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This position statement was developed by members of the IPAC Canada Reprocessing Interest Group:Prinicipal Authors: Clare Barry BN,MSc,CIC1, Anne Augustin MLT,CIC2,3, Tina Stacey-Works MLT,CIC4,5, Merlee Steele-Rodway RN,CERT6,7, Nicole Kenny BSc Assoc Chem1, Donna Perron RN,BScN,CIC2,8, Mandy Deeves RN,BScN,MPH,CIC1,2, Laura Farrell BSc,BEd,CPHI(C),CIC2,9, Romy Burgess Burfitt RN3,10, and Andrea Skeoch RN11
Affiliations:1 IPAC Canada – Greater Toronto Area 2 Public Health Ontario3 IPAC Canada – Peel and Neighbouring Area4 Halton Healthcare5 IPAC Canada – Central South Ontario 6 Canadian Association of Medical Devices Reprocessing7 IPAC Canada – Newfoundland and Labrador 8 IPAC Canada – Eastern Ontario9 IPAC Canada – Western Ontario10 College of Health ...
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Christine Greene, MPH, PhD;1 Savannah Hatt, MPH21TSG Consulting, Washington, DC, USA2NSF International, Applied Research Center, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Corresponding author:Christine Greene, MPH, PhD, Senior Scientific Consultant, TSG Consulting, 1150 18th Street, NW, Suite 1000, Washington, DC 20036, USA | Chris.Greene@tsgconsulting.com
ABSTRACT
The ability to identify locations that are missed in routine cleaning is important. Visual inspection, ATP bioluminescence systems, and fluorescence or ultraviolet light are monitoring methods that indicate overall cleanliness, but not contamination removal. In this study, we use Staphylococcus aureus to evaluate a novel imaging system that provides a rapid, visual confirmation of the presence of bacteria on surfaces ...
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B. Douglas Ford, MA;1Keith Sopha, CEM1,21Canadian Association of Environmental Management, Kingston, ON, Canada2CleanLearningCorresponding author:B. Douglas Ford, MA, Senior Researcher, Canadian Association of Environmental Management, 5-447 Palace Road, Kingston, ON, Canada, K7L 4T6Tel: 613-331-4269 | bdford42@gmail.com
ABSTRACT:
Background: Microbes endemic to student desks can survive for long periods and infect students. The effectiveness of conventional cleaning and disinfection practices and electrostatic disinfectant spraying were examined.
Methods: Six K-12 schools in Southeastern Ontario participated in the study. The viable microbial loads on 100 student desks were assessed via Replicate Organism Detection and Counting (RODAC) plates before and after ...
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Amber L. Linkenheld-Struk, BA, MLT, CIC; Natasha Salt, BSc, BASc, CIC; Jackie Griffin-White, BSc, RN, MSNSunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada
Corresponding author:Amber Linkenheld-Struk, BA, MLT, CIC, Infection Prevention and Control, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada, M4N 3M5Tel: 416-480-6100 x7524 amber.linkenheld-struk@sunnybrook.ca
ABSTRACT
During the spring of 2019, an inpatient psychiatry unit at a large tertiary care hospital experienced two outbreaks between April 6 and May 7, first influenza A, with seven identified cases, followed by norovirus with three identified cases. This outbreak investigation examines the management of both outbreaks and highlights unique challenges, which may present in a mental health ...
