Publications by authors named "Heather Gagnon"

Background: A Provincial PPE Safety Coach Program was introduced to support appropriate use of personal protective equipment by health care workers. The objective was to understand barriers and facilitators to implementation.

Methods: A qualitative study was conducted mid-2021.

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Background: Nonmanual room disinfection systems may reduce the transmission of infections. A variety of systems have emerged; however, a paucity of evidence exists to make an evidence-informed decision for the implementation of a specific system. Alberta Health Services assessed one of these systems.

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Background: This study aims to summarise and describe the evolution of published economic evaluations of vaccines in Canada, thereby outlining the current state of this expanding and meaningful research.

Methods: Using Arksey and O'Malley's scoping review framework we assembled relevant research from both academic and grey literature. Following abstract and full-text review we identified 60 articles to be included in the final analysis.

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