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“Debugging Health Care Together!” Volume 46 – February 2010 |
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In This Issue PICNet Working
Group Updates Project Updates PICNet Reminders Webber Training In Brief New on the PICNet website: GI
Outbreak Guidelines (posted
for review) Hand Hygiene
Resource Page Updated
Glossary |
Save the Date:
Upcoming PICNet Educational Lecture We are proud to announce an upcoming educational
event that PICNet will be hosting. Dr. Charles E. Edmiston, a
Professor of Surgery, Pathology and Otolaryngology & Hospital
Epidemiologist at the Medical College of Wisconsin in
PICNet would like to recognize the authors and the Needs
Assessment Working Group, for the feature article published in the Winter 2009
edition of The Canadian Journal of Infection Control. PICNet surveyed the
current resources in British Columbia (BC) to determine the gaps in infection
prevention and control (IPAC) resources, including the disparities between
rural and urban communities. Thank you for everyone’s hard work on this
collaborative effort. PICNet
Working Group Updates
Provincial Surveillance Program The Surgical Site Infection E-Module Vancouver Coastal Health’s Educational Technologies
Department and PICNet are collaborating to develop an Online Education Module
for Surgical Site Infections (SSIs). The education module is designed to give
patient care personnel a better understanding of SSIs and to teach best
practices for the prevention and recognition of SSIs. The planned release of
this module is this month. The completed module will be posted on the PICNet
website. GI Outbreak Guidelines The gastrointestinal
outbreak guidelines are intended to provide health care facilities with
evidence based reference material to aid in developing or updating policies
or processes that pertain to the prevention, the surveillance for, and the
identification and control of gastrointestinal illness outbreaks. The
guidelines and evidence summary tables are now posted on our website at www.picnetbc.ca,
for review by our Community of Practice. Please help us develop the
guidelines, by filling out the feedback
form and sending it back to our offices by Friday March 26, 2010. |
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Upcoming Infection Prevention
& Control Events 4th
Annual Symposium on Infection Control in Healthcare Facility Design &
Construction February
18, 2010 AMMI May 6-8,
2010 CHICA-Canada
2010 Education Conference
Contact Us Room 2083 V5Z 4R4 Tel: (604) 707-2667 Email: picnet@phsa.ca |
Project
Updates
The Hand
Hygiene Resources Page has now been added to our website. The page
includes useful links to documents and websites on the Internet, which may be
useful for educators and infection control programs. Resources include
international standards and guidelines, links to campaigns around the world,
and educational resources. Please help us spread awareness about diligent
hand hygiene practices by referring your teams to this page. If your
organization would like to share your best practices with PICNet, please send
us an email at picnet@phsa.ca. PICNet
Reminders
PICNet 2010/2011 Calendar! Call for photography
and artwork submissions. Last year’s fiscal calendar was widely appreciated by our Community of
Practice. We are currently working on this year’s calendar and we need your
help. Themes for this year’s calendar are: food safety, hand hygiene, CHICA
Conference (Vancouver), E. Coli, Antimicrobial Resistant Organisms, Human
Papilomavirus (HPV) Infection, Infection Control Week, Annual Influenza
Campaign, Norovirus, Clostridium
difficile Infection, Respiratory Etiquette, and Sexually Transmitted
Infections. Please submit your infection control related digital
artwork or photography (JPEG or JPG format) to us by email at picnet@phsa.ca.
The deadline for submissions is February 28, 2010. Education Resource Fund We have already received a large number of applications
for the Education Resource, so please remember to send your application to us
by March 31, 2010. Members of
PICNet’s Community of Practice may apply to receive up to $2,000 annually to
support their attendance at a conference, meeting or other educational
activity of their choice. All applications will be reviewed after the
deadline and recipients will be notified. For downloadable proposal and application forms visit the Forms &
Feedback section of www.picnetbc.ca. Webber
Training
Since February 2006
PICNet has purchased and hosted educational classes offered by Webber
Training. These classes address topics
of interest to infection control professionals and other health care
professionals worldwide. Teleclass education is run by volunteers around the
world, and on a not-for-profit basis. For more information on
the topics and faculty of the 2010 Teleclass Education lecture series please
visit the Webber Training web site www.webbertraining.com.
The 2010 Webber Training schedule has been posted on the PICNet website,
which can be accessed through the Education & Training section. Sign-up to receive email
reminders of upcoming teleclasses which include links to class slides,
handouts and the local PICNet teleconference connection number by contacting
us. Upcoming Webber Teleclasses
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