[…] discussion focussed on the event Ask the staff to choose one or two actions they assume to do and guide them to choose actions that will really avoid a new event 42 Thank you for your attention Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning. Albert Einstein Serious game Flu.0 © I think...
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[…] SCORES FROM THE AGREE EVALUATION OF THE PICNET’S RESPIRATORY OUTBREAK PR EVENTION AND CONTROL GUIDELINES ...
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[…] à Contact precautions - preemptive isolation Observed MRSA acquisition Predicted MRSA acquisition Imported Efficacy of screening + isolation 53 Rate of methicillin-resistance in invasive S. aureus infections http://reflectionsipc.com/category/mrsa/page/2/ Efficacy of screening + isolation 54 https://reflectionsipc.files. wordpress.com/2015/03/mrsa-bacteraemia -whats -made -the -differecnce.jpg Efficacy Efficacy of screening + isolation 55 CHX washing à source control active skin biofilm removal ? 64 Cleansed with chlorhexdine cloths Bathed with...
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[…] Equipment 23 Metrex = Power drop 13 Getinge Page 7 of 7 Shipping Label Template Please use these labels in addition to your courier’s label. You can fill in this PDF version, or download a Word document version from http://s.picnet.ca/shipping . Sheraton Vancouver Airport Hotel 7551 Westminster H ighway Richmond, BC V6X 1A3 Attn: Pia Schattner, C onference Manager Event: PICNet Conference March 9-10,...
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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 and long- term, acute-care facilities had cases of...
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INFECTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL GUIDELINE for Flexible Gastrointestinal Endoscopy and Flexible Bronchoscopy To promote and protect the health of Canadians through leadership, partnership, innovation and action in public health. — Public Health Agency of Canada Infection Prevention and Control Guideline for Flexible Gastrointestinal Endoscopy and Flexible Bronchoscopy is available on Internet at the following address: http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca Également disponible en français sous le titre...
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[…] 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 to search the archived teleclasses , and to access...
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[…] They may not receive support, recognition or reward for improvements so, over time, they may disregard the skills or knowledge and go back to old behaviours ." Evaluation: Kirkpatrick’s model •Why do we use the word "failure"? • What does that word mean to us? • What feelings does that word stir up in us and in others? • Failure...
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[…] audience Communications Workshop – Part 4 Communications Workshop – Part 5 Communications Workshop – Part 6 Q&A: Working with a translator Props Introduction to 2-point and 3-point communication Props and Powerpoint The power of the pause Communicating unwelcome news to patients Three-point communication: what it is and how to use it The words “I’m sorry” – when and how to use Where you sit makes a...
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[…] get to there from here? Understanding transmission from whole genome sequencing. Dr. Linda Hoang Medical Microbiologist, BCCDC; Co -Director, PICNet 2:05 2:10 Groovy Movement Joanne Archer, PICNet 2:10 2:55 Human factors engineering and its role in infection prevention Dr. Elizabeth Bryce Medical Microbiolgist, Vancouver Coastal Health; Co -Director, PICNet 2:55 3:25 Health Break Exhibitors 3:254:10 Ways of communicating with healthcare workers: the old, the...
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Jean-Yves Maillard Cardiff School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences Cardiff University Are towelettes effective for surface decontamination in healthcare settings? Hosted by Dr. Lynne Sehulster Prevention and Response Branch Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion Centers for Disease Control and Prevention www.webbertraining.com April 30, 2015 Review the usage of towelettes in healthcare settings, particularly pre-wetted towelettes Discuss the role of pre-wetted towelettes in healthcare settings Consider...
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[…] al. Prevalence and risk factors for asymptomatic Clostridium difficile carriage. Clin Infect Dis 2014;59(2):216-22 American Practitioners in Infection Control and Epidemiology. http://www.apic.org/For-Consumers/Monthly-alerts-for-consumers/Article?id=cre-the-nightmare-bacteria . Accessed November 2, 2014 American Practitioners in Infection Control and Epidemiology. http://www.apic.org/For-Media/ News-Releases/Article?id=2122443e-6d22-46ae-aecc-e9512e98e1cb Accessed November 10, 2014 Barker J, Jones MV. The potential spread of infection caused by aerosol contamination of surfaces after flushing a domestic toilet. J...
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[…] Respiratory Illness in Long -Term Care Settings in BC 45 Appendix K: Example Daily Update Outbreak Report for O utbreak M anagement Team Location: ______________________________________ Date: _______________________ Day _____ of Outbreak Number of new cases today - Resident s: __________ Number of new cases today – HC Ws: ___________ Date of symptom onset of last case: ___________ Number of resident s currently symptomatic (<mark...
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[…] MD PhD Iris van der Horst MScDepartment of Medical Microbiology and Infection Prevention Amsterdam Center for Implementation ScienceAndrea ThoonsenChristiaan VisFemke van NassauNina ZipfelAnnicka van der PlasEsther BisschopsMireille DekkerAmsCISboard membersAmsCISadvisoryCommitteeMargriet MullenderHan AnemaMartine de BruijneMichel WensingPauline Goense Todays objectives •to explore the core of implementation science•to discuss how we can use knowledge from implementation science in practice•to learn how to identify barriers and facilitators•to understand how...
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[…] beliefs are available. Hand Hygiene Research•A Discourse Analysis of Hand Hygiene Policy in the NHS•Fused Corpus Linguistics (quantitative) with Critical Discourse Analysis (qualitative) to examine:•359 Hand Hygiene Policies of all NHS Trusts in England•Over 1,000,000 words. Deontic Logic•Deontic logic is the investigation of normative concepts, especially:•Obligation•Permission•Prohibition. Zero Tolerance•First introduced to the NHS as a method of addressing workplace violence•Its application to IPC...
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[…] B infec tious substances (Class 6, Division 6.2) and clinical, (bio) medical or regulated medical waste (canada.ca) 9. References 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...
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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 retired. Angus uses his scent-tracking abilities to find toxins <mark...
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[…] Plan on Antimicrobial Resistance PICNet: Antimicrobial Resistant Organisms BCCDC: Antibiotic Wise and Antimicrobial Stewardship for health-care professionals Farewell to Stephanie, PICNet’s Education and Practice Coordinator It is with mixed emotions that we share the news that Stephanie Burniston, Education and Practice Coordinator with PICNet, departed PHSA on November 8th, 2024. We are extremely sad to see her go; however, we’re also elated to continue our partnership...
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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 vaccine trials in Guinea, there is more...
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Infection Control Word Search #2 H G D A U T T V O B C L C P G W J G F K S S L B Z J K S T F Q A A D Y Y X O U L V A A D U H X Q Z Q F Y Q I V I S Z Y I Z N Q...
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