What’s New

• New study: nursing home staff often fail to change gloves
• Why Does HPV Cause Cancer? New Research May Have The Answer
• Researchers use antibiotics combination to kill first strain of highly resistant E. coli
• Antibiotic-resistant genes are being spread by animal feed

Latest Reports

• CDI Quarterly Update: Q4 of 2016-2017
• MRSA Quarterly Update: Q4 of 2016-2017
• CPO Quarterly Update: Q4 of 2016-2017
• Hand Cleaning Compliance: Q4 of 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

• ICID encore webinar: Immunizing Children Against Pneumococcal Infections: Experiences from Brazil, USA, and Canada – Sept 21
• International Infection Prevention Week – Oct 15-21, 2017
• IPAC-BC Education Day: Registration now open – Nov 3, 2017
• PICNet 2018 Educational Conference – March 8-9, 2018

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

• Sep 28: How to publish in the journals and why it matters
• Oct 5: Infection control guidelines that did not work against Ebola
• Oct 19: Establishing a national IPC program on a shoestring budget