Alliance Natural host of SARS Coronavirus –...
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[…] infectious substances (Class 6, Division 6.2) and clinical, (bio) medical or regulated medical waste (canada.ca) 9. R e ferences 1. World Health Organization (WHO). Monkeypox Fact Sheet 19 May 2022. Accessed June 8, 2022. https://www.who.int/ news -room/fact -sheets/detail/monkeypox 2. US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Monkeypox | Poxvirus | CDC Jun 7, 2022. Accessed June 8, 2022. https://www.cdc.gov/poxvirus/monkeypox/index.html 3. Public Health Agency of Canada...
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[…] B infectious substances (Class 6, Division 6.2) and clinical, (bio) medical or regulated med ical waste (canada.ca) 9. References 1. World Health Organization (WHO). Monkeypox Fact Sheet 19 May 2022. Accessed January 4, 2023. https://www.who.int/ news -room/fact -sheets/detail/monkeypox 2. US Centers for Di sease Control and Prevention (CDC). Monkeypox | Poxvirus | CDC Sep 7, 2022. Accessed January 4, 2023. https://www.cdc.gov/poxvirus/monkeypox/index.html 3. Public Health Agency of...
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[…] surveilla nce, education/training and practice across th e continuum of care within the Province of British Columbia. Over the past few months this group has reac hed many milestones. The group produces a monthly electronic newsletter in order to keep our Community of Practice (C OP) up-to-date on current PICNet activities. The newsletter is sent to all COP members via email and is linked directly to...
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[…] designed was sustainable given PICNet’s high reliance on volunteers and its limited fiscal resources. The Communications Working Group launched PICNet’s website and a number of other marketing and commu nications activities such as PICNet’s monthly newsletter. The Needs Assessment Working Group over saw an ambitious project to develop a provincial "snap shot" of infection prevention, surveillance and control practice in the province and propose recommendations to address...
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[…] surveilla nce, education/training and practice across th e continuum of care within the Province of British Columbia. Over the past few months this group has reac hed many milestones. The group produces a monthly electronic newsletter in order to keep our Community of Practice (C OP) up-to-date on current PICNet activities. The newsletter is sent to all COP members via email and is linked directly to...
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[…] designed was sustainable given PICNet’s high reliance on volunteers and its limited fiscal resources. The Communications Working Group launched PICNet’s website and a number of other marketing and commu nications activities such as PICNet’s monthly newsletter. The Needs Assessment Working Group over saw an ambitious project to develop a provincial "snap shot" of infection prevention, surveillance and control practice in the province and propose recommendations to address...
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[…] Provincial Infection Control Network of British Columbia www.webbertraining.com October 5, 2017 Infection control guidelines that did not work against Ebola in 2014 Objectives: To analyze the Ebola virus and risk of transmission To discuss the international Ebola- guidelines for the use of PPE -before and after September 2014 To discuss controversial PPE information and assessment of the Ebola crisis To evaluate prevention-savy behaviour during serious outbreaks...
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[…] 2009. 6: p. 593 -603. 35. Brosseau, L. & Oberg, T., Surgical Mask Failure and Fit Performance. Am J Infect Control, 2008. 36(4): p. 276 -281. 36. Blanco, N ., Eisenberg, M., Stillwell, T., & Foxman, B., What Transmission Precautions Best Control Influenza Spread in a Hospital? American Journal of Epidemiology, 2016. 183(11): p. 1045 -1054. 37. Otter J, Y.S., Salkeld J, French G., Evidence that contaminated...
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