Making infection prevention fun – introducing the IPAC Olympics
By Amber Daugherty
It’s not every day that Dianagris Balakrishnan finds herself covered in pudding at work. But one day this summer, she had so...
Drug-resistant infections on the rise in Canadian hospitals
By George Zhanel
As we head into another season of influenza and the associated bacterial superinfections that will result, monitoring bacterial pathogens for resistance to...
Solving common personal protective equipment challenges through simple innovation
By Lindsay Samoila, Raymond Elwood and Justin Quinn
In the words of Charles F. Kettering, “If you have always done it that way, it...
Study shows where C. difficile is hiding in hospitals
By Carrie Stefanson
There are no dog days of summer for Angus and Dodger, the canine scent-detection superstars at Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH). The two...
Challenging the process for changing a dressing
By James Scarfone
The problems and challenges confronting us in healthcare today are too big and too complex for top-down solutions. We need the collective...
SickKids-led research team uncovers a drug that disarms life-threatening bacteria
By Vanessa Blanchard
Clostridium difficile (C. diff) is an antibiotic-resistant ‘superbug’ that causes life-threatening diarrhea and colitis (inflammation of...
First hospital in Canada to be equipped with state-of-the-art, self-sanitizing technology
By Lisa van Kolfschoten
Five private inpatient rooms at the Collingwood General and Marine Hospital (CGMH)...
Creating a safer, greener and cleaner hospital
By
Andrew Aggerholm
Markham Stouffville Hospital’s (MSH) Infection
Prevention and Control Department (IPAC) and Corporate Services Department are
teaming up to create...
Leveraging technology to improve outbreak notifications
By Emily Dawson
Historically, when an
outbreak was declared at Providence Healthcare’s long-term care home,
staff...
Face-to-face with infection prevention and control
By Michael Oreskovich
Infections are the most common kind of complication for hospitalized patients, responsible for thousands of deaths each year according to the Public...
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