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May 31, 2023 16 tweets 11 min read Read on X
Sad to leave beautiful Vancouver today.

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Thank you @jvipondmd for your impassioned presentation yesterday & the stimulating conversation at dinner. Your contribution to saving people & the planet by doing things right is inspiring.

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Thank you Hospital Engineers for sharing your expertise to prevent infections during hospital construction.

Thank you for all you do to keep patients safe in all of our healthcare facilities all of the time.

Thank you for supporting @IPACCanada!

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Thank you @MeetVancouver @CanadaPlace for having such great ventilation!

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Thank you Dr. Kowalski for your very detailed technical brief on UV.

It was fascinating to see the impact of genomics, orientation & medium on efficacy.

And it was thought provoking to see the modeling that shows UV could reduce COVID case waves by 98%.

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Thank you @EdRubinstein for teaching us that Infection Prevention & Sustainability are not in tension - in fact implementing things like reusables & sophisticated engineered systems are key to both.

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Thank you Dr. Titus Wong for your courage & insight to lead BC IPC in researching & implementing Engineered Infection Prevention solutions into Healthcare Facilties & mass transit.

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Thank you, Dr Klompas, for encouraging us to challenge Dogma and to accept new paradigms as the evidence presents itself.

Thank you clearly laying out your personal journey to switch from "Droplet" to "Airborne" paradigm for SARS2 transmission.

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Thank you to @CanadamasQ, Swenco Medical, @PADMmedical @CAPPEM2 for donating Made in 🇨🇦 respirators & plant based medical masks to conference attendees.

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Thank you @VicLeungIDdoc for teaching us about C auris.

Thank you as well for your extraordinary leadership throughout the pandemic - teaching about airborne transmission, adding air purifiers to patient rooms, & moving vulnerable LTC residents into better ventilated spaces. ImageImage
Many thanks to @keithmcglone55 for doing an excellent job on the Scientific Committee & for his professional moderation of many sessions.

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Thank you to Kelli & Heather & Carly & all the organizers for a great conference.

A special thank you to Gerry, for her unwavering commitment to IPAC, to patients, to industry partners, to collaboration, to professionalism, to progress, & to always doing the right thing right.
It was great to catch up with so many ppl after 3 years.

It feels like such a privilege now, the things we took for granted before.

The renewed spirit was palpable & energizing.
I especially want to thank everyone who showed such keen interest & enthusiasm for Engineered Infection Prevention technologies & better masks & respirators Made in 🇨🇦.

You've certainly renewed my optimism for a better healthcare future & for that I can't thank you enough. ☺️
Safe trip home everyone!

Stay healthy.

'Look forward to seeing you next year. 😊 ImageImageImage

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Apr 25
🧵 "Cough into your elbow" has no peer-reviewed origin

Researchers traced it to a 2006 hospital video

And a 1994 quote from a pediatrician who said she learned it from daycare

Neither CDC nor WHO can tell you who invented it

It's just folklore that gained a following
Here's what the evidence actually says 👇

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Mandatory masking in effect

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If you get a Flu vaccine today,

you will be partially protected

against a severe case of Flu

starting in a couple of weeks

but it won't stop transmission
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you will be partially protected

against a severe case of Covid

starting in a couple of weeks

but it won't stop transmission
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you will be well protected

against all cases - asymptomatic, mild, medium or severe - of Flu, Covid, RSV, or any other airborne disease

starting today

and you will stop transmission
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Hand Hygiene does NOT stop airborne disease transmission in hospitals

Or anywhere
NEWS FLASH 2:

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They don't wash hands & re-glove 100+ times per shift

When no one is standing over them with a clipboard
HCWs wear gloves

TO PROTECT THEMSELVES
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