AUGUST 2010

• Risk of Transmitting Bloodborne Pathogens with Fingerstick Devices: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration reminds health care workers in Primary Care, Nursing and Laboratory to never use fingerstick devices on more than one person due to risks of transmitting bloodborne pathogens. More information...
• CHICA-Canada Online Novice IP&C Course: Beginning September 13, 2010 CHICA-Canada will offer an online, 6-module Novice Infection Prevention and Control (IP&C) course. Membership in CHICA-Canada is not required to take this course. Deadline for submission of applications is August 27, 2010. More information...
• Revised Web Page: NDM-1 Resources: CHICA-Canada's webpage on antibiotic-resistant organisms has been revised to include information on New Delhi metallo-beta-lactamase (NDM-1). More information...
• Survey - PHAC H1N1 Guidelines: The Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) invites you to participate in a survey on the use of PHAC Infection Prevention and Control guidance documents for pandemic H1N1 influenza by Canadian health care facilities and organizations. Deadline for survey completion: September 20, 2010.
  
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  • PHAC H1N1 Guidelines Survey
  • ASPC Sondage H1N1
• New Best Practice Annexes from PIDAC: Annexes to Ontario's 'Routine Practices and Additional Precautions' best practices include:
  
  • Annex A: Antibiotic-Resistant Organisms (AROs)
  • Annex B: Acute Respiratory Infection (ARI)
  • Annex C: Clostridium difficile Infection (CDI)
• Salmonella Outbreak in Ontario: Ontario's Chief Medical Officer of Health has announced an outbreak of Salmonella oranienburg in the province, clustered in the Greater Toronto Area. More information...
• 2010 Medical Device Sterilization Forum: The standards offered by CSA and Accreditation Canada can help you improve your processes by integrating infection prevention and control mechanisms into daily sterilization and reprocessing activities. Learn what’s new about Accreditation Canada’s program for sterilization and review and discuss case studies that will help you learn from the experience of other health care organizations that have used both CSA and Accreditation Canada’s standards. Make plans now to have key members of your hospital administration team attend this Forum, where key issues, best practices and lessons learned will be discussed and shared by our panel of experts. More information...
• Employment Opportunity: An Online Discussion Facilitator is required for CHICA-Canada's new online novice IP&C course. More information...
• 2011 Virox Scholarship Application: The National Education Conference Scholarship provides financial assistance to eligible infection prevention and control practitioners in the form of a scholarship to attend the CHICA-Canada annual national conference. More than one eligible candidate may receive this award, next year it could be you! The deadline for application for next year's award is January 31, 2011. More information and application form...

JUly 2010

• Invitation for Nominations – 2010-2012 CPSI Board of Directors: CHICA-Canada has been invited to nominate an individual to be considered for election to the Board of the Canadian Patient Safety Institute for a two-year term (2010-2012). Nominees will be selected by the CPSI Nominating Committee to be on the election slate at their October 22 Annual General Meeting. The deadline for receipt of nomination information is August 6, 2010. More information...English Nomination Form...French Nomination Form