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Beyond the bedside: The silent safeguard of the operating room

HN Summary • Medical Device Reprocessing Departments at St. Paul’s and Mount Saint Joseph hospitals work behind the scenes to protect patient safety by cleaning, sterilizing and preparing every surgical instrument. • MDRD professionals bring diverse backgrounds and personal motivations to a highly technical, team-based role...
Infection Control

Rethinking access control in healthcare: Infection prevention meets security

Infection prevention has always been a cornerstone of healthcare, but recent years have brought a sharper focus to the link between safety, security, and infection control within care environments. While hand hygiene protocols and PPE often dominate the conversation, another layer is increasingly recognized...
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Infection Control

Game changer: Canadian scientists develop blood test to quickly predict risk of sepsis

HN Summary •Early Detection: Canadian scientists developed a molecular blood test that predicts sepsis risk...
Infection Control

How a malaria-fighting breakthrough provides lasting protection

HN Summary • New Tool: WHO recommended the first new class of vector control products...
Infection Control

Sterilization failure halts surgeries, offers lessons for hospitals nationwide

HN Summary •Issue: Hard water caused sterilization failures, disrupting surgeries. •Response: Emergency surgeries protected; instruments sent...
Infection Control

Kill C. diff Spores in Just 1 Minute

HN Summary: Validated 1-minute sporicidal action: Exceeds European EN 17846:2023 standards, killing C. diff...
Infection Control

HHS study shows promise for extra-early detection of pressure injuries

HN Summary • Promising new tool: MHamilton Health Sciences (HHS) is testing the Canadian-made handheld...
Infection Control

Sustainability and Infection Prevention and Control – A Call to Action

Svante Arrhenius first linked human-caused carbon emissions and global warming in 1896. Now climate...
Infection Control

Residual disinfection: a game-changing approach to infection control

Controlling the spread of infection is a critical issue for hospitals and long-term care...
Infection Control

Groundbreaking burns study reveals new insights into deadly sepsis risk

HN Summary •High risk of sepsis after burns: More than 20% of burn patients in...
Infection Control

Canadian hospitals seeing increase in superbug incidence

Surveillance from a network of Canadian acute-care hospitals indicates that carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales (CPE) infections...
Infection Control

Using AI to improve hand hygiene and patient safety

The Ottawa Hospital (TOH) is the first in Canada to implement the Artificially Intelligent...
Infection Control

New study examines social influence on vaccines

According to a recent study by John D. Dimoff, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Graduate...
Infection Control

MIMOSA Pro device to treat diabetic foot ulcers, prevent limb amputation

St. Michael’s Hospital has received funding for a device that helps clinicians better treat...
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Research

Research study makes heart screening faster, more accessible using AI

A new study from researchers at UHN unveils an AI model to analyze data...
Education and Professional Development

Training that saves lives: Using simulation to strengthen teams and patient care

Over the past three years, simulation activity at Providence has increased by 30 per...
Education and Professional Development

A national leader in specialized training for nurse practitioners

HN Summary • Hamilton Health Sciences launched Canada’s first nurse practitioner fellowship in hematology, marking...
Research

Patient-led research aims to help others cope with dialysis

Life-saving kidney failure treatment needs to come with mental health care too, study shows. It...

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