PICNet Newsletter – March 2024
Exciting Opportunity: Join Our Team as a Senior Practice Leader! Are you a visionary, a trailblazer, and a master of your craft? We’re thrilled to announce that we’re recruiting for a full-time permanent Senior Practice Leader to join our dynamic team! If you or someone you know is interested, check the PICNet website for the posting. Thank you, Dr. Linda Hoang, Provincial Medical Co-Director, PICNet We extend our heartfelt gratitude to Dr. Linda Hoang...
IPAC News for the week of January 22 – 26, 2024
Impact of pregnancy vaccine uptake and socio-demographic determinants on subsequent childhood Measles, Mumps and Rubella vaccine uptake: A UK birth cohort study. Journal Efficacy of octenidine- and chlorhexidine-based wash-mitts against Candida albicans and Candida auris – a comparative study. Journal Sask. Health Authority warns of measles risk after case confirmed in Saskatoon. News Montreal university study describes COVID-19 sanitary measures as 'generally effective'. News Rise in measles cases prompts vaccination...
IPAC News for the week of January 15 – 19, 2024
Laboratory diagnosis of measles infection using molecular and serology during 2019–2020 outbreak in Brazil. Journal An evaluation of the five rights antibiotic safety before and during COVID-19 at an NHS Foundation Trust in the United Kingdom. Journal Spring vaccine dose suggested to protect seniors in Canada from severe COVID. News Nearly 100 Celebrity cruise passengers get sick in norovirus outbreak. News Alberta's COVID death toll up by 25 since last...
IPAC News for the week of January 8 – 12, 2024
Is Vaccination Approaching a Dangerous Tipping Point? Journal Associations of motility and auto-aggregation with biofilm-formation capacity levels in Clostridioides difficile. Journal Philadelphia confirms at least 4 measles cases, warns about addition exposures at day care and hospitals. News JN.1 is Canada’s new dominant COVID-19 subvariant. Here’s what to know. News Recalled charcuterie meats linked to multistate salmonella outbreak. News Hundreds hospitalized with influenza in Alberta during holidays, RSV on the...
IPAC News for the week of January 2 – 5, 2024
Estimating the savings of a national project to prevent healthcare-associated infections in intensive care units. Journal The Added Value of Bronchoalveolar Lavage for Pulmonary Tuberculosis Diagnosis in High-Risk Hospitalized Patients with Negative Sputum Samples. Journal 'How could this happen?' A look at the E. coli outbreak in Calgary daycares. News No break for Quebec hospitals as ERs surge past 100 % capacity. News How Saskatchewan’s outlook on COVID-19 changed in...
IPAC News for the week of December 18 – 22, 2023
Who should be screened for carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales and when? A systematic review. Journal Coping with COVID in corrections: a qualitative study among the recently incarcerated on infection control and the acceptability of wastewater-based surveillance. Journal Epidemiology of Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections Present on Hospital Admission: A Multicenter Study. Journal Six Canadians killed from salmonella outbreak. News This COVID study has been tracking immunity for 3 years. Now it's running out...
IPAC News for the week of December 11 – 15, 2023
Increase of invasive pneumococcal disease in children temporally associated with RSV outbreak in Quebec: a time-series analysis. Journal Genomics for antimicrobial resistance surveillance to support infection prevention and control in health-care facilities. Journal Three dead in outbreak of Rocky Mountain spotted fever, CDC warns. News Wastewater tests showing high levels of COVID and flu circulating in Waterloo region. News Fears as West Africa battles worst diphtheria outbreak in recent times....