James Ayukekbong, BMLS, MSc, PhD, CIC Editor-in-Chief, Canadian Journal of Infection Control
EDITORIALSeveral vaccines against COVID-19 are currently being administered around the world, but uptake in some regions is suboptimal and the debate regarding mandatory vaccination has been raging with varying opinions. Italy recently made an exceptional decision to make COVID-19 vaccination mandatory for all healthcare workers (HCWs), after discovering outbreaks in hospitals that were linked to the refusal by staff to be vaccinated [1]. In other countries like Canada and the United States, authorities are struggling with the need to balance public health and human rights in order to achieve high vaccination uptake necessary to break the chain of transmission of the disease. ...
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Kasey Gambeta, RN, MN and Andrea Chambers, PhD Affiliations: Both Kasey and Andrea work at Public Health Ontario, Canada Corresponding author: Kasey Gambeta Public Health Ontario 350 Conestoga Blvd, Cambridge, ON, N1R 7L7 Canada kasey.gambeta@oahpp.ca
ABSTRACT Background: The purpose of this study was to describe needs of infection prevention and control (IPAC) professionals across healthcare settings in one region of Ontario, Canada to inform priorities for the development of resources and capacity-building activities.
Methods: An open survey targeting IPAC stakeholders working in diverse healthcare settings was disseminated through multiple methods, including Public Health Ontario’s stakeholder management database. The survey was open from April 1 to ...
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Sameer S. Kassim MBBChBAO, MSc, DTHM&H, DipRCPath1,2, Jared Bullard MD, FRCPC2,3,4; and Allison McGeer MD, FRCPC5 1 Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada 2 Department of Medical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada 3 Department of Pediatrics & Child Health, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada 4 Cadham Provincial Laboratory, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada 5 Department of Microbiology, Sinai Health System, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Corresponding author: Dr. Sameer S. Kassim Cadham Provincial Laboratory 750 William Avenue Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada, R3C3Y1, Tel: 204-945-1306, Fax: 204-786-4770 ...
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Sachin Pasricha, MD1; Chantal R. Valiquette, MD1; Megan Singh, MD1; Rohini Pasricha1; Darwin Jimal1; Faiza Khurshid, MD, FCPS, Msc1,2 1 Queen’s University School of Medicine; Kingston, Ontario, Canada. 2 Department of Pediatrics, Kingston Health Sciences Centre; Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Corresponding author: Sachin Pasricha, MD Kingston Health Sciences Center Watkins 3, Room 4 3 218 76 Stuart Street Kingston, ON K7L 2V7 spasricha@qmed.ca
ABSTRACT Background: Given nosocomial infections remain a prominent issue in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), this quality improvement study aimed to observe adherence to the NICU Moments of Hand Hygiene (MHH) and Bare Below the Elbow (BBE) guidelines, identify barriers to adherence, and propose solutions for ...
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Joanna Lo1; Yilei Luan1; Zerlyn Lee1; Lisa Jacques2; Lisa Krueckl2,3; Jocelyn A. Srigley4,51 Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada2 BC Children’s Hospital, Vancouver, Canada3 Vancouver Coastal Health, Squamish, Canada4 Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, BC Children’s Hospital and BC Women’s Hospital + Health Centre, Vancouver, Canada5 Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
Corresponding author:Dr. Jocelyn SrigleyBC Children’s Hospital Microbiology Laboratory4500 Oak Street, Room 2G9Vancouver BC, V6H 3N1, CanadaTel: 1-604-875-2000 ext. 5208jocelyn.srigley@cw.bc.c
ABSTRACT Patient and visitor hand hygiene (HH) interventions have been demonstrated to ...
