2020: The year that will reshape healthcare
By Natasha Salt and Dr. Jerome Leis
New Year’s Eve 2019 was an ominous time for us. We were busy tracking the movements of a...
Remote symptom tracking and monitoring are vital in supporting COVID-19 positive patients
By Fabian A. Folias
There are more than 200,000 COVID-19 cases across Canada.
When the pandemic hit, the Cardiac Arrhythmia Network of Canada (CANet) took decisive...
Physician helps build model to project local COVID-19 numbers
By Ana Gajic
Infectious disease physician Dr. Sharmistha Mishra experienced the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic as a flashback. Everywhere she looked were echoes...
Nurses pen light-hearted poem on COVID-19
By Sherri Gallant
Here’s looking up your nose! — with The Swabbers’ Rhyme
Collaboration lies at the heart of assessment and testing measures for COVID-19 across...
Mitigating the impact of hospital-acquired infections
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By Greg Miziolek
Hospital-acquired infections, sometimes referred to as healthcare-associated infections (in both cases, HAIs) are the most frequent adverse events affecting patients in...
Scratching the surface to protect against microorganisms
By Carrie Stefanson
Copper can help reduce the spread of disease, and new research shows which varieties are more effective.
Countless people move through hospitals, touching...
Using social media to treat COVID-19 patients remotely
As the Canadian health-care system prepares for a potential second wave of COVID-19, there are lessons to be learned from a recent study published...
Infection Prevention and Control (IPAC) yesterday, today, and tomorrow
Reflecting on the initial early news from December 31, 2019 about a pneumonia-like illness of an unknown cause detected in Wuhan, China, I was...
Medical mask testing services in Canada
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The COVID-19 pandemic has created an unprecedented demand for medical personal protective equipment (PPE). This is particularly true for procedure or surgical type...
Southlake’s first dedicated COVID-19 units are feeling prepared and confident
By Michelle Lee Hoy
Operations at Southlake Regional Health Centre have seen significant changes in the past few months. With the onset of COVID-19, our...
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