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Canadian Hospital Epidemiology Committee (CHEC)

Co-Chair: Joanne Langley - Halifax NS
Co-Chair: Virginia Roth - Ottawa ON

The Canadian Hospital Epidemiology Committee (CHEC) is a standing committee of the Association of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Disease (AMMI) Canada, whose mission is to facilitate the prevention and improve the management of infectious diseases in Canada.

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The Canadian Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Program (CNISP) conducts laboratory-based surveillance on a series of healthcare-associated infections including methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in Canadian hospitals. The following is a summary of aggregate rates of MRSA infections and colonizations since 1995.

Results of the Surveillance of Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus - from 1995 to 2009

VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS SURVEILLANCE RESULTS - FROM 1999 TO 2010

 

Le Programme canadien de surveillance des infections nosocomiales (PCSIN) dirige la surveillance (basée sur les données de laboratoires) sur une série d'infections associées aux soins de santé, y compris le staphylococcus aureus résistant à la méthicilline (SARM). Ce qui suit est le résumé des incidences globales d'infections et de colonisation au SARM depuis 1995.

Résultats de la surveillance des Staphylocoques dorés résistants à la méthicilline - de 1995 à 2009

RÉSULTATS DE SURVEILLANCE DES ENTÉROCOQUES RÉSISTANTS À LA VANCOMYCINE - DE 1999 À 2010

 

Lei Ang - Charlottetown PEI

Natalie Bridger - St. John's NL

Elizabeth Bryce - Vancouver BC

John Conly - Calgary AB

John Embil - Winnipeg MB

Joanne Embree - Winnipeg MB

Gerald A. Evans - Kingston ON

Sarah Forgie - Edmonton AB

Charles Frenette - Greenfield QC

Michael Gardam - Toronto ON

David Haldane - Halifax NS

Elizabeth Henderson - Calgary AB

Jim Hutchinson - Victoria BC

Michael John - London ON

Lynn Johnston - Halifax NS

Kevin Katz - Toronto ON

Pamela Kibsey - Victoria BC

Magdalena Kuhn - Moncton NB

Joanne Langley - Halifax NS

Christina Lee - Hamilton ON

Camille Lemieux - Toronto ON

Nicole Le Saux - Ottawa ON

Mark Loeb - Hamilton ON

Anne Matlow - Toronto ON

Allison McGeer - Toronto ON

Dominik Mertz - Hamilton ON

Sophie Michaud - Sherbrooke QC

Mark Miller - Montréal QC

Dorothy Moore - Montréal QC

Caroline Quach - Montréal QC

Lynora Saxinger - Edmonton AB

Andrew Simor - Toronto ON

Stephanie Smith - Edmonton AB

Kathryn Suh - Ottawa ON

Geoffrey Taylor - Edmonton AB

Eva Thomas - Vancouver BC

Natalie Turgeon - Québec QC

Joseph Vayalumkal - Calgary AB

Mary Vearncombe - Toronto ON

Karl Weiss - Montréal QC

Alice Wong - Saskatoon SK

Dick Zoutman - Kingston ON