CHICA-Canada Chapter News - Fall & Winter 2009
CHICA SASKPIC
Submitted by Donna Wiens
A very successful and interactive one-day workshop and AGM was held in September in Saskatoon with topics on pandemic preparedness, infection control during construction and the work of an MRSA collaborative. We played infection control Jeopardy and had the pleasure of hearing Gerry Hansen speak about our Chapter’s role in hosting the 2012 CHICA-Canada conference. It was a great day of networking and learning with our colleagues.
A hand hygiene initiative begun in the spring to gain the support of our provincial health professional groups, such as Saskatchewan Registered Nurses Association, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Saskatchewan and others, also showed great progress in September. Professional colleges representing registered, practical and psychiatric nurses, physicians and pharmacists partnered with the Saskatchewan Ministry of Health and CHICA-SASKPIC to create and distribute a poster province-wide promoting hand hygiene and immunization. The SRNA also began a series of articles promoting the initiative to their members. This has been a high profile project for the Chapter.
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