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This position statement was developed by the IPAC Canada Paediatric and Neonatal Interest Group:Chair/Contact: Madeleine Ashcroft/Anne AugustinPrincipal Authors: Anne Augustin, Yameen AlMatawah, Clare Barry, Melanee Eng-Chong, Connie Gittens, Eva Hatzis, Crystelle Ong, Laurie Streitenberger, and Cara Sudoma
Publication DateOriginal: October 2006 Revised: 2013, 2015, 2020 in collaboration with Standards and Guidelines Committee
Disclaimer: This document was developed by IPAC Canada based on best available evidence at the time of publication to provide advice to Infection Prevention and Control Professionals. The application and use of this document are the responsibility of the user. IPAC Canada assumes no liability resulting from any such application or ...
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John H. Murphy11Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Corresponding author:John H Murphy, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto. 18 Wynford Drive, Suite 617, Toronto, Ontario Canada M3C 3S2.1-416-495-1314 | jh.murphy@mail.utoronto.ca | https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2364-519X
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A COVID-19 cluster was identified in an industrial manufacturing workforce soon after being recalled to the workplace following a furlough period. All cases in the cluster (21/85) were male, worked on one side of the plant, and took breaks and lunch together. All non-cases worked on the opposite side of the plant and similarly took breaks and lunch together. Review of the timing of return from furlough determined that workplace ...
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Dominik Mertz MD, MSc1, Gerald A Evans MD2, Susy Hota MD, MSc3on behalf of the Ontario Infection Prevention and Control Community of Practice (see list)1Hamilton Health Sciences Centre & McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario; 2Kingston Health Sciences Centre & Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario;3University Health Network & University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario
Corresponding author: Susy Hota, Infection Prevention and Control, University Health Network, 8 PMB Room 102, Toronto General Hospital, 200 Elizabeth Street, Toronto, Ontario M5G 2C4. Susy.Hota@uhn.ca
Official Journal of the Association of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Disease Canada 5.3, 2020 doi:10.3138/jammi-2020-06-17
On May 29, 2020, Ontario released an ambitious plan, ...
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Katie-Rose Cawthorne1, Jason Dean2, Richard PD Cooke1,3 1Department of Innovation, Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, England2Department of Finance, Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, England3Department of Medical Microbiology, Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, England
Corresponding author: Katie-Rose Cawthorne, Department of Innovation, Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, EnglandTel: +447989683865 | Email: katierosecawthorne@gmail.com
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Background: Though high hand hygiene (HH) levels significantly reduce the risk of healthcare-associated infections (HCAIs), the current cost of HCAIs and the impact of optimal HH practices on HCAIs are poorly defined. The last NHS England ...
