[…] (IPC) education courses available on the PHSA LearningHub including hand hygiene, IPC basics, high threat pathogens, and more. LEARN MORE Webber Training Webber Teleclass Education is an international lecture series on infection prevention and control topics. LEARN MORE Other Organizations Explore education resources, videos, and courses on infection prevention <mark...
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[…] was detected for the first time in the US, and is now regularly found in places such as the US, Greece, and Asia. CPOs have become common in quite a number of countries around the world. What is the difference between bacteria referred to as CPO, CPE <mark...
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[…] These diseases can lead to pneumonia, deafness, brain damage, heart problems, blindness, paralysis and carry a risk of life-long disability or death.</p> <h3>Rigorous research is ongoing</h3> <p>Vaccines are continuously <a href="/im/vs-sv/vs-faq04-eng.php">monitored and tested</a> around the world and in Canada before they are approved for use. Canada has <a href="/im/vs-sv/index-eng.php">several systems</a> in place to...
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[…] prov iders involved in direct patient care. The CVC educational modules were created by Vancouver Coastal Health’s Educational Technologies Department and Protect Patti wa s created by the University of BC in collaboration with the World Health Orga nization and the Pan-American Health Organization. PICNet has received requests to provide access to...
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[…] 2 nd or 3 rd Edition- Chapter 19 • Bennett JV & Brachman PS. Bennett & Brachman’s Hospital Infections. 5 th ed. Ed. William R Jarvis: Philadelphia, PA, 2007 – Chapter 3 Other readings • World Health Org anization: WHO Guidelines on Hand Hygiene in Health Care. Orientation Program for Infection Control Pr ofessionals Hand Hygiene Module Page 2 Overview...
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[…] Reported outbreaks mainly due to invasive medical procedures 7 8 9 IP&C Guidelines in Ambulatory Care Centers for Disease Control (CDC) – Guide to Infection Prevention in Outpatient Settings: Minimum Expectations for Safe Car, 2011 World Health Organization – Hand hygiene in outpatient care, home-based care and long-term care facilities, 2012 Public Health Agency of Canada...
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[…] tissue infection STI Sexually transmitted infection TB Tuberculosis TMP -SMX Trimethoprim -sulfamethoxazole US CDC United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention UTI Urinary tract infections VRE Vancomycin -resistant Enterococci VRSA Vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus WHO World Health Organization XDR -TB Extensively drug -resistant TB 1 | CANADIAN ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM – REPORT 2016 M essage from the Chief...
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[…] did WHO and CDC not act preventive? Ebola is a defined - level 4 high-risk disease that should be treated with high-risk isolation, from the start. Ebola is among the most dangerous diseases in the world. Why did WHO and CDC recommend to treat this level 4 disease as: "contact and droplet isolation within...
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[…] Producing Organisms: A Systematic Review of the Clinical Evidence and Health Services Impact DATE : 14 August 2012 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Context and policy issues Bacterial resistance to antibiotics is an increasing problem in Canada and worldwide. 1-4 Vancomycin -resistant enterococci (VRE) are strains of Enterococcus faecium or Enterococcus faecalis that contain genes which confer resistance to vancomycin....
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[…] will communicate to its staff who should complete which module; please contact your supervisor if you have questions about this. Both modules are hosted on the PHSA Learning Hub, where you can track your courses and print a certificate after completion. Anyone (including healthcare workers not employed by a health authority) can access the modules, but please note, <mark...
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[…] </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <a href="http://www.dobugsneeddrugs.org/wp-content/uploads/employer-handbook.pdf">Employer Handbook</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td> <a href="http://www.dobugsneeddrugs.org/wp-content/uploads/worker-handbook.pdf">Worker Handbook</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td> <a href="http://www.dobugsneeddrugs.org/wp-content/uploads/implementation-toolbox.pdf">Implementation Toolbox</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td> <a href="http://www.dobugsneeddrugs.org/wp-content/uploads/five-minute-tips.pdf">Five Minute Tips</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td> <a href="http://www.dobugsneeddrugs.org/wp-content/uploads/antibioticawarenessactivity.pdf">Antibiotic Awareness Activity</a></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p><strong><span style="color: #df570b;">NEW:</strong></span><strong> Northern and remote workcamps.</strong> "You Make Me Sick" is a five minute DVD about staying well, handwashing, respiratory infections, self care and when to seek medical attention. Suitable for...
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[…] of infection can prevent the transmission of infection. Using influenza as the disease provide examples of how you would break each link in the chain of infection. Preventing transmis sion of influenza Link Examples of breaking the chain Infectious agent Reservoir Portal of exit Route of transmission Portal of entry Susceptible host...
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BC Provincial Recommendations and Statements Skin protection for PPE use for health care workers Developed by: PICNet January 2024 Provincial Support for Using Reusable Gowns for Infection Prevention and Control Purposes The following information is provided by the COVID-19 Provincial IPAC and Workplace Health and Safety Working Group, a collaborative with the Provincial <mark...
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Page 1 of 2 PICNet Educational Conference March 3- 4, 2016 Hilton Vancouver Airport 5911 Minoru Boulevard , Richmond, BC Tel: (604) 273- 6336 Thursday March 3, 2016 Time Topic Presenter 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 PICNet 9:00 –9:45 Workplace Happiness Tracy Norman, Vancouver Coastal Health 9:45 –10:15...
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1 . Points of Focus 2. Transitions Between Points of Focus 3. Peripheral Sight 4. Voice Patterns: Credibility and Approachability 5. Voice Speed and Volume 6. ABOVE (Pause) Whisper 7. Physical Presence 8. Decontamination 9. Frozen Hand Gesture 10. Gesturing: Four Quadrants 11. Gesturing: Assigning Attributes 12. Gestures of Relationship 13. High Expectations 14. Kinesthetic Equivalents of Credibility and Approachability 15. BLIP (Breathing Level...
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Page 1 of 7 PICNet 2017 Educational Conference Exhibitor Information Contents Dates and times ...
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The first new antibiotic to be discovered in nearly 30 years has been called a ‘game changer’ in the fight against the growing resistance to drugs. You can read about this discovery in today’s news, and read the article abstract on Nature.com. Petri20865063_xxl...
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Several news stories and epidemiological updates on the yellow fever outbreak in Brazil: Brazil orders 11.5 million yellow fever vaccines amid worst outbreak in years From Straitstimes.com: Rio de Janeiro said on Saturday (March 11) it plans to vaccinate the state’s entire population against yellow fever in response to an outbreak that has killed at...
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From BCCDC: While the world’s attention is understandably focused on the Ebola outbreak affecting several countries of West Africa, we would also like to remind and update you about several emerging respiratory viruses (ERV) with ongoing global monitoring since our last bulletin of June 17, 2014, including: 1. MERS-CoV. Activity has declined substantially relative to the dramatic surge...
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