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on the traditional ancestral and unceded territories of many b c first nations who have cared and nurtured this land for all time picnet s office in vancouver is located on the traditional land of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm musqueam skwxwú7mesh squamish and səlilwətaɬ tsleil waututh nations we also acknowledge that there are other indigenous people that live on these lands that originate from their own respective territories outside of these lands the chartered communities of the métis nation b c and inuit news system wide solutions for fewer infections subscribe provincial infection control network of british columbia our purpose is to reduce health care associated infections by improving infection prevention control practices across the continuum of health care in british columbia picnet wishes to acknowledge with gratitude that we work and live on the traditional ancestral and unceded territories of many b c first nations who have cared and nurtured this land for all time picnet s office in vancouver is located on the traditional land of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm musqueam skwxwú7mesh squamish and səlilwətaɬ tsleil waututh nations we also acknowledge that there are other indigenous people that live on these lands that originate from their own respective territories outside of these lands the chartered communities of the métis nation b c and inuit news system wide solutions for fewer infections subscribe provincial infection control network of british columbia our purpose is to reduce health care associated infections by improving infection prevention control practices across the continuum of health care in british columbia picnet wishes to acknowledge with gratitude that we work and live on the traditional ancestral and unceded territories of many b c first nations who have cared and nurtured this land for all time picnet s office in vancouver is located on the traditional land of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm musqueam skwxwú7mesh squamish and səlilwətaɬ tsleil waututh nations we also 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