How will CHAIR Achieve It's Goals?

Keys to Success

Complete

• Engage top researchers and industry partners to explore & develop EIP
• Study & validate EIP - new materials, technologies, model and paradigms
• Develop CSA EXP06:15 – Emerging materials and technologies for infection prevention in health care facilities
• Develop First edition of CSA Z317.12 - National Standard for Cleaning & Disinfecting health care facilities
• Add EIP content to second edition of CSA Z317.12
• Expand CHAIR’s scope to include Community Acquired Infections
• Add EIP content to 3rd edition of CSA Z8000, Health care facilities
• Develop new paradigm & lexicon to support EIP
  • “Continuous, automated complete disinfection” vs “once daily manual targeted disinfection”
  • “Minimum Infectious Dose (MID)”
  • “Target Contamination Level (TCL)”
  • “Biologically Clean” vs “Biologically Dirty”
• Pivot from a decade of successful research, development and innovation to a new decade of successful education, advocacy and implementation

Current Focus

• Engage thought leaders – individual, institutional, regional, provincial, national and international
  • ​Impact
    • Cost-benefit
    • Likely outcome
  • Breaking down barriers
  • Collaboration
  • Empowering leaders
  • Facilitating scale-up
  • Supporting Made in Canada
• Teach importance of:
  • Airborne vs Droplet transmission
  • Airborne vs Touch transmission
  • Fomites as landing & launch pads for aerosolization and re-aerosolization
  • Dry surface biofilm
  • Wet biofilm
  • Biofilm penetration, disruption, removal
  • Likelihood of preventing exposure with EIP
  • Cost-benefit of EIP
• Education – Presentations, Webinars & Symposium
  • Architects
  • Engineers
  • Facility Managers
  • IPAC
  • EVS
  • Ministries of Health
  • Industry partners
  • Universities
    • Engineering
    • Medical School
  • Colleges
    • Engineering
    • Health care admin
    • IPAC
    • Nursing
• Develop EIP Cost-Benefit Analysis Templates & Training Program
• Develop SOPs for UV commissioning, PMA, annual testing, continuous or quarterly monitoring
• Develop training programs for:
  • UV Operator
  • UV Installer
  • UV Trainer
  • UV Commissioning
  • UV Service Technician
  • EIP Expert
• Add EIP content to CSA Z317.2, HVAC in health care facilities
• Add EIP content to CSA Z317.1, Plumbing in health care facilities
• Add EIP content to CSA Z8004, LTC operations and infection control
• Develop Biofilm monitoring
• Develop efficacy monitoring for self-disinfecting surfaces
• Fast-track EIP deployment
• Develop SOP to support PMRA approval for GUV devices
• Encourage UV222 approval & deployment in  Canada