Appendix 1 - 923454 Best Practices for Hand Hygiene In All Healthcare Settings and Programs British Columbia Ministry of Health Published July 2012 THIS DOCUMENT IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE BEST PRACTICES ONLY . HEALTHCARE SETTINGS AND PROGRAMS ARE ENCOURAGED TO WORK TOWARDS THESE BEST PRACTICES IN AN EFFORT TO IMPROVE QUALITY OF CARE . Best Practices for Hand Hygiene in All Healthcare Settings and Programs...
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Appendix 1 - 923454 Best Practices for Hand Hygiene In All Healthcare Settings and Programs British Columbia Ministry of Health Published July 2012 THIS DOCUMENT IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE BEST PRACTICES ONLY . HEALTHCARE SETTINGS AND PROGRAMS ARE ENCOURAGED TO WORK TOWARDS THESE BEST PRACTICES IN AN EFFORT TO IMPROVE QUALITY OF CARE . Best Practices for Hand Hygiene in All Healthcare Settings and Programs...
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[…] EM BASE via Ovid; The Cochrane Library (2012, Issue 3) via Wiley; and PubMed. The search strategy consisted of both controlled vocabulary, such as the National Library of Medicine’s MeSH (Medical Subject Headings), and key words. The main search concepts were VRE and ESBL, and screening, isolation, and decolonization. Methodological filters were applied to limit retrieval to health technology assessments, systematic reviews,...
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[…] receive NIOSH documents or more information about occupational safety and health topics, please contact NIOSH: Telephone: 1-800-cdc-info (1-800-232-4636) TTY: 1-888-232-6348 email: cdcinfo@cdc.gov or visit the NISOH Web site at www.cdc.gov/niosh For a monthly update on news at NIOSH, subscribe to NIOSH eNews by visiting www.cdc.gov/niosh/eNews. iii Executive Summary Fundamental elements for the provision, organization, and establishment of occupational health and safety (OHS)...
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[…] analysis and computing, Big Data is now increasingly being employed in scientific research. In this issue, read how Big Data from national pharmaceutical sales can help track influenza and other infectious diseases, how scanning 3,000 news items daily from around the world in close to real-time can help identify emerging infectious diseases, how genome sequencing has increased our detective...
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Best Practice Guidel ines for Cleaning, Disinfection and Sterilization in Health Authorities - December 2011 | Page 1 of 136 pages Best Practice Guidelines For Cleaning, Disinfection and Sterilization of Critical and Semi -critical Medical Devices In BC Health Authorities BC Ministry of Health First published March 2007 Reviewed & revised December 2011 THIS DOCUMENT IS INTE NDED TO DESCRIBE BEST PRACTICES HEALTH CARE SETTINGS ARE...
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[…] V 4 E 1 N 1 T 1 I 1 O 1 N 1 A 1 N 1 D 2 C 3 O 1 N 1 T 1 R 1 O 1 L 1 Set Up: Print these two pages. Above are your Scrabble letters. Using a pen or pencil, write your scrabble words on the game board. You can re‐use any the above letters as many times as you like. If you want a challenge, add a rule that all the words must be medical or health related! Triple Word Score Double Letter Score Triple Word Score Double Letter Score ...
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[…] For policymakers: Policy making will require substantial debate and involvement of many stakeholders. It should be noted that Category II recommendations are discretionary for the individual institution and are not intended to be enforced. The wording of each recommendation was carefully selected to reflect the recommendation's strength. In most cases, we used the active voice when writing Category I recommendations -...
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The Fallout of Fake News in Infection Prevention … and Why Context Matters Pierre Parneix CPIAS Nouvelle Aquitaine, Bordeaux, France Didier Pittet Infection Control Program, University of Geneva Hospitals and Faculty of Medicine , Switzerland www.webbertraining.com February 14, 2019 Hosted by Paul Webber paul@webbertraining.com Why bother talking about this ? In the scientific community, we have a tendency to ignore misinformation, thinking that it will go...
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[…] Disinfection and Sterilization in Health Care . Can Commun Dis Rep. 1998 Dec;24 Suppl 8:1 -55. 45. U.S. Food and Drug Administration. FDA Clears Glove Made from New Type of Latex. 2008; Available from: http://www.fda.gov/ NewsEvents/Newsroom/Pre ssAnnouncements/2008/ucm116883.htm . 46. Daeschlein G, Lehnert W, Arnold A, Haase H, Junger M. Hygienic safety of a new hydrodynamic wound debridement system. Dermatol Surg. 2010 Sep;36(9):1426 -38. 47. Wong...
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[…] submissions must be made for consideration. Details: Staff will submit slogan ideas over a period of time. The best slogan will be selected by a panel and could be adopted for the year, used on newsletters, emails, and various organization -wide publications. Variations: Design a slogan for a particular department Choose a particular theme 28 Public :ealth Ontario —Regional =nfection Control Networks...
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[…] Disinfection and Sterilization in Health Care . Can Commun Dis Rep. 1998 Dec;24 Suppl 8:1 -55. 45. U.S. Food and Drug Administration. FDA Clears Glove Made from New Type of Latex. 2008; Available from: http://www.fda.gov/ NewsEvents/Newsroom/Pre ssAnnouncements/2008/ucm116883.htm . 46. Daeschlein G, Lehnert W, Arnold A, Haase H, Junger M. Hygienic safety of a new hydrodynamic wound debridement system. Dermatol Surg. 2010 Sep;36(9):1426 -38. 47. Wong...
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[…] infections caused by AROs .65 The RICH study was expanded to long -term care with similar findings relating to inadequately developed surveillance systems. 66 Current recommendations for IPAC resources take into account the complexity of today’s health care settings and varied case mixes. 43, 67 Health care settings are more connected locally and regionally and it is no longer effective to only...
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[…] colleagues to achieve excellence in hand hygiene • Run a face -to -face or virtual hand hygiene café in support of World Hand Hygiene Day –Love the 5 Moments; the café • Share the WHO newsletter and other campaign wording with a range of stakeholders 15 Wor ld Hand Hygiene Day, 5 May 2023 IPC practitioners 16 Wo r l...
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Telemedicine tied to more antibiotics for kids. Kids seen via telemedicine visits were far more likely to be prescribed antibiotics than those who went to a doctor’s office or clinic, according to a new study. News. Blood culture. Higher volumes of blood results in greater organism recovery, and, some studies suggest, increase in the positivity rate. Study. Two new cases of measles have been confirmed on Vancouver Island,...
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Telemedicine tied to more antibiotics for kids. Kids seen via telemedicine visits were far more likely to be prescribed antibiotics than those who went to a doctor’s office or clinic, according to a new study. News. Blood culture. Higher volumes of blood results in greater organism recovery, and, some studies suggest, increase in the positivity rate. Study. Two new cases of measles have been confirmed on Vancouver Island,...
In the past month, there has been lots of news related to antibiotics, antimicrobial resistance, and the hunt for new developments to replace antibiotics. Here is a selection of news stories and journal articles you may find interesting: What is a “phage wrangler”? The hunt for a bacteriophage to attack antibiotic-resistant Burkholderia cepacia. News “Molecular pencil sharpener” releases antibiotic. News |...
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In the past month, there has been lots of news related to antibiotics, antimicrobial resistance, and the hunt for new developments to replace antibiotics. Here is a selection of news stories and journal articles you may find interesting: What is a “phage wrangler”? The hunt for a bacteriophage to attack antibiotic-resistant Burkholderia cepacia. News “Molecular pencil sharpener” releases antibiotic. News |...
A study in a Winnipeg hospital has found that many privacy curtains become contaminated with a drug-resistant bacteria. Here is a reportage from Global News.ca. News | Journal Scientists engineer bacteria-hunting virus to kill E. coli in drinking water. News Study finds cash is a breeding ground for bacteria. News Reed Biologists Isolate Virus That Preys On Deadly Germs. Newly discovered bacteriophage destroys drug-resistant...
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A study in a Winnipeg hospital has found that many privacy curtains become contaminated with a drug-resistant bacteria. Here is a reportage from Global News.ca. News | Journal Scientists engineer bacteria-hunting virus to kill E. coli in drinking water. News Study finds cash is a breeding ground for bacteria. News Reed Biologists Isolate Virus That Preys On Deadly Germs. Newly discovered bacteriophage destroys drug-resistant...
Having to pay for your own shingles vaccine isn’t ageism, BC tribunal rules. News 8 stories you should read during Sepsis Awareness Month. News B.C. health researchers advance HIV progress with new method addressing dormant strains. News There are currently 1.2M Canadian children living in low-income housing. 25% of them did not received full recommended doses of diphtheria, whooping cough and tetanus vaccine...
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Having to pay for your own shingles vaccine isn’t ageism, BC tribunal rules. News 8 stories you should read during Sepsis Awareness Month. News B.C. health researchers advance HIV progress with new method addressing dormant strains. News There are currently 1.2M Canadian children living in low-income housing. 25% of them did not received full recommended doses of diphtheria, whooping cough and tetanus vaccine...
[…] the initial drafts of this report. Juliet Guichon Ian Mitchell Margaret Russell June 20, 2014 Calgary 3 3. SUMMARY OF PROCEEDINGS 4 .1 Introduction BACKGROUND In 2009- 2010, pandemic H1N1 influenza became national front page news. 1 "Swine flu" as it was then called, was the subject also of business 2 and sports 3 reporting and of commentary 4 and religious...
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