The Division of Infectious Diseases at The Hospital for Sick Children has had a very productive year in all domains relating to clinical care, research, education, national and international leadership and outreach regionally, nationally and internationally. Founded in 1979, the Division continues to evolve and regarded as one of the premier pediatric infectious diseases Divisions internationally.
The clinical consult teams provide service to patients in the ambulatory as well as in-patient settings. There are two in-patient consult services that focus on infections in immunologically normal and abnormal hosts, respectively. We continue to see increasing complexity among patients and we are often requested to provide advice on patients elsewhere in Canada and internationally. In addition to the two traditional clinical consult services, we now have an active antimicrobial stewardship team. In 2015, this team led a major national conference on antimicrobial stewardship. The Division continues to be actively involved in the organization and staffing of a travel medicine clinic at SickKids.
Infection Preventional and Control Programme Involvement
The Division is integrally involved in the Infection Prevention and Control (IPAC) programme at SickKids. We are involved in the development of strategies to handle the threat of emerging infectious diseases, including but not limited to Ebola, Zika virus, and multi-drug resistant bacterial and mycobacterial infections among others.
