IPAC News for the week of January 30 – Feb 3, 2023
A two-ward acute care hospital outbreak of SARS-CoV-2 delta variant including a point-source outbreak associated with the use of a mobile vital signs cart and sub-optimal doffing of personal protective equipment. Journal Antimicrobial resistance in patients with COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal Community-Scale Wastewater Surveillance of Candida auris during an Ongoing Outbreak in Southern Nevada. Journal WHO says coronavirus remains a global health emergency. News No ‘elevated risk’ of stroke from Pfizer’s...
IPAC News for the week of January 23 – 27, 2023
Don’t wait for an Ebola outbreak to vaccinate people against it. Journal Healthcare-associated infections in Dutch hospitals during the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal Reducing CAUTI in patients with acute urinary retention in the critical care setting: A pilot study with electronic medical record analytics. Journal How will the WHO's decision on COVID emergency declaration affect Canada? News U.S. FDA proposes shift to annual COVID shot for healthy adults. News Eight in 10 people in China caught...
IPAC News for the week of January 9 – 13, 2023
A survey of COVID-19 vaccine acceptance across 23 countries in 2022. Journal Response to back-to-back outbreaks of circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 in two nomadic pastoralist settlements in Oti Region, Ghana-2019. Journal Uganda is set to declare an end to its latest deadly Ebola outbreak. News Omicron COVID booster cuts hospitalization in over 65s, Israeli study finds. News Masks recommended on long flights amid new COVID variant spread: WHO. News University of Waterloo researchers find...
IPAC News for the week of January 3 – 6, 2023
Visitors from China must provide a negative COVID test. Here's why that won't prevent infection in Canada. News Malawi suspends school opening over deadly cholera outbreak. News Some N.S. pharmacies reporting shortage of cold and flu medications. News New XBB 1.5 strain of COVID-19, nicknamed ‘The Kraken’, has spread to BC. News Prescriptions for COVID-19 antiviral Paxlovid double in Ontario News Shortage of OTC cold & flu medications persists in Canada News...
IPAC News for the week of December 28 – 30, 2022
Trends of COVID-19 incidence in Manitoba and public health measures: March 2020 to February 2022. Journal Four-Year Environmental Surveillance Program of Legionella spp. in One of Palermo’s Largest Hospitals. Journal Public health, buy-in from gay and bisexual men helped get Canada's mpox outbreak under control. News Canadians fined at least $15M for breaking COVID quarantine rules in 2022, data shows. News US considers Covid-19 measures for travelers from China. News Influenza, RSV and COVID-19 on...
IPAC News for the week of December 19 – 23, 2022
COVID-19 Associated Pulmonary Aspergillosis (CAPA): Hospital or Home Environment as a Source of Life-Threatening Aspergillus fumigatus Infection? Journal Does COVID-19 have an impact on influenza vaccine knowledge, attitude and practice among medical students: a 2-year prospective cohort study. Journal Meningitis outbreak declared at Dalhousie University residence following student death. News Doctors warn holidays will likely bring COVID-19 infections. News China could see nearly a million deaths as it exits zero-Covid, study says. News Still time...
IPAC News for the week of December 12 – 16, 2022
Out-of-Season Influenza during a COVID-19 Void in the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: Temperature Matters. Journal Outbreak of seafood-related food poisoning from undetectable Vibrio parahaemolyticus-like pathogen, Chiang Mai Province, Thailand, December 2020. Journal Flu surge has B.C. kids' hospital double-bunking patients. News Macau to allow home isolation for COVID-19 infections. News McMaster Children's Hospital opens flu, COVID-19 and cold clinic. News CHEO flu admissions still soaring after near-record month. News Quebec to offer free antiviral...