[…] to be modified to keep up to date with current technologies, provincial and federal legislation, and to best meet the needs of the CoP. As requested by the CoP, PICNet has been posting to its news page more frequently. In addition, the Webber Teleclas s pages were updated to make it easier...
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Page 1 of 3 PICNet PROVINCIAL INFECTION CONTROL NETWORK OF BRITISH COLUMBIA A program of the Provincial Health Services Authority PICNet September Newsletter Debugging Healthcare Together! Issue: #6 September 2013 It's just over a month until Infection Control Week, and PICNet has lots of ways you can get involved! Infection Control Week In -A-Box PICNet's " Let's Go Viral!"...
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[…] elements in the chain of transmission are p resent (Figure 1 ). Figure 1: The Chain of Transmission By eliminating any of the six links through effective infection prevention and control measures , or ‘ breaking the chain ’, transmission does not occur ( Figure 2 ). PIDAC: Routine P ractices and Additional...
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[…] of environmental surfaces be achieved? 10 Teleclass 2015 LIMITATIONS OF CURRENT SURFACE INTERVENTIONS CONTAMINATED SURFACES PATIENT HEALTHCARE WORKERS PATIENT SURFACE DISINFECTION - liquid disinfectants - antimicrobial pre-wetted wipes - UV irradiation - gas ANTIMICROBIAL SURFACES? BREAKING THE CHAIN OF TRANSMISSION 11 Teleclass 2015 LIMITATIONS OF CURRENT SURFACE INTERVENTIONS Increasing body of knowledge which highlights improved infection control practices can help break <mark...
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[…] elements in the chain of transmission are p resent (Figure 1 ). Figure 1: The Chain of Transmission By eliminating any of the six links through effective infection prevention and control measures , or ‘ breaking the chain ’, transmission does not occur ( Figure 2 ). PIDAC: Routine P ractices and Additional...
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[…] P f i z e r, We yth -Lederle DISCLOSURE Anything I say can be highly biased No offshore account ! all goes to the Hospital to pay research nurse data manager 2 ICUs, the world of infection 3 Where reality surpasses fiction 4 West ern Eu Eastern Eu South Amerika North Amerika Oceania A frika A sia 0 10 20 30...
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[…] tools • Authenticity • Genuine • Humour • Activities that match learning style • Advanced Organizers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHd_L7dg3U4 Strategies That Engage • Content matching Objectives • Game Based Learning • Metaphor Learning • Action Learning • Stories/Case Studies that are relevant to practice Strategies cont’d • Can be own stories, but if you don’t have one make one up: I do • Example,...
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Activities Explore engaging and creative activities offered by PICNet that help promote infection prevention and control practices. LEARN MORE Brochures, Posters & Tools Browse through various resources provided by PICNet and other organizations, including informative brochures, additional precaution signage, and other posters. LEARN MORE Games Have fun while learning about infection prevention and control with our collection...
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Page 1 of 2 PICNet Educational Conference March 2-4, 2016 Hilton Vancouver Airport 5911 Minoru Boulevard, Richmond, BC Wednesday March 2, 2016: Pre-Conference Workshop Time Topic Presenter 8:00 â8:30 Registration and Breakfast 8:30 â8:35 Welcome and Opening Remarks Joanne Archer 8:35 â10:20 Improving your communications Michael Grinder 10:20 â10:35 Health Break 10:35 â12:00 Improving your communications Michael Grinder 12:00 â12:45 Lunch 12:45 â2:30 Educating your staff...
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[…] to Inform the Future March 3-4, 2014 The presentation slides are available for download; click on the PDF icon next to the presentation title to view/download the file. March 3rd Topic Speaker Name 8:00–8:30 Registration and Breakfast Exhibitors 8:30–8:40 Welcome and Opening Remarks PICNet Co-Director 8:40–9:00 Update on PICNet Bruce Gamage,...
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On July 5, after a year of intensive training culminating in exams he passed, English springer spaniel Angus will be introduced at Vancouver General Hospital as Canada’s first, and the world’s only current C. difficile hunter. He succeeds the world’s first C. diff sniffer, a beagle in the Netherlands named Cliff, who has...
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Several stories have been circulating in the U.S. press around a strain of CPO that the media has dubbed “The Phantom Menace”. The stories refer to this report published by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on December 4, 2015. The main summary points of <mark...
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[…] site of the Phase 1 trial to test its safety on humans, researchers were overwhelmed with volunteers, many of whom said they wanted to do what they could to help fight the epidemic after seeing news reports about the crisis in West Africa. Even with the results of the 2015...
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Researchers from Harvard Medical School and the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology have created a visualization showing how quickly bacteria can develop antibiotic resistance. If you are unable to view the video below, you can view the video and read accompanying article on GlobalNews.ca. ...
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[…] vehicle to promote antibiotic-resistant gene dissemination internationally”. This could help explain why resistant bacteria have been showing up in unexpected places around the world such as isolated caves and ancient permafrost. “Our study implies that long-term and repeated feeding with fishmeal may accelerate the emergence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria and even pathogens …,” <mark...
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Page 1 of 2 PICNet PROVINCIAL INFECTION CONTROL NETWORK OF BRITISH COLUMBIA A program of the Provincial Health Services Authority PICNet March Newsletter Debugging Healthcare Together! Issue: #2 March 2013 CRE in the News Following the publication of a news release by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control stating that more than 200 U.S. hospitals <mark...
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[…] does not have any harmful side effects. ABHR kills only the transient ï¬ ora; it leaves the normal (resident) ï¬ ora behind. Also, ABHR does not make germs more resistant! âSuperbugsâ have been in the news a lot lately, and many people are confused about what makes a germ resistant. âSuperbugsâ are antibiotic resistant organisms (AROs), which are...
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[…] tabulated, these will form part of the communications planning process. In the meantime, communications work continue s in the form of updating and improving the website, keeping the CoP updated on PICNet activities and IPC news via PICNet’s newsletters, PICNet Annual Report 2011 -2012 Good Science...
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[…] ngs: there are seven toppings you can put on your crust. To help you remember them , the initials from each of the options form the acronym Bargosa …an old Grinder family recipe. 5 B--Bad News: Address bad news in a way that k eeps people resourceful. A--Assume an I dentity: W hen...
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