What’s New

• New study aims to turn MRSA’s strength against it. News | Journal
• VCH video: glove removal and hand cream application technique – to help prevent dermatitis
• Health Canada Notice: Classification and Licensing of High-Level Disinfectants and Sterilants as Medical Devices
• Infection Control Practitioner job posting in Interior Health

Latest Reports

• CDI Quarterly Update: Q3 of 2017-2018
• MRSA Quarterly Update: Q3 of 2017-2018
• CPO Quarterly Update: Q3 of 2017-2018
• Hand Cleaning Compliance: Q3 of 2017-2018
• Annual Surveillance Report for the fiscal year 2016-2017

Guidelines & Toolkits

• GI Outbreak Guidelines
• Carbapenemase Producing Organisms (CPO) Toolkit
• Antibiotic Resistant Organisms (ARO) Guidelines
• Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) Toolkit

Upcoming Webinars and Events

• CDC webinar: Making dialysis safer for patients: Tools to prevent infections in hemodialysis – May 18
• BCCDC Grand Rounds: Pearls of wisdom –minimizing future norovirus oyster outbreaks – Jun 5
• CPSI six-part webinar series: Knowledge Translation and Implementation Science – Feb 26-Jun 19

Infection Control Resources

• Precaution Signs
• Infection Control Posters
• Fact Sheets and Brochures
• Infection Control Booklet for Residential Care
• Let’s Go Viral! workshop in-a-box

Webber Teleclasses

• May 17: POSTPONED: The silent tsunami of azole-resistance in the opportunistic fungus Aspergillus fumigatus
• May 28: Trekking safely through the storm: Managing complex IPAC issues (broadcast live from IPAC Canada conference)
• May 29: Simulation as an education tool (broadcast live from IPAC Canada conference)