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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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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 within the first 24 hours of clinical presentation. •High Accuracy & Accessibility: Using a six-gene signature and AI, the test is over 90% accurate and works on a portable device, delivering...
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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...
Infection Control

V-161: A breakthrough in the fight against antibiotic-resistant VRE infections

V-161 targets a crucial enzyme in VRE, offering promise in combating antibiotic-resistant infections in...
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New screening app for Ehlers-Danlos Syndromes

HN Summary • AI-powered screening tool: Researchers at UHN developed the Hypermobility Assessment Tool (HAT),...
Technology and Innovation

AI-driven blood testing could save billions of dollars

HN Summary 1. AI-powered precision blood testing: Dr. Guillaume Paré and his team at Hamilton...
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...
Research

Health and social data are essential infrastructure – and big science

Canada has long invested heavily in big science projects like telescopes and particle accelerators — but largely ignored health and social data as a form of critical infrastructure. In a recent commentary, Michael Wolfson argues it’s time to change that. He says health and social data are essential to economic growth and effective policymaking, yet provinces continue to withhold valuable datasets that could drive national research and innovation. Wolfson calls for the federal government to use its constitutional powers to mandate better data sharing and to reform research funding so large-scale, pan-Canadian data initiatives can finally take shape.

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