[…] of previous year (Q 1 201 8/19) Last 4 Quarters (Q 2 201 8/19 – Q1 201 9/20 Total new MRSA cases identified 55 8* 749 670 2,596 Number of new MRSA cases associated with the reporting facility 259 330 316 1,204 Total inpatient days 786, 443 974,251 770,749 3,210,258 Rate of MRSA associated with the reporting facility per 10,000 inpatient days (95% CI)...
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[…] of previous year (Q 2 201 8/19) Last 4 Quarters (Q 3 201 8/19 – Q2 201 9/20 Total new MRSA cases identified * 529 558 672 2,454 Number of new MRSA cases associated with the reporting facility 266 259 332 1,140 Total inpatient days 741,349 786,443 716,652 3,235,327 Rate of MRSA associated with the reporting facility per 10,000 inpatient days (95% CI) 3.6(3.2...
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[…] Q4 201 9/20 Last 4 Quarters (Q 1-Q4 2019/20 ) Previous year (Q 1-Q4 201 8/19 ) Total new MRSA cases identified * 54 2 641 2,207 2,709 Number of new MRSA cases associated with the reporting facility 286 307 1,118 1,263 Total inpatient days 754,255 951 ,686 3,233 ,733 3,194 ,936 Rate of MRSA associated with the reporting facility per 10,000 inpatient days...
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[…] Previous quarter Same quarter of previous year Q1 2020/21 Q2 2020/21 Q4 2019/20 Q1 2019/20 Q2 2019/20 Total new MRSA cases identified * 397 548 641 558 529 Number of new MRSA cases associated with the reporting facility 187 254 307 259 266 Total inpatient days 600,818 666,918 951 ,686 786,443 741 ,349 Rate of MRSA associated with the reporting facility per 10,000 inpatient...
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[…] 3 20 19 /20 ) Last 4 Quarters (Q 4 201 9/20 – Q3 20 20 /21 Total new MRSA cases identified * 472 548 54 2 2,058 Number of new MRSA cases associated with the reporting facility 211 254 286 959 Total inpatient days 685 ,506 666,918 754 ,255 2,904 ,928 Rate of MRSA associated with the reporting facility per 10,000 inpatient days...
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[…] previous year (Q 4 20 19 /20 ) Last 4 Quarters (Q 1 – Q4 20 20 /21 Total new MRSA cases identified * 625 472 641 2,042 Number of new MRSA cases associated with the reporting facility 269 211 307 921 Total inpatient days 909 ,376 685,506 951 ,686 2,862 ,618 Rate of MRSA associated with the reporting facility per 10,000 inpatient days...
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[…] of Congo confirmed one new Ebola infection in Katwa and reported 2 new deaths from Katwa and Butembo. Also 2 more infections were reported in healthcare workers, according to a weekly situation report from the World Health WHO. WHO Situation Report. Saudi Arabia MH reported 3 more MERS-CoV cases, 2 of them linked to ongoing outbreak activity in Wadi ad-Dawasir. Over the past...
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A new tool called FluVision allows researchers to witness influenza infection in a living animal in action, helping them better understand what happens when a virus infects the lungs and the body responds. News First mosquitoes carrying West Nile arrive in Winnipeg. News. Large C. auris outbreak in UK ICU linked to thermometers. News. NIH-Sponsored Trial of Universal Influenza Vaccine. Journal Toxic...
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[…] difficile cases. Cost was evaluated to be between 42K$ – 84K$ over 2 yrs. Study concluded that those meeting bring limited value in additional learning/quality improvement. Study Congo health officials link Ebola to 33 deaths. News Inuk woman ‘begging and pleading’ for help fighting tuberculosis in Nunavut. News 1 in 7 children of Zika-infected moms in U.S. suffer birth defects or other health problems. News China orders...
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Happy World Hand Hygiene Day, and congratulations to Leahh Potyok from Elk Valley Hospital, whose photo was chosen as the national winner! And the national fan favourite photo was also from BC: congratulations to Eleanor Elston of Island Health! (click on the photo to view a larger version). The national runner-up was Camille Malicia of Northern Health – another BC win! BC’s provincial winner, as chosen...
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Downloads: Conference Program (with exhibitor times) Exhibitor Floorplan Shipping Label Template Shipping Information If you are shipping any boxes directly to the hotel, please note that the Hilton will be charging for a storage fee for boxes that need to be stored overnight, either before or after the conference. The fee (payable directly to the Hilton, not PICNet) is $25/day per regular-sized item, and $150/day for oversized shipments (anything over...
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[…] epidemic occurs when a disease affects a greater number people than is usual for the locality or one that spreads to some areas not usually associated with the disease. A pandemic is an epidemic of world - wide (border -crossing) proportions. SARS - CoV - 2 → COVID - 19: déjà vu SARS pandemic? 6 R. Ball, MD MPH FACP WWW.CDC.GOV 2020 THE BEST...
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[…] analysis" Timing the future "Micro-, meso-, and macro-history" Deepening the future "Causal layers analysis" (CLA) Creating alternatives "Scenario planning" Transforming the future "Visioning", "Backcasting" 18 Commonly used techniques 1. Mapping the Future 19 20 https://news.yale.edu/2015/06/11/hidden-secrets-yale-s-1491- world-map-revealed-multispectral-imaging Henricus Martellus, Florence, Italy, late 15th century Mapping | Anticipation | Timing | Deepening | Alternatives | Transforming 21 What is holding us back or getting...
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[…] GROUP OF 13 PATIENTS • In the article mentions Dr. Jon Dennis University of Alberta for finding phages for CF cases (including B. cepacia complex) 10 CHAN / Turner lab Kelowna BC → Yale https://www.ctv news.ca/w5/a -long -forgotten -canadian -discovery -used -to - treat -superbugs -1.4706823 PHAGE BY MAIL ORDER • Past 15 years • 5 to 10 Canadians a year receive phages from Tbilisi by...
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[…] Who is the audience?("Who Cares" test) What is the right journal for the paper? 7 Then, select your medium Presentations Publications Often, several 8 Finding what’s already out there National Library of Medicine website available worldwide Largest biomedical library Major products Index Medicus MEDLINE PubMed 9 Bibliographic Retrieval Index Medicus started in 1879 Medline: 11 million journal citations back to 1964 Indexes...
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[…] A Matter of Patient Safety: A Discussion Paper Created By: Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) July 2010 Pandemic Preparedness Infection prevention and control in health care for preparedness and response to outbreaks Created By: World Health Organization (WHO) April 2021 New Preparedness and Resilience for Emerging Threats Initiative (PRET) Created By: World Health Organization (WHO) April 2023 WHO launches new initiative to improve...
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[…] offering Webber Training to all PICNet Stakeholders who did not already have access from their employers. Webber Training is an international lecture series on topics of interest to infection control professionals and other healthcare professionals worldwid e. A total of 8 training sessions were sponsored by PICNet between February and March 2006. PICNet: Debugging Healthcare Together 13 Fall/Winter 2005-06 Established governance and decision making model Establis...
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[…] found in the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long- Term Care Routine Practices and Additional Precautions in All Health Care Settings (541) . a. Methicillin -resistant Staphylococcus aureus Methicillin -resistant Staphylococcus aureus has become endemic worldwide in many hospitals. A review of the epidemiology, healthcare resource utilization and cost data for MRSA in Canadian settings reported that the rate of MRSA in Canadian hospitals...
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[…] offering Webber Training to all PICNet Stakeholders who did not already have access from their employers. Webber Training is an international lecture series on topics of interest to infection control professionals and other healthcare professionals worldwid e. A total of 8 training sessions were sponsored by PICNet between February and March 2006. PICNet: Debugging Healthcare Together 13 Fall/Winter 2005-06 Established governance and decision making model Establis...
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[…] Previous quarter (Q 2 201 7/18) Same quarter of previous year (Q 3 201 6/17) Year -to- date 201 7/18 Total CDI cases identified 554 502 525 1,571 Number of new CDI cases associated with the reporting facility 268 228 263 745 Total inpatient days 677,016 646,476 668 ,012 1,922 ,308 Rate of CDI associated with the reporting facility per 10,000 inpatient days (95% CI)...
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