Vaccinating in a COVID-19 Hotspot: The challenges and rewards
These last four months have been a whirlwind for Humber River Hospital. Establishing a vaccine clinic in North Western Toronto, a COVID-19 “hot-spot,” has...
Harnessing technology in healthcare for high hygiene standards
While technology shows no signs of slowing down in the healthcare sector, it can be deployed for better hygiene outcomes in various settings, from...
Empowering healthcare facilities to uphold the highest hygiene standards
While healthcare professionals have always adhered to stringent hand hygiene standards, the COVID-19 pandemic has made accessibility to education and training even more critical.
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Ventilators contributing to infection control
By Carmela Reyes
Reducing the risk of infection has always been a key priority for hospitals, with the major focus on the importance of handwashing...
Mobile vaccine team helps inoculate some of the most vulnerable against COVID-19.
Relief takes various forms – clapping, tears of joy, chants of “the vaccine is here, the vaccine is here!”
After months of desperately battling COVID-19,...
Vaccines offer hope in remote, fly-in communities
Operation Remote Immunity aims to protect residents from COVID-19
By James MacDonald
On a cold morning in Neskantaga First Nation, about 450 kilometres north of Thunder...
Research reveals the fraction of asymptomatic hospital staff exposed to, infected with SARS-Cov-2
A study from UHN, Canada’s largest research hospital, reveals the percentage of symptomatic and asymptomatic healthcare workers infected with the novel coronavirus.
“A key question that we wanted to answer was ‘how many asymptomatic healthcare workers...
SARS-CoV-2 immunization passports: a ticket to normal life?
Proof of immunization against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) may soon be required in many parts of the globe. The authors discuss...
Prevention and management of skin damage related to Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
By K LeBlanc, C Heerschap, B Butt, J Bresnai-Harris, L Wiesenfeld
“What do I say to a nurse in tears with a pressure injury on...
Key learnings on infection control a year into the COVID-19 pandemic
*By Greg Miziolek, President, BD-Canada
COVID-19 has been a catalyst. Amid the pandemic, infection control in hospitals and other medical environments have undergone significant change...
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