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BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Jane A. Buxton, MBBS, MHSc, FRCPC March 2018
... naloxone by providing no-cost take-home naloxone kits to people at risk of witnessing or experiencing an overdose. ... supportive-housing staff, and those who work directly with people at risk of overdose. This interactive, self-guided ... and pharmacies. Patients, friends, or family of people at risk of opioid overdose can complete a thorough ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Eleni Galanis, MD, MPH, FRCPC April 2018
... recently, nor has she had contact with other symptomatic people. A stool C&S performed at a walk-in clinic was ... and symptoms persist, a second O&P may be necessary. People are infected by ingesting contaminated food or water. ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Mark W. Tyndall, MD, ScD, FRCPC March 2017
... by law enforcement. Most of the deaths have occurred among people with long-standing opiate use, and the explanation for ... the risk. There are myriad reasons and events that launch people into habitual drug use—trauma, personal tragedy, ... indifference to the pain, suffering, and even death of people who buy drugs from the illicit market. If we ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Melissa McLaws, DVM, PhD April 2017
... fatal zoonotic viral infection, and kills more than 59 000 people annually around the world, mostly in Asia and Africa. ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: David M. Patrick, MD, FRCPC, MHSc October 2017
... as directed by my doctor and not to share them with other people, as this would risk side effects and promote ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Mark Gilbert, MD, MHSc, FRCPC March 2016
... this isn’t the case for everyone. Each year in BC many people at higher risk of acquiring these infections face ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Monika Naus, MD, MHSc, FRCPC, FACPM May 2016
... events than immunizing those who are susceptible; in such people, pre-existing immunity will interfere with replication ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Hortense Tabien Nsoh, MD July/August 2016
... Pregnant women. Infants, young children, and elderly people. Are air cleaners effective? Air cleaners with HEPA ... wildfire smoke, so the best defence is to be prepared. People with chronic diseases should carry rescue medications ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Geoffrey McKee, MD, MPH July/August 2015
... oxy,” are now available across Canada.[ 4 ] While some people intentionally seek out fentanyl for abuse, others may ... sites throughout the province. Training is available for people who use drugs, as well as their families, friends, and ... Take Home Naloxone kits can be prescribed only to people at risk of an overdose. As of April 2015 over 200 ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Rakel Kling, MD, MSc, November 2015
... from such labs are false positives. In BC less than 1% of people tested for Lyme disease have the infection (personal ... = 70%, specificity = 43%[ 6 ]) in a population of 10 000 people with a Lyme disease prevalence of 1% is presented in ...