Saturday February 04, 2012
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 December 2011 Acute Care ARO Prevalence Study The first ever ARO Prevalence Study was conducted country wide in November 2010. An interesting finding: Researchers reviewed the data to determine if any facility or IPAC program characteristics affected the prevalence rates of MRSA, VRE, or CDI. Prevalence rates did NOT vary by hospital size, annual # of admissions, teaching versus non-teaching status, #ICPs/100 beds, or the presence of a hospital epidemiology. February 4, 2011
CIC Exam Content Survey January 20, 2011 Designated Officers IPAC Manual December 10, 2010 Cholera Clinical Guidelines Cholera Fact Sheet February 5, 2010 Need some information about writing a conference abstract? Check out the slides from Tim's presentation to the CHICA-SWO meeting in November 2010.
August 21, 2009 e-focus For more information about the Bowie Dick test, view this section of SWOICN's Desk Reference for ICPs.
July 2009
July 2009 Emergency Management Education
May 2009
RICNs Make a Splash in Newfoundland...
The work of Regional Infection Control Networks was on display at CHICA's National Education Conference held in St. John's from May 9 - 14. Select a link below to view the poster presentations:
SWOICN stakeholders were also well represented by Jo-anne McConnell and Betty Gregg of Grey Bruce Health Services. They gave an oral presentation, entitled An Outbreak of CA-MRSA 10 involving newborns and parents associated with a colonized healthcare worker. The presentation slides are available here.
 3M Solumed Oral Presentation Award - Conference attendees cast ballots for the best oral and best poster presentation. If you have never considered submitting an abstract to the CHICA Conference, take some time over the next year to think about initiatives or successess at your organization that might be of benefit to others in the field. Staff at SWOICN would be happy to assist or partner with you to bring your ideas to the Conference. Who knows, you might just walk away with a monetary award.
Christian Blyth (right) of 3M presents the Oral Presentation
Award to Network Coordinator, Tim Cronsberry
Decision on Mandatory Flu Vaccination Upheld : An arbitrator in Toronto has upheld a hospital's decision to implement mandatory influenza vaccination for all registered nurses during a period of high community influenza activity and to place nurses who refused to take the vaccine on an unpaid leave of absence.
Featured in our newsletters:
A CHICA Gem - Outbreak Pep Rally from the May 29th issue of e-focus. (Slides)
Viral Persistance Chart also featured in our May 29th issue.
Dr. Marina Salvadori discusses CA-MRSA. Read her complete article.
IPAC Education Review - featured in our April 3, 2009 issue of e-focus.
Emergency Preparedness Newsletter - also featured in our April 3, 2009 issue
Videoconferences You May Have Missed - The following videoconferences have been archived on OTN:
Protecting the Healthcare Worker: Whose Job is it Anyway, originally aired November 10, 2008. (Slides)
Environmental Cleaning: What Your Mother Couldn't Teach You, orginally aired December 17, 2008 (Slides)
These can be accessed at http://webcast.otn.ca/archives.html
Looking for New Hand Hygiene Posters? Have you found that after a certain period of time, your hand hygiene signage becomes unnoticeable to staff? If you are looking for free hand hygiene signs to add to your mix of IPAC arsenal, click here . Do you have a great sign to share? Participate in our Resources Partnership Initiative June 10, 2011 Environmental Toolkit Presentation from CHICA Conference 2011 MLHU Poster 1 at CHICA Conference MLHU Poster 2 at CHICA Conference Signage
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