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In This Issue Interim Guidelines for the Management of
HCW who are Cases or Contacts of Measles New CDI Checklist: Preventing and
Controlling CDI GI Outbreak Guidelines Now Available Another Successful Year: PICNet Annual
Report PICNet Working Group Updates PICNet Reminders Webber Training |
Interim Guidelines for
Baseline Assessment and Management of Health Care Workers who are Cases or
Contacts of Measles The new Interim
Guidelines for Baseline Assessment and Management Health Care Workers (HCW)
who are Cases or Contacts of Measles are now available. The document provides a
brief history of the live vaccine and how to determine immunity status, as
immunity to measles is particularly important for adults who have a high risk
of exposure, such as HCWs. It is recommended that
immunity records, if available, are obtained at the time of employment. The
guidelines also provide advice on the management of HCW cases of Measles.
PICNet would like to thank the Vaccine Preventable Diseases working group for
their contributions and for completing the document in such a timely matter.
A new resource has been added to the Clostridium difficile Infection (CDI)
Toolkit, titled Preventing and Controlling Clostridium
difficile Infections: An Implementation
Checklist. The document recommends a multidisciplinary organizational approach
to implementing controls to decrease cases of healthcare associated CDI and to
minimize the risk of complications associated with the infection. The
suggested strategies can be tailored for facility-based checklists that
responsible multidisciplinary teams can use to guide province-wide best
practices.
Gastrointestinal Infection
Outbreak Guidelines Now Available The Gastrointestinal
(GI) Infection Outbreak Guidelines are intended to assist healthcare facilities when developing or
updating their policies and processes that pertain to prevention,
surveillance for, identification and control of GI infection outbreaks. The
document will also facilitate straightforward and timely policy or protocol
development. The guidelines are now included in the BC Centre for Disease
Control’s Communicable
Disease Control Manual in the Infection Control section. PICNet would like to thank the GI
Infection Outbreak Working Group for their involvement and for the success of
this document.
Another Successful Year:
PICNet Annual Report PICNet reached many milestones during the
last fiscal year, as a result of the hard work and participation from our working
groups, committees, and our Community of Practice. The Clostridium difficile Infection (CDI) Surveillance System was
launched in June 2009, with the first provincial reports released in March
2010. Many educational resources were released, including the Prevention of Surgical Site Infections
online education module and the Hand Hygiene Resource Page. Read more about
PICNet’s accomplishments and our future plans in our 2009/2010
Annual Report.
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Upcoming Infection Prevention
& Control Events APIC
2010, 37th Annual Educational Conference & International Meeting July
11-15, 2010 International
Conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases July
11-14, 2010 Contact Us Room 2083 Vancouver,
BC V5Z 4R4
CANADA Tel: (604)
707-2667 Email: picnet@phsa.ca Feedback? Please contact Lucy Truong at lucy.truong@phsa.ca with your feedback and comments. |
PICNet Reminders
2011 Educational Conference – Save the
Date! The next PICNet Educational Conference will be held from April 7-8, 2011. Planning will begin
at the end of summer 2010. If you are interested in volunteering or being
part of the planning committee, look for more information in our August 2010 newsletter. Education Resource Fund A reminder to recipients to please submit your entire
claim using the Travel/Expense
Claim Form, with your original receipts, to the PICNet office before
March 31, 2011. Project Proposals Do you have an idea for a project or initiative? Is there
an important issue that you would like PICNet to address? PICNet accepts
project proposals year-round. For more information and to download the
project proposal form, please visit the Forms & Feedback
section of www.picnetbc.ca Webber Training
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. As a reminder, please remember to mute your line by
pressing *6, to avoid disturbing the experience of others who are
participating. Upcoming Webber Teleclasses
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