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Enhancing sepsis surveillance through infection prevention and control programs: A quality improvement initiative
Empowering patient hand hygiene and reducing infection rates in immunocompromised patient populations
Community-based surveillance of tetracycline resistance in bacterial isolates in British Columbia, Canada from 2020–2024
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Background: Hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) pose a major concern, particularly in developing countries. The burden is significant in the intensive care units (ICUs) due to prolonged hospital stays, co-morbidities, and the use of invasive devices. This study analysed surveillance data on...
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Background: This study compared post-total hip arthroplasty (THA) and total knee arthroplasty (TKA) surgical site infection (SSI) rates calculated using two surveillance methodologies to assess their reliability as quality indicators in a community hospital. SSI rates from the National...
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Background: In January 2025, the British Columbia Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC) released an updated guideline with new breakpoints for ceftriaxone, cefixime, and azithromycin against Neisseria gonorrhoeae (N. gonorrhoeae). With increasing incidence of gonorrhoea cases in Canada, this...
ABSTRACT : In the wake of the 5th High-Level Ministerial Conference on antimicrobial resistance (AMR), the question is no longer whether the world recognises the threat – it is whether a decade of political consensus can finally translate into measurable reductions in morbidity, mortality and...
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Heather L. Candon, MSc, MHM, CIC1*, Lorraine Maze dit Mieusement, RN, MN, CIC1, Bois Marufov, MD, MSc, CIC1, Murtuza Diwan, BSc, DLSHTM, MSc, CIC1, Maryam Salaripour, BSc, MPH, PhD1, Zahir Hirji, BScN, MHSc, RN CIC1, Kevin J. Stinson, PhD, CIC, RMCCM1, Lisa Mills, RN, BScN, CIC1,...
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Background: Candidozyma auris (C. auris) is an emerging human fungal pathogen that was first discovered from a human external ear specimen from Japan in 2009 (Satoh et al. 2009 and Lockhart et al. 2023). However, a subsequent retrospective study found infections with C. auris as...
ABSTRACT Background: Bloodstream infections are a significant cause of community morbidity and mortality, and their microbiological patterns can vary regionally. In British Columbia, the Lower Mainland and Vancouver Island represent two major population centres with distinct demographic and...
ABSTRACT Background: Effective infection prevention and control (IPAC) practices are critical for preventing transmission of disease and maintaining population health, especially in long-term care homes (LTCHs). Canadian LTCHs rely extensively on personal support workers (PSWs) for care and IPAC...
ABSTRACT: Background: During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, hospitals were required to allow visitation while also adopting more effective approaches to managing patient care and family support. Balancing infection control practises with the emotional and psychological needs of...
As members of the Ontario Infection Control Professionals Action Coalition (OICPAC), we write to highlight a critical gap in Ontario’s healthcare system, the absence of regulation for Infection Prevention and Control (IPAC) professionals. Despite playing an essential role in safeguarding patient...
A recently published measles seroprevalence study of about 350,000 individuals in Ontario underscored the fragility of Canada’s measles elimination status and revealed notable immunity gaps among adolescents, young adults, and immigrant populations (Ariyarajah et al., 2025). The findings...
Background: Rotavirus is a commonly recognized cause of gastrointestinal illness in infants and young children. It is an underappreciated cause of gastroenteritis in adult patients. Clostridioides (formerly Clostridium) difficile is the most important infectious cause of antibiotic-associated...
ABSTRACT: A retrospective analysis of healthcare-associated infections was conducted among patients admitted to a 12-bed paediatric intensive care unit in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, from January 2019 to December 2023. No significant changes to healthcare-associated infection rates or length of stay...
BACKGROUND: Infection prevention and control (IPAC) practices are both impacted by and contribute to climate change and pollution. The World Health Organization (WHO, 2018) has identified climate change as the greatest global threat of the 21st century. Canada is warming more than twice as fast as...
Background: Recent evidence highlights the critical influence nurses may have in antimicrobial stewardship (AMS). However, nurses’ express knowledge gaps and a lack of confidence in leading AMS interventions.
Background: Debriefing is an essential component of outbreak management – an opportunity to evaluate response measures, discuss what worked well, and identify gaps and areas for improvement. This study aimed to assess whether post-outbreak debriefing is practiced in long-term care (LTC) and...
ABSTRACT: Pairing lectures with an engaging virtual community of practice can significantly boost the confidence and interest of infection prevention and control (IPAC) leads in long-term care settings to pursue the long-term care certification in infection prevention and control (LTC-CIP)....
ABSTRACT: Infection prevention and control (IPAC) staffing models vary widely across Canadian healthcare facilities. To explore this variation, a national survey was conducted in March 2025 through the IPAC Canada network. The survey explored staffing models, coverage patterns, and key operational...
Background: The gravity of infections in long-term care (LTC) settings was first recognized in the 1980s, leading to the development of infection control programs, the evolving infection control practitioner role, and increasing regulatory requirements (Smith & Rusnak, 1997).