IPC – Webber & PICNet Resources
Waterborne pathogens: why is their profile changing?
Date: September 24th, 2020
Reprocessing of critical foot care devices
Date: September 17th, 2020
Look what the cat scratched in – pet-associated zoonoses, what’s new and relevant for infection prevention and control
Date: September 10th, 2020
Hospital laundry and C. difficile spore inactivation
Date: August 26th, 2020
Polio eradication in India and takeaways for others
Date: August 18th, 2020
AHEAD – a consolidated framework for behavioral infectious risks in acute care – part 2
Date: August 13th, 2020
Cleaning and disinfection in the era of SARS-CoV-2
Date: August 6th, 2020
Improvement of hospital environmental cleaning and disinfection practices following an eight-month outbreak
Date: July 23rd, 2020
The buzz around mosquitoes and mosquito-borne diseases
Date: July 16th, 2020
Infection prevention and control in home care and hospice: common compliance issues
Date: July 9th, 2020
Antibiotic stewardship in nursing homes
Date: February 27th, 2020
Developing and implementing a personal protective equipment program for high-consequence infectious disease preparedness
Date: February 20th, 2020
Malnutrition risk and healthcare infection – a MUST do
Date: February 13th, 2020
Positive deviance and hand hygiene: what can we learn from the best?
Date: January 30th, 2020
A One-Health perspective on food security
Date: January 23rd, 2020
Cleaning in Healthcare
Date: December 18th, 2019
Prioritizing research areas for antibiotic stewardship programs
Date: November 21st, 2019
Healthcare-associated pneumonia that is not ventilator-associated: big problem, but guideline-free zone
Date: November 7th, 2019
Infection control issues in healthcare construction, part 2 – new builds
Date: October 24th, 2019
Endoscope reprocessing: paradigm shift
Date: October 10th, 2019
Beware of dry biofilms: the next challenge in infection control
Date: October 3rd, 2019
Meat, monkeys and mosquitoes: a one health perspective on emerging diseases
Date: September 12th, 2019
Measures to prevent and control VRE: do they really matter?
Date: September 5th, 2019
How to engage and educate nurses in evidence-based practice
Date: August 22nd, 2019
Bed bug prevention in the healthcare setting
Date: August 15th, 2019
Diagnostic stewardship: modified culture testing to enhance antibiotic stewardship
Date: July 25th, 2019
Infection control in pediatrics
Date: July 16th, 2019
Superbugs: the centrality of human behaviour – a focus on filovirus outbreaks
Date: July 9th, 2019
SSI Surveillance strategies in under-resourced settings
Date: June 13th, 2019
Broadcast live from the IPAC Canada conference: Adult learning styles
Date: May 28th, 2019
Broadcast live from the IPAC Canada conference: Adapting IPAC in unconventional spaces
Date: May 27th, 2019
Immigrant and refugee populations: a public health and policy perspective on a continuing global crisis
Date: May 16th, 2019
WHO teleclass – special lecture: Clean care for all – it’s in your hands!
Date: May 3rd, 2019
Infection control issues in healthcare construction, part 1 – renovation
Date: April 18th, 2019
Modern tools for bacterial identification and antibiotic susceptibility testing
Date: April 9th, 2019
Healthcare associated infection surveillance in the era of electronic health data
Date: April 3rd, 2019
Influenza and viral pneumonia
Date: March 21st, 2019
Going beyond the 5 moments
Date: March 7th, 2019
Collaborative clinical research to reduce infections
Date: February 21st, 2019
The fallout of fake news in infection prevention, and why context matters
Date: February 14th, 2019
The effectiveness of tuberculosis infection control strategy in high HIV/TB-burden settings
Date: February 7th, 2019
Barriers and facilitators to Clostridium difficile infection prevention, a nursing perspective
Date: January 31st, 2019
The 2019 WHO Global Survey
Date: January 17th, 2019
The best ways to get your hospital to talk about infection control
Date: December 13th, 2018
Control of carbapenemase producing enterobacteriacae in an endemic setting: do classical IPC methods work for new age bugs? (recording)
Date: December 12th, 2018
Infectious disease highlights and lowlights in 2018, and what to expect in 2019
Date: December 6th, 2018
Neonatal sepsis prevention in low-resource settings
Date: November 22nd, 2018
Hepatitis C in prisons – from individual care to viral eradication strategy: a benefit for the community
Date: November 15th, 2018
“Ahead” – a consolidated framework for behavioural infectious risks in acute care
Date: October 25th, 2018
Infection control champions are made, not born
Date: October 11th, 2018
Chlorhexidine use and bacterial resistance
Date: September 27th, 2018
The silent tsunami of azole-resistance in the opportunistic fungus Aspergillus fumigatus
Date: September 20th, 2018
Molecular diagnostics and its role in infection prevention
Date: September 6th, 2018
Interpreting research evidence: A key skill for infection control professionals
Date: August 16th, 2018
Flood remediation in healthcare facilities: Infection control implications
Date: July 19th, 2018
The future of infection control: Bright or bleak?
Date: July 12th, 2018
Simulation as an education tool
Date: May 29th, 2018
Trekking safely through the storm: Managing complex IPAC issues
Date: May 28th, 2018
How the certification board of infection control (CBIC) works for you
Date: May 10th, 2018
Topical antibiotics to prevent post-operative surgical infection: Is the paradigm changing?
Date: April 19th, 2018
Genetic similarities between organisms isolated from the ICU
Date: April 18th, 2018
Understanding risk perceptions and responses of the public, healthcare professionals, and the media: The case for Clostridium difficile
Date: April 12th, 2018
Hopes, hypes, and multivallate defenses against antimicrobial resistance
Date: April 10th, 2018
Challenges and facilitators to nurse-driven antibiotic stewardship: Results from a multi-site qualitative study
Date: March 22nd, 2018
Clostridium difficile asymptomatic carriers: the hidden part of the iceberg
Date: March 15th, 2018
Climate change and the impact on infectious diseases
Date: March 14th, 2018
Infection prevention in nursing homes and palliative care
Date: March 8th, 2018
Root cause analysis to support infection control in healthcare premises
Date: February 22nd, 2018
Improving the knowledge and receptiveness of medical students towards hand hygiene: Exploring new approaches
Date: February 21st, 2018
Refugee health: A new perspective for infection prevention and control
Date: February 15th, 2018
Patients are your partners: Why and how this partnership works
Date: February 8th, 2018
Practical approaches for monitoring cleaning in healthcare facilities
Date: January 25th, 2018
Using the right model to calculate the financial implications of Clostridium difficile infection
Date: January 18th, 2018
Enhanced performance feedback and patient participation to improve hand hygiene compliance
Date: December 14th, 2017
Beyond high-touch surfaces: floors, portable equipment, and other potential sources of healthcare infection transmission
Date: December 7th, 2017
Cleaning the grey zones of hospitals: lessons from a community-based teaching hospital
Date: November 16th, 2017
WHO guidelines for the prevention and control of Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae, Acinetobacter baumannii, and Pseudomonas aeruginosa in health care facilities
Date: November 13th, 2017
Infection control in paramedic services
Date: October 26th, 2017
Hand hygiene program successes in member countries of the INICC
Date: October 16th, 2017
Strengthening IPAC structures through education in low-income or middle-income countries
Date: October 12th, 2017
Infection control guidelines that did not work against Ebola
Date: October 5th, 2017
How to publish in the journals and why it matters
Date: September 28th, 2017
10 Years of Evidence – From Information to Implementation
Date: September 20th, 2017
Infections without borders
Date: September 20th, 2017
What Makes Infection Prevention and Control Work?
Date: September 18th, 2017
Relationship between patient safety climate and adherence to standard precautions
Date: September 14th, 2017
Social media: useless or useful in infection prevention?
Date: August 24th, 2017
Learning infection control via games
Date: August 10th, 2017
The psychology of hand hygiene: How to improve hand hygiene using behaviour change frameworks
Date: July 13th, 2017
Making sense of alphabet soup: Antimicrobial resistance in gram-negative bacilli
Date: June 20th, 2017
Using unofficial sources to monitor outbreaks of emerging infectious diseases: Lessons from ProMED
Date: June 1st, 2017
The good the bad and the ugly: Methods for bedpan management
Date: May 30th, 2017
The airborne spread of infectious agents: survival and decontamination of human pathogens in indoor air
Date: May 18th, 2017
Fight antibiotic resistance: It’s in your hands
Date: May 5th, 2017
Cost analysis of universal screening vs. risk factor-based screening for MRSA
Date: April 27th, 2017
Do’s and Dont’s for hospital cleaning
Date: April 25th, 2017
Emerging antimicrobial resistance: A view (and response) from Down Under
Date: April 12th, 2017
Technologic innovations to prevent catheter-related bloodstream infections
Date: April 6th, 2017
Screening for Staph aureus before surgery … why bother?
Date: March 30th, 2017
Treatment of severe MRSA infections: current practice and further development
Date: March 28th, 2017
How to become CIC certified without becoming certifiable
Date: March 16th, 2017
Evaluation of infection control training
Date: March 9th, 2017
The role of dry surface contamination in healthcare infection transmission
Date: February 28th, 2017
Using expert process to combat Clostridium difficile infections
Date: February 23rd, 2017
Knowledge gap about Ebola Virus Disease among health workers in hotspots in Sudan
Date: February 2nd, 2017
Heater-cooler unit associated mycobacterium chimaera infections: an outbreak in slow motion
Date: January 26th, 2017
The role of intersectional innovations in preventing infection
Date: January 19th, 2017
Infection control in elderly care institutions: Where should we go?
Date: December 15th, 2016
Viability of bacteria on fabrics
Date: December 8th, 2016
Norovirus and healthcare facilities: How to keep the virus out and what to do when it gets in
Date: November 10th, 2016
Antimicrobial environmental surfaces in healthcare settings: Can they really be beneficial?
Date: October 27th, 2016
Collaboration and support of the CIC certification examination
Date: October 20th, 2016
Update on strategies for cleaning and disinfection of environmental surfaces in healthcare
Date: October 13th, 2016
Adherence engineering to reduce CLABSI
Date: September 29th, 2016
Debate: Contact precautions are essential for the management of patients with MDROs
Date: September 27th, 2016
Hardware or software? Interventions for a sustainable IPAC program
Date: September 22nd, 2016
Infection control and pet therapy
Date: September 15th, 2016
Use of hypochlorite (bleach) in healthcare facilities
Date: August 18th, 2016
Can patient empowerment be used as a strategy to improve infection control compliance? (South Pacific teleclass)
Date: August 10th, 2016
Results of qualitative research on implementation of IPAC best practice in European hospitals
Date: July 14th, 2016
Sharps injury prevention (South Pacific teleclass)
Date: June 29th, 2016
Exploring the role of environmental surfaces in occupational infection prevention
Date: June 23rd, 2016
Strategies to reduce skin injury in critically ill patients
Date: June 16th, 2016
Bridging the gap between research and practice in long-term care (Live from APIC)
Date: June 13th, 2016
Being heard: the infection preventionist and the organizational structure (Live from APIC)
Date: June 13th, 2016
Controlling the spread of VRE: Is active surveillance worthwhile?
Date: June 9th, 2016
Are your cleaning wipes safe? Evidence supporting the “one room – one wipe” approach in healthcare settings
Date: June 2nd, 2016
Implementation of clinical indication dwell time for peripheral IV – check the patient not the clock
Date: May 26th, 2016
What’s new in number 2? Update on diarrheal disease from a global perspective (From IPAC conference)
Date: May 17th, 2016
Physicians, farmers, and the politics of antibiotic resistance (From IPAC conference)
Date: May 16th, 2016
Infection prevention resources: A discussion of strategies to calculate appropriate IPC personnel resources
Date: May 12th, 2016
Hand hygiene supports safe surgical care
Date: May 5th, 2016
Infection prevention and control with Accreditation Canada Qmentum program
Date: April 28th, 2016
Preventing invasive candida infections: Where could we do better?
Date: April 7th, 2016
Successful implementation of CAUTI bundles: lessons learned
Date: March 31st, 2016
The Global Mycobacterium Chimaera Outbreak In Cardiac Surgery
Date: March 16th, 2016
Barriers to TB infection control in developing countries
Date: March 10th, 2016
MERS-COV: Implications for healthcare facilities
Date: March 3rd, 2016
Successful implementation strategy for the prevention of Surgical Site Infections
Date: February 17th, 2016
MRSA in the hospital and the community
Date: January 28th, 2016
Epidemiology, prevention and control of gram negative antibiotic-resistant rods
Date: January 21st, 2016
Ebola Outbreak in West Africa: Lessons Learned for Infection Prevention and Control
Date: January 20th, 2016
Examining the “unmentionables” – sanitation and the global agenda
Date: December 17th, 2015
Rising to the challenge of multidrug-resistant gram-negative rods (CRE & friends)
Date: December 10th, 2015
HIV treatment as prevention: The key to an AIDS-free generation
Date: December 3rd, 2015
Salmonella: Trends, prevalence, and control
Date: November 12th, 2015
Demystifying the CIC certification examination
Date: November 5th, 2015
Root cause analysis used in the field of infection control
Date: October 15th, 2015
The use of social media in support of global infection control
Date: October 14th, 2015
Recurrent Clostridium difficile: The Role of Faecal Microbiota Transplants
Date: September 29th, 2015
What did the Romans ever do for us?
Date: September 28th, 2015
Evidence vs. Tradition: the evidence of bathing to reduce HAIs
Date: September 24th, 2015
Can energy management benefit infection prevention?
Date: September 17th, 2015
Is mandatory influenza vaccination for healthcare workers the best way to protect our patients?
Date: September 3rd, 2015
Gastrointestinal endoscopes: a need to shift from disinfection to sterilization?
Date: July 23rd, 2015
To Glove or Not To Glove
Date: July 21st, 2015
Thinking tools for infection prevention and patient safety
Date: July 16th, 2015
Natural ventilation in healthcare facilities
Date: June 29th, 2015
Healthcare infection control lessons learned from recent outbreaks
Date: June 28th, 2015
Reducing catheter-associated UTIs in resource-limited settings
Date: June 25th, 2015
Using IPAC resources wisely in Africa (*note class time)
Date: June 16th, 2015
The power of influence
Date: June 15th, 2015
Preventing infections in healthcare workers: strategies and challenges
Date: June 3rd, 2015
Is your phone bugged? The role of mobile technology in infection control
Date: May 21st, 2015
Vaccination of healthcare providers: A critical step toward patient safety
Date: May 7th, 2015
Are wipes (towelettes) effective for surface decontamination in healthcare settings?
Date: April 30th, 2015
A pragmatic approach to IPAC guidelines in an ambulatory care setting
Date: April 16th, 2015
Feces management: Time to address the risks
Date: April 9th, 2015
Prevention of CDI: What we find in the guidelines
Date: March 26th, 2015
IPAC in correctional settings
Date: March 12th, 2015
Preventing Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections
Date: March 5th, 2015
Use of hygiene products to control the spread of virus in a hotel
Date: February 19th, 2015
Sleep quality in adult hospitalized patients with infection: an observational study
Date: February 12th, 2015
All that glistens is not clean
Date: January 29th, 2015
Infections in home health care: prevalences, risks, and challenges
Date: January 22nd, 2015
Spotlight on the future of healthcare-associated infections: a case study to inform global actions
Date: January 14th, 2015
Environmental cleaning in healthcare: Is monitoring of cleaning compliance really needed?
Date: December 11th, 2014
Chemotherapy – health, safety, and waste management issues
Date: December 4th, 2014
The role of companion animals in infection transmission
Date: November 20th, 2014
Debate: high-tech decontamination of the environment
Date: November 18th, 2014
Airborne Transmission and Precaution – Facts and Myths
Date: November 17th, 2014
Norovirus: understanding diversity in relation to detection, healthcare impact, control and prevention
Date: November 17th, 2014
Emerging respiratory viruses: Are healthcare workers protected?
Date: November 13th, 2014
CBIC is making the certification process work for all!
Date: November 6th, 2014
Infection prevention in outpatient oncology settings
Date: October 23rd, 2014
Healthcare laundry: Epidemiology and microbiology issues
Date: October 16th, 2014
Enhanced environmental cleaning in controlling Clostridium difficile infections in the hospital setting: Does it matter?
Date: October 9th, 2014
Public reporting and disclosure of HAI rates: Positive impact or confusion?
Date: October 8th, 2014
Infection prevention and control in Cystic Fibrosis
Date: October 2nd, 2014
Health economic evaluation of an infection prevention and control program
Date: September 18th, 2014
Infection prevention and control – the Argentina experience
Date: September 16th, 2014
Economic analysis of VRE: assessing attributable cost and length of stay
Date: September 11th, 2014