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Editorials / BY: Marlene E. Hunter, MD, FCFPC May 2006
... authors working in the northwest, the northeast, and the centre of the province) and culture (from a First Nations ... E. Hunter, MD, FCFPC Director Labyrinth Victoria Centre for Dissociation Editorials Guest editorial--Mental ... health care in northern, rural, and isolated areas of BC ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Don Krawciw, MD July/August 2006
... process and at several rehabilitation facilities across BC. •  Evidence-based guidelines—The WorkSafeBC/BCMA ... around the world, particularly the Canadian Cochrane Centre. •  Physician knowledge updates—WorkSafeBC ...
Obituaries / BY: Cliff Henderson, MD, July/August 2006
... away peacefully on 18 February 2006 at Westside Care Centre in Kelowna. Born in Toronto, Dr Clarke graduated from ... his directorship: In 1956, Kelowna was the second city in BC to fluoridate its domestic water supply; in 1962, SOHU ... compulsory pasteurized milk health unit and appointed BC’s first provincial dental hygienist; in 1965, the Union ...
News / BY: Mark Bigham, MD July/August 2006
Protecting the blood supply from West Nile virus—BC update, 2006 Since July 2003, Canadian Blood Services ... WNV activity is relevant to blood safety in BC because blood products from other provinces—particularly ... season. Integrated WNV surveillance In BC, CBS, the BC Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC), and BC Ministry of Health ...
Letters / BY: Adam Lund, MD, MEd July/August 2006
... can also bypass a local hospital in favor of a cardiac centre with a cath lab if need be. Additionally, the EMS ... to defend. —Adam Lund, MD Royal Columbian/Eagle Ridge/ BC Children’s Hospitals * ACS = Acute coronary ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Bonnie Henry, MD, MPH, FRCPC July/August 2006
No West Nile virus (WNV) activity was detected in BC in 2005; however, activity in the rest of Canada was ... with WNV suffer adverse pregnancy outcomes. Risk in BC Surveillance data, including climate information, vector ... Henry, MD, MPH, FRCPC —Muhammad Morshed, PhD, SCCM BC Centre for Disease Control BC Centre for Disease Control West ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jane A. Buxton, MBBS, MHSc, FRCPC July/August 2006
... The National Advisory Committee on Immunization and the BC Perinatal Protocol for HBV emphasize that accountability ... Of about 40 000 pregnant women who deliver annually in BC, approximately 400 (1%) test positive for HBV on prenatal ... vaccine is 1 month (28 days).   Methods In 2005, the BC Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC) collaborated with the ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jay Draper July/August 2006
... Dr Coward, with letters of support from the BC Civil Liberties Association and the BC Persons with AIDS Society in hand, introduced a motion to ... Articles 2006 BCMA Annual Meeting: Debate rattles Wall Centre walls ...
News / BY: Robert Hulyk, MHA, ABC, September 2006
... Too Long: Reducing and Better Managing Wait Times in BC. The report calls for governments to establish wait time ... is a call for a 25% increase in operating room capacity in BC within 2 years, followed by another 25% increase to be ... and ice skating, rock climbing, golf simulators, fitness centre, basketball), dining (numerous restaurants, lounges, ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Margot Smythe, RN, BSN September 2006
... management focus session led by the British Columbia Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC) identified that improving ... logs have been distributed to physician offices within BC. In addition, the author of the Medical Office Assistant ... offices who participated in the pilot project. BC Centre for Disease Control Putting the “cold back into ...