Update on COVID-19 Projections - Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table 👀Check out update on common symptoms, recommendations on Rapid Antigen Testing, Long Covid, and impact on our critical areas ⁦COVIDScienceOntario⁩ #ipac #ontariohealth #covid 👇 covid19-sciencetable.ca/sciencebrief/u…

April 25 - Critical Care Services Ontario is reporting 213 adult #COVID related critical illness (CRCI) patients in ICUs. 95 CRCI patients were ventilated. There were 21 new adult admissions. The 7-day rolling avg. of CRCI patients in ICU is 205. #onpoli #onhealth

#IPAC2022 here we go! Day 1 of 2022 IPAC Canada National Educational Conference! Opening Address about to begin with Carly Rebelo IPAC UHN and Heather Candon; Dr. Christine Gibson speaking on The Collective Trauma Post- Pandemic yhttps://pheedloop.com/EVEZWXSLMIOTK/site/ IPAC Canada

Blessed to hear Dr. Christine Gibson lead off the IPAC Canada #IPAC2022 conference talking about The Collective Trauma Post-Pandemic- how do we move forward together? 😳. Listen up fellow #HCWs,#IPAC, #ICPs #IP, we need help! Check out her work 👇. YOUR wellness is worth it.

we are constantly challenged with engaging our varied audience, to gain trust, harness their creativity, and to co-create safe care strategies. #ipac2022 showed us creative and FUN liberating structures to get dialogue flowing. Oh, and there’s an app🥳 apps.apple.com/ca/app/liberat…

Professional learning looks very different this time around #IPAC2022. Great job IPAC Canada for making the virtual conference fun and engaging, while still delivering the elevated content for professional growth! Outstanding day 2!

“Natural immunity” is generally only best for the variants of #SARSCoV2 that you already had! Not necessarily against future variants. We epidemiologists have been trying to warn about this for a long time, but always drowned out by “mass infection + natural herd immunity” crowd.

Do you remember when you joined Twitter? I do! #MyTwitterAnniversary I joined originally to follow the science and infection disease community, but just recently decided to try my hand at Infection Control Tips content and communication. #Ipac #ipactips

Update: no changes to requirements for closed operatories and observation of fallow time post AGP. #dentistry #infectionprevention #fallowtime

#BREAKING - The Chief Medical Officer of Health has issued a statement stating that mask mandates for hospitals and public transit will end as scheduled this Saturday, but that masks will still be required in long-term care and retirement homes.

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus World Health Organization (WHO) BREAKING: WHO has declared the monkeypox outbreak a public health emergency of international concern.

Dr. Kieran Moore said if COVID-19 starts affecting the ability to reduce the surgical backlog, he will recommend masking in specific indoor settings, and if there are further effects, he would recommend reinstating mask mandates. toronto.citynews.ca/2022/11/02/ont…

For fellow IPAC GTA members, tune in today, December 8th at noon for: The fascinating role of IPAC beyond acute care and long-term care settings, Featuring:  •Janessa McGuire, CIC . ICP at Practice Health Check •Dan Cuthbert. COVID medical officer – Film & TV industry #ipac

IPAC Canada would like to recognize Canadian Association of PPE Manufacturers for their kind support of the exciting discussion on Environmentally responsible PPE at our upcoming #IPAC2023 conference! Learn more: ipac-canada.org/ipac-canada-an…

Perspective on the origin, resistance, and spread of the emerging human fungal pathogen Candida auris #CandidaAuris #Fungus journals.plos.org/plospathogens/…

Are you at APIC 2023? Stop by the Project Firstline booth 1067 to pick up a copy of our infographics and speak with our team members about CDC's infection control education and training! #APIC23