Pattern of acquisition of hospital-associated pathogens in the ICU of an academic tertiary care hospital

SEE PDF Reprinted with permission from University of Toronto Press (https://utpjournals.press). Shazia Damji PharmD, ACPR1, Jerrold Perrott BSc Pharm, ACPR, PharmD1, Salomeh Shajari BSc1, Jennifer Grant MD, FRCPC1, Titus Wong MD, MHSc, FRCPC1, Megan Harbin BSc Pharm, ACPR, PharmD2 1Department of Pharmacy, Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada 2Department of Pharmacy, Royal Inland Hospital, Kamloops, British Columbia, ...

Hospital-acquired antibiotic-resistant organisms among patients with COVID-19

SEE PDF Kristen A Versluys, MSc1, Ted R Pfister, MSc1, Jennifer JR Ellison, MSc1, and Kathryn R Bush, MSc11Infection Prevention and Control, Surveillance and Standards, Alberta Health Services, Alberta, ...

The use of N95 respirators in long-term care settings for the care of residents infected with COVID-19

SEE PDF James Ayukekbong, BMLS, Msc, PhD, CIC Editor-in-Chief, Canadian Journal of Infection Control Current scientific evidence suggests that SARS-CoV-2, the causative agent of COVID-19, is predominantly spread from person-to-person through direct or indirect contact with infected persons through respiratory droplets [1, 2]. These droplets, which are >5µm, can be transmitted when a person is within 6 ft. of an infected person who has respiratory symptoms that emit droplets that may directly deposit on mucous membranes through a ballistic trajectory. To prevent infection from these droplets, surgical masks are considered as appropriate facial personal protective equipment (PPE) for the care of patients with suspected or confirmed COVID-19 infection ...

Randomized controlled trial of chlorhexidine gluconate, intranasal mupirocin, rifampin, and doxycycline versus chlorhexidine gluconate and intranasal mupirocin alone for the eradication of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) colonization

SEE PDF Reprinted with permission from University of Toronto Press (https://utpjournals.press). Lucy Y Eum BSc (Pharm), MD1, Stefanie Materniak BA, MSc (Epidem.)2, Paula Duffley RN3, Sameh El-Bailey MbChb, DCP, FRCPath4, George R Golding PhD5, Duncan Webster MA, MD, FRCPC61Department of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada2Horizon Health Network, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada3Infection Prevention and Control, Horizon Health Network, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada4Microbiology, Department of Lab Medicine, Horizon Health Network, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada5National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada6Internal Medicine/Medical Microbiology, Dalhousie University, Saint John, New Brunswick, ...