Under the aegis and accountability framework of the Provincial Health Services Authority (PHSA), PICNet is a collaborative of many health care disciplines working together to prevent and control health care-associated infections (HAI) across the continuum of care.
Who makes up PICNet?
An Advisory Committee
Co-Directors
PICNet Management Office
Working Groups and Steering Committees
Our Community of Practice
Our organizational chart illustrates the involvement of all these groups and our reporting structure.
A Network Model
PICNet reflects a network model of governance. This relies on collaboration, collegiality and trust as the mechanism of coordination. This model builds on the strong commitment to excellent, client-centred and evidence-based practice that exists within British Columbia’s infection control community of practice.
With support and guidance from an expert provincial Advisory Committee, PICNet brings together health care professionals with an interest in infection control from across the continuum of care and across the province, including:
Epidemiologists
Infection Control Professionals
Infectious Disease Physicians
Medical Microbiologists
Medical Health Officers
Public Health Nurses
Environmental Health Officers
Occupational Health Nurses
Occupational Health Physicians
Other healthcare providers
Providing Leadership and Guidance
The overarching strategic objective for PICNet is to optimize sustainable capacity within the infection control community of practice. This means ensuring the best possible results are achieved within the available resources. This is achieved by PICNet:
Providing advice on relevant policy and issues
Providing knowledge to guide investigation and/or practice
Supporting and coordinating initiatives that pull common interests together
Sharing information
Advocating on behalf of the community of practice for appropriate and sustainable resources
Assisting and participating in surveillance activities 
