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Welcome to the Erie St. Clair Infection Control Network (ESCICN), located in the
Regions of Sarnia Lambton, Chatham Kent and Essex County following the
geographic boundaries established
Erie St. Clair Infection Control Network along with the other RICNs are pleased to be part of Public Health Ontario (the new operating name for the Ontario Agency for Health Protection and Promotion). Public Health Ontario is an arm's-length government agency dedicated to protecting and promoting the health of all Ontarians and reducing inequities in health. For more information about Public Health Ontario, visit http://www.oahpp.ca .
ESCICN OPEN HOUSE
On Thursday, October 6th, ESCICN welcomed stakeholders to an Open House. It was great to connect with familiary faces and also, to meet newcomers to the infection control network. Guests enjoyed a tour of our office and also, an informative presentation on C. difficle by our Medical Coordinator, Dr. Corinna Quan, Infectious Disease Specialist.
 
 
Thank you for attending our Open House. We look forward to seeing you again real soon. Please click here for Dr. Corinna's C. difficle handouts.
IT'S NOT EASY IT'S DIFFICILE . . . The Erie St. Clair Infection Control Network (ESCICN) of Public Health Ontario on the
advisement of the ESCICN Acute Care Committee hosted a workshop on C.difficile
and Antibiotic Stewardship. It was held at Windsor Regional Hospital (WRH) on
Thursday June 16th, 2011. Dealing with challenges of C.difficile and developing an
Antibiotic Stewardship Program are initiatives of prime importance in acute care
today. A multidisciplinary team is the key. Speakers included Anne Bialachowski
from St. Joes Hamilton, Agnes Tong from PHO, and Karen Riley and Dr. Quan of
Windsor. The session was attended by infection control, public health and pharmacy.
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| Dr. Quan, Karen Riley, Nora Boyd |
Tracey Macfie, May Abdalla, Anita Bertelle, Lindsay Samiola |
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Clostridium Difficile/Antibiotic Stewardship Workshop Presentation Handouts: (Click title) |
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- Anne Bialachowski, MNsc |
- Agnes Tong, OAHPP |
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:Karen Riley, PharmD, HDGH, WRH |
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For OTN Archived Presentations: Please click title below
June 16th, 2011
Part 1: Anne Bialachowski and Agnes Tong
Part 2: Karen Riley and Dr. Corinna Quan
Celebrating International Hand Hygiene Day: May 5th, 2011
The goal of celebrating an International Hand Hygiene Day, according to the World
Health Organization, is to ensure that infection control is acknowledged universally
as a solid and essential basis towards patient safety and supports the reduction
of health care-associated infections and their consequences.
Chatham-Kent Alliance and Hotel Dieu Grace Hospital staff celebrate the day.
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Carol Turner and Erika Vitale |
Annette Blanchard, Lindsay Samoila,
Anita Bertelle |
Chatham-Kent Alliance celebrates the day with a fun promotion of their code word. Paws is the code word that staff use to gently remind others when a moment for hand hygiene has been missed. Building a culture where we can all comfortably remind each other is part of a successful hand hygiene program.
The Regional Infection Control Networks hosted 300 participants at the first ever IP&C
Boot Camp held Monday May 30th. This was the largest registration for a preconference
day for a CHICA conference. The military theme engaged the audience with a PPE
fashion show, clickers, group work and relevant presentations. Participants learned
about the chain of infection, Routine Practices and Additional Precautions, Outbreak
Management and Occupational Health issues related to IP&C. To read more about
this day please go to the RICN website main page.
 
Helen Shaw
Click here to view the Bootcamp Picture Slide Show Presentation.
Just Clean Your Hands LTC: Visiting Homes
Erie St Clair Infection Control Network (ESCICN) was able to provide a coaching visit to 86% of the long term care homes in Erie St Clair which
includes the Windsor-Essex, Sarnia-Lambton and Chatham-Kent areaa by the March 31st, 2011 deadline.
ESCICN would like to thank the Long Term Care Homes that participated in this project for their enthusiastic response to the coaching visits. We would like
to thank our coaches, Donna Scott and Casey Slattery.
If your home did not receive a visit but would like to receive one contact the
Erie St. Clair Infection Control Network @ 519-948-7000 or toll free at 1-866-924-7426
Antibiotic Stewardship
 ESCICN partnered with PAACT and Bluewater in Srnia and Chatham Kent Health Alliance in Chatham to present
workshops in November facilitated by Dr. Kate Bailey.
Thirty physicians, nurse practitioners and pharmacists attended
the afternoon event.
For more information click here.
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