2019 Conjoint Conference
IPAC Canada and IFIC 2019 Conjoint Conference
Date: May 26 - 29, 2019
Event Location: Québec Convention Centre
Headquarter Hotel: Hilton Québec
Oral Presentations
All presentations will be held at the Québec Convention Centre.
Unless specifically named as a co-author, no reviewers were directly involved in the research or publications cited in any of the abstracts. Reviewers recuse themselves if they have co-authored an abstract.
Monday 27th May, 2019
Concurrent Session 1: Hand Hygiene
| Time | Title, Author | Handouts Available |
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| 3 pm - 3:13 pm | Electronic Monitoring of Hand Hygiene: Which Factors Should Be Considered when Interpreting the Rates? Maxime-Antoine Tremblay,* Yves Longtin Jewish General Hospital |
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| 3:30 pm – 3:43 pm | Hand Hygiene Perception and Practices Among Nursing Students in Lagos State.
Afolabi Oyapero,1 Oyejoke Oyapero2 |
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| 3:45 pm - 3:58 pm | Creation of a Tailored Hand Hygiene Program in Community Audiology Tamalee Andersen* Alberta Health Services |
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Concurrent Session 2: Education
| Time | Title, Author | Handouts Available |
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| 3 pm - 3:13 pm | Escape Room: Innovative Educational Platform Melisa Avaness,¹* Natalie Coyle,¹ Emily Stairs,¹ Natasha Salt, Jerome Leis¹ ¹Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre |
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| 3:15 pm - 3:28 pm | An Integrated Approach to Hand Hygiene: Engaging Patients and Families Katherine Perkin, Karen Campbell, Dechen Chhakpa, Alissa Dicion, Jayvee Guerrero, Ronny Leung, Vydia Nankoosingh, Senthuri Paramalingam, Nelia Pena, Tiberius Stanescu |
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| 3:30 pm - 3:43 pm | Coming Soon to a Screen Near You! Prevention of Infection Film Festival
Laura Golloher1 (presented by Margaret Cameron) |
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| 3:34 pm - 3:58 pm | Being Prepared: All Hazards Training for High-Consequence Pathogens
Gail Busto,1 Tracey Woznow,1 Pat Bleackley2 |
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Concurrent Session 3: Antibiotic-Resistant Organisms
| Time | Title, Author | Handouts Available |
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| 3 pm - 3:13 pm | A Hospital's Experience with Preventing Nosocomial Transmission of Carbapanemase-Producing Enterobacteriaceae During a Community Outbreak Katy Short,¹* Alexandra Jude,¹ Anne Brownlee,¹ Benjamin Mack,¹ Elizabeth Brodkin ¹Fraser Health |
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| 3:15 pm - 3:28 pm | Surveillance of Antimicrobial-Resistant Organisms and Antibiotic use in Central South Ontario Camille Achonuer, Bois Marufov* Public Health Ontario |
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| 3:30 pm - 3:43 pm | Reducing Population Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus Acquisition Through Hospital-Based Topical Disinfection - An Interrupted Time Series Analysis Approach Magdalena Wysocka,¹* Melisa Williams,² David Jenkins³ ¹Gdansk University of Technology ²University of Leicester ³University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust |
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| 3:34 pm - 3:58 pm | Surveillance Data Automation - Improving Patient Safety and Productivity of an Infection Control Team Azra Sharma,* Bruce Nicholson, Bonnie Lantz, Christopher Lowe, Victor Leung Providence Health Care |
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Concurrent Session 4: Quality/Process Improvement
| Time | Title, Author | Handouts Available |
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| 3 pm - 3:13 pm | Increasing Collaboration and Stakeholder Engagement to Improve the Use of Personal Protective Equipment Ravneet Sandhu* Alberta Health Services |
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| 3:15 pm – 3:28 pm | A Cheap, Fast, Adaptable and User-Friendly Way of Motivating Healthcare Workers to Improve Basic Infection Control Measures Using Quick Scans and Quality Marks
Diana van Netten, Juliëtte Severin, Margreet Vos |
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| 3:30 pm - 3:43 pm | Infection Preventing and Control Additional Precautions Signage in a Digital World Ensures Accuracy and Efficiency! Joan Osbourne Townsend, Seema Boodoosingh, Lillan Kariko, Abraham Charummoottil, |
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| 3:45 pm - 3:58 pm | Patient, Family and visitor Hand Hygiene Knowledge and Practices Lisa Krueckl,* Zerlyn Lee, Joanna Lo, Eva Luan, Lisa Jacques, Jocelyn Srigley Provincial Health Services Authority of BC, BC Children’s and Women’s Health Centre |
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Tuesday 28th May, 2019
Concurrent Session 1: Quality/Process Improvement
| Time | Title, Author | Handouts Available |
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| 3 pm - 3:13 pm | Using Multimethod Simulation Modelling for Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Planning in Intensive Care Unit Stanko Grabljevec,¹* Tatjana Mrvic,¹ Barbara Grabljevec Kranjc,¹ Andrej Skraba² ¹University Medical Centre Ljubljana ²University of Maribor |
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| 3:15 pm - 3:28 pm | Beyond Ebola: Managing VHF in and Acute Care Setting Brigette Boaretto, Jaklin Mehrabian, Catherine Harlton-Strezov, Cathy Wood, Rachael Welch, Tanya Stipetic Southlake Regional Health Centre |
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| 3:30 pm – 3:43 pm | Improving Hand Hygiene Compliance Using Electronic Monitoring
Constance Cutler |
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| 3:45 pm - 3:58 pm | Removing Contact Precautions for VRE Patients in an Endemically Colonized Renal Medicine/Transplant Patient Population Craig Pearce,* Debbie Meilleur, John Conly Alberta Health Services |
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Concurrent Session 2: Outbreaks
| Time | Title, Author | Handouts Available |
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| 3 pm - 3:13 pm | Outbreak Cost Analysis: The Development of a Tracking Mechanism to Calculate the Financial Impact of Unit-Based Outbreaks in an Acute Care Facility Benjamin Rogers,* Florentina Belu,¹ Cameron Thomas,¹ Mark Downing,¹ Michael Rotstein,¹ ¹St. Joseph’s Health Centre |
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| 3:15 pm - 3:28 pm | See the Forest for the Trees - An Outbreak Tracking Pilot Project Sibina Fisher,* Yvette Gable, Nicole Henderson, A. Uma Chandran Alberta Health Services |
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| 3:30 pm – 3:43 pm | Challenges in Outbreak Management of Carbapenemase-Producing Organisms
Dechen Chhakpa, Senthuri Paramalingam, Vydia Nankoosingh, Jayvee Guerrero |
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| 3:45 pm - 3:58 pm | The Plight of Shared Patient Care Equipment - Getting More Than You Bargained For
Sharon Connell, Leanne Harding |
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Concurrent Session 3: Surveillance Rates
| Time | Title, Author | Handouts Available |
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| 3 pm - 3:13 pm | Preventing Surgical Site Infections - Impact of Blood Blucose Monitoring (BGM) in the Cardiac Surgery Population Connie Patterson, Jill Pancer, Charles Frenette, Sara Meltzer MUHC-Royal Victoria Hospital |
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| 3:15 pm – 3:28 pm | Admission for Conditions Sensitive to Primary Care: Is there an Association with the Acquisition of Infection Related to Healthcare? Thais Guimarâes,¹ Maria Clara Padoveze²* ¹Instituto Central HC – FMUSP ²School of Nursing University of São Paulo |
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| 3:45 pm - 3:58 pm | A Journey to Chase CLABSI Reduction: An Achievable Goal
Ma. Leni B. Garcia, RN, PG DipIC, MSIC, CIC, FAFIC |
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Concurrent Session 4: Immunization
| Time | Title, Author | Handouts Available |
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| 3 pm - 3:13 pm | Catch-Up Immunization Program for Active Healthcare Workers - What happens to those who slipped between the cracks? Davidelle Eunsol Kim,* Alanna De Fry, Maja McGuire North York General Hospital |
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| 3:15 pm - 3:28 pm | What takes Priority? The Act of Immunization of its Documentation? When "Just Because" Impedes Quality Improvement Alanna Nicole De Fry, Davidelle Eunsol Kim, Maja McGuire North York General Hospital |
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| 3:30 pm - 3:43 pm | Healthcare Worker Immunization in Ontario Acute Care Settings Caitlin Johnson, Kathryn Suh,¹* Maureen Cividino,² Kevin Schwartz,² Gary Garber,² Natasha S. Crowcroft² ¹The Ottawa Hospital ²Public Health Ontario |
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| 3:45 pm – 3:48 pm | Increased Effort Required to Decline Influenza Vaccinations Leads to Higher Employee Vaccination Rates Heidi Poole Mayo Clinic Health System, Austin, MN |
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