Past Issues

Winter 2022

• Developing a competency framework for all staff roles in an infection prevention and control program
• Development of a toolkit for infection surveillance in long-term care
• Knowledge to action: Needs assessment to enhance support for infection control professionals across healthcare settings
• Voluntary asymptomatic rapid antigen testing for COVID-19 in staff of inpatient units of an academic mental health hospital

Fall 2022

• A novel approach for the disinfection of portable medical equipment with ultraviolet light
• Healthcare surfaces and transmission of pathogens: A consensus statement
• Occupational infection control measures and frontline workers’ perceived COVID-19 risk during the fourth wave of the pandemic in Canada: A cross-sectional survey
• The next push in preventing COVID-19 outbreaks due to Omicron in long-term care homes in Canada

Summer 2022

• Hospital-acquired antibiotic-resistant organisms among patients with COVID-19
• Pattern of acquisition of hospital-associated pathogens in the ICU of an academic tertiary care hospital
• Randomized controlled trial of chlorhexidine gluconate, intranasal mupirocin, rifampin, and doxycycline versus chlorhexidine gluconate and intranasal mupirocin alone for the eradication of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) colonization
• The use of N95 respirators in long-term care settings for the care of residents infected with COVID-19

Spring 2022

• Association Between Initial Symptoms and Subsequent Hospitalization in Outpatients with COVID-19: A Cohort Study
• Gratitude for the Infection Prevention and Control Community
• In Vitro Susceptibility of Common Bacterial Pathogens Causing Respiratory Tract Infections in Canada to Lefamulin, a new Pleuromutilin
• POSITION STATEMENT: Infection Control Professionals (ICPs) With Multidisciplinary Backgrounds in Infection Prevention and Control Programs

Winter 2021

• Barriers to infection control routine practices and problem-solving strategies among nursing students and instructors – A cross-sectional survey
• Identification of Candida auris in a foreign repatriated patient to Ontario, Canada and infection control strategies to prevent transmission
• Mass testing for asymptomatic COVID-19 infection among healthcare workers at a large Canadian hospital
• Specimen testing strategy and the challenge in respiratory and enteric outbreak management in long-term care homes – The case of Ontario, Canada

Fall 2021

• A review of infection prevention and control guidelines for dental offices during the COVID-19 pandemic in mid-2020
• Desperate times call for evidence-based measures: Prioritizing science during the COVID-19 pandemic
• Discordant COVID-19 PCR test results and the implications in long-term care
• POSITION STATEMENT: Infection prevention and control program components for long-term care homes
• The PPE spotter role: Supporting best practice in acute and long-term care

Summer 2021

• Epidemiology of viral respiratory infections and preventative measures in high-acuity units
• Improving patient, family, and visitor hand hygiene on a paediatric oncology/hematology/bone marrow transplant unit
• Knowledge to action: Needs assessment to enhance support for infection control professionals across healthcare settings
• Neonatal intensive care unit hand hygiene: Exploring current practice and adherence barriers in a Canadian hospital
• Public health and human rights during a pandemic – An unresolved dilemma concerning mandatory vaccination against COVID-19 for healthcare workers

Spring 2021

• Can the use of assistive technology and interactive therapeutic robots in nursing homes contribute to the spread of infectious disease?
• Estimating the extent of asymptomatic COVID-19 and its potential for community transmission: Systematic review and meta-analysis
• Infection prevention and control in long-term care: Lessons learned from COVID-19 outbreaks and future perspectives
• Intra and interspecies interaction between mass confined animals and their handlers – an ideal reservoir for Coronavirus evolution
• Person-to-person transmission of microbes in a nursing home serving patients in a persistent vegetative state

Winter 2020

• POSITION STATEMENT: Reprocessing of Critical and Semi-Critical Devices in Community Healthcare Settings
• Surface and Air: What Impact Does UV-C at the Room Level Have on Airborne and Surface Bacteria?
• The Cost of Contact Precautions: A Systematic Analysis
• The COVID-19 Saga: Lessons for the Future

Fall 2020

• Case Report – Possible Manufacturing Workplace Transmission of COVID-19
• Practice Recommendations for Handling of Expressed Human Milk in Healthcare Facilities
• The financial impact of improved hand hygiene on healthcare-associated infections in the UK
• The pitfalls of mass hospital healthcare worker testing for COVID-19

Summer 2020

• Handwash versus hand-rub practices for preventing nosocomial infection in hospital intensive care units: A systematic review and meta-analysis
• La déviance positive : faire autrement pour améliorer l’hygiène des mains des infirmières
• POSITION STATEMENT: Essential Oils in Healthcare Settings
• Publication During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Spring 2020

• A novel imaging system for rapid visualization of bacteria on surfaces
• An evaluation of conventional cleaning and disinfection and electrostatic disinfectant spraying in K-12 schools
• Influenza and norovirus outbreaks in an inpatient mental health setting: Analysis and strategies for successful containment
• Practice Recommendations for Infection Prevention and Control Related to Foot Care in Healthcare Settings