IPAC Eastern Ontario (IPAC EO)
MEETINGS
All IPAC EO meetings will be held via Zoom. Zoom invites will be sent to the email address provided to the Executive. Contact IPAC EO ipaceasternontario@gmail.com for meeting information or zoom link issues.
Minutes, attachments and educational materials from IPAC EO meetings may be obtained in the Members Area of this website.
Meeting RSVP: Please see your email inbox for Zoom meeting details.
Where: Zoom
When:
Wednesday, March 27, 2024
Wednesday, June 5, 2024
Wednesday, September 18, 2024
Wednesday November 20, 2024
- Agendas and invites to follow, please check your email on file with IPAC EO Executive.
Q&A FROM MEETINGS:
From our Chapter Meeting on September 18, 2024:
Question: Contact tracing is a critical component in managing and controlling the spread of infections within healthcare settings. What do contact tracing protocols implemented at your facility look like for various infections agents including both respiratory infections and antibiotic-resistant organisms (MRSA, CPO)?
Responses: Dana: looks different at different facilities. In an acute care setting for contract tracing for AROs, test other patients in the room to see if there is transmission but some LTCH she is aware will check on admission only though protocols may ask to check roommates but very dependent facility to facility. Rhonda: at our LTCH we test for ARO on admission and if a resident has been admitted for 24 hours they get retested on readmission. Has a good working relationship with local hospital and results are shared both ways. Emily Smith shared in chat, If we have a case of MRSA with a roommate we test roommate asap and then 7 days later. Tina shared in chat: MRSA and VRE testing for all new admissions and readmissions. We have an ID NOW machine and are able to do molecular testing for COVID-19. We test roommates and tablemate when we suspect an OB
