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BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Tom Kosatsky, MD, MPH June 2010
... without air conditioning, and lack of regular social contact are also risk factors.  Protection comes from a personal heat plan, including having contact with a friend, neighbor or relative, having easy ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Gregory D. Deans, MD, MHSc, FRCPC July/August 2009
... Infection may also be transmitted indirectly through contact with contaminated surfaces followed by inoculation of ... to reduce transmission in the waiting area. Clinicians in contact with people with ILI should perform hand hygiene and ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Kevin Elwood, MD October 2009
... for postlanding surveillance annually. CIC considers contact with the public health authority as constituting ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Ken Cooper, CPHIC March 2009
... and Prevention first suggested that, in addition to direct contact exposures, RPEP should also be offered to people ... cases of bat rabies had been reported without recognized contact. In the following years, all North Amer­ican ... cases of bat-variant rabies had unrecognized physical contact in the bedroom.[ 5 ] The incidence of rabies ...
Back Page / BY: Graham C. Fraser, FRCS, FACS April 2009
... Street in London. This brought me into close personal contact with those at the centre and pinnacle of pediatric ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Mark Gilbert, MD, MHSc, FRCPC January/February 2008
... infected in utero, although transmission can occur through contact with active genital lesions at delivery. The risk of ... of acquiring syphilis (i.e.,  women who have had sexual contact of a syphilis case, sex-trade workers, ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Victoria J. Cook, MD, FRCPC May 2008
... identify social connections, allow prioritization of contact tracing, and identify key locations for potential ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Marsha Taylor, MSc, September 2008
... Listeria monocytogenes is a bacterium transmitted by contact with infected animals through vertical transmission ... be prevented by avoiding consumption of certain foods and contact with certain animals, as well as proper food ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: David M. Patrick, MD, FRCPC, MHSc October 2008
... materials, and most British Columbians have come into contact with the media campaigns.  The upward trend in the ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: David M. Patrick, MD, FRCPC, MHSc April 2006
... - Some First Nations populations. - Those with close contact with individuals within these risk groups or with ... or use an alcohol-based hand antiseptic before and after contact with colonized or infected patients: the key to ... is anticipated that the health care provider will come in contact with mucous membranes, open areas, or body fluids. ...