Bruce Gamage, Network Manager

Welcome to the 2013 Educational Conference

Who are we? • Drs. Judy Isaac-Renton and Liz Bryce – Co-Directors

• Bruce Gamage – Network Manager

• Joanne Archer – Education and Best Practices Coordinator

• Dr. Guanghong Han – Surveillance Epidemiologist

• Helen Evans – Communications Coordinator

• Susan Brauer – Admin Assistant

Achievements in the past year

Surveillance • Now have 5 years of CDI Surveillance data

available – most recent for Q1&2 2012/13

• Almost 2 years worth of MRSA surveillance data available

• Hand hygiene audit data – 2nd annual report expected in May

• All reports are posted on our

website at: www.picnet.ca

Surveillance Steering Committee • Jun Chen Collet, PHSA

• Tara Donovan, FHA

• Leslie Forrester, VCH

• Bruce Gamage (Chair), PICNet

• Dr. Guanghong Han, PICNet

• Deanna Hembroff, NHA

• Dr. Bonnie Henry, BCCDC

• Dr. Linda Hoang, BCAMM

• Anthony Leamon, VIHA

• Dr. Elisa Lloyd-Smith, PHC

Guidelines and Best Practices

• Revised ARO Guidelines – posted March 20

• CDI toolkit – posted March 20

• Environmental Services Guidelines to be completed in April

• All guidelines are freely available

on our website

ARO Guidelines Revisions Working Group

• Joanne Archer, PICNet (Chair)

• Bruce Gamage, PICNet

• Dr. Jen Grant, VCH

• Dr. Pam Kibsey, VIHA

• Dr. Victor Leung, PHC

• Dr. Ben Mack, FHA

• Holly-Lynn Nelson, NHA

• Cindy Proskow, VIHA

• Coleen Reiswig, IHA

CDI Toolkit Working Group

• CDI Toolkit Working Group • Linda Adam, VCH

• Joanne Archer, PICNet

• Kelsey Breault, NHA

• Dr. Elizabeth Bryce, VCH

• Allison Chant, PHSA

• Sandra Daniels, FHA

• Noorsallah Esmail, FHA

• Bruce Gamage, PICNet

• Jessica Finerty, MOH

• Dr. Pamela Kibsey, VIHA

• Dr. Victor Leung, PHC

• Meg Rao, IHA

• Brian Sagar, MOH

• Valerie Wood, VIHA

• CDI Clinical Management Algorithm Working Group

• Joanne Archer, PICNet

• Dr. Elizabeth Bryce, VCH

• Dr. John Galbraith, VIHA

• Dr. Victor Leung, PHC

• Dr. Ted Steiner, UBC

• Dr. Adil Virani, FHA

• Dr. Denise Werry, IHA

Best Practices for Environmental Cleaning

• Working Group members:

• Jim Curtin, PHC

• Sandra Daniels, FHA

• Alan Davies, IHA

• Rita Dekleer, VCH

• Darrel Elliot, LMBISS

• Lauren Ferreira, NHA

• Nicki Gill, IHA

• Louise Holmes, PHSA

• Murray Hutchison, VIHA

• Dan Jackson, LMBISS

• Felicia Laing, VCH

• Dr. Victor Leung, PHC

• Benson Low, LMBISS

• Holly-Lynn Nelson, NHA

• Mike Petrie, LMBISS

• Cynthia Proskow, VIHA

• Jessica Finerty, BC MOH

• Brian Sagar, BC MOH

• Joanne Archer, PICNet

• Bev Dobbyn, Consultant

• Bruce Gamage, PICNet

Education and Training • Education Day

– Positive Deviance – In October PICNet hosted and education day presented by Melissa Crump and Missy Blackburn – 53 people attended

• Infection Control Week – During NICW PICNet visited 10

Residential Care Facilities and presented over 25 educational sessions

– Lots of fun was had by all!

Education modules • IC Basics updated

• Provincial Hand Hygiene module – Both are available on the PHSA Learning Hub

– You can track them and receive certificates

• Other modules will be available on both PICNet website and PHSA Learning Hub

Education Resource Fund 2013 Recipients

• Sylvia Eaton, NHA

• Kelsi Laporte, PHSA

• Eileen Lavoie, IHA

• Holly-Lynn Nelson, NHA

• Norberto Peralta, Haro Park Care Centre

• Bonnie Schurack, NHA

• Dr. Elisa Lloyd-Smith, PHC

We are moving! • April 19 – to Broadway and Oak

Thank you

…we couldn’t do it without you!