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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...
Digital considerations while planning for an uncertain future
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By Renee Patton
Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, healthcare providers were focused on improving patient experiences, streamlining clinical communications and supporting collaboration, while also...
World-first cardiac procedure offers new treatment for high-risk patients
By Selma Al-Samarrai
A world-first occurred at St. Michael’s Hospital of Unity Health Toronto when Drs. Neil Fam, Mark Peterson and Géraldine Ong performed a...
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...
National Research Platform accelerates Parkinson’s Disease discoveries
Parkinson Canada invites people living with Parkinson’s disease to join the Canadian Open Parkinson Network (C-OPN) to be part of the solution to improve...
Researchers unravel two mysteries of COVID-19
By Robert DeLaet
A team from Lawson Health Research Institute and Western University has made significant steps forward in understanding COVID-19 through two back-to-back studies...
CovidCARE Peer Support Program at Halton Healthcare
By Zita Raponi
While no one can change the realities of COVID-19, staff and physicians at Halton Healthcare are finding comfort and strength through a...
