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Clinical Articles / BY: David D. Sweet, MD, FRCPC May 2012
... of 16% compared with a control group. Although this single-centre study has been criticized, the findings were so ... count ([> 12000/cubic mm or < 4000/cubic mm]); several BC protocols substitute WBC with an altered level of ... bodies has been recognized since the fourth century BC, and the modern management of sepsis still relies on such ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Prabjit Barn, MSc, May 2012
... annually across Canada, with more than 200 deaths in BC alone.[ 1 ]  Although radon is present in outdoor air, ... Or­ganization (100 Bq/m3).[ 2 ]  Although many homes in BC may have radon concentrations below the Health Ca­nada ... MD Medical Director, Environmental Health Services BC Centre for Disease Control BC Centre for Disease Control ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Jane A. Buxton, MBBS, MHSc, FRCPC June 2012
... prescribed opioid medication.[ 3 ]  In May 2011, the BC Coroners Service released a warning about a spike of ... administration of naloxone, an opioid antagonist.[ 5 ] In BC, the current lack of naloxone availability outside primary ... morbidity and mortality related to opioid overdose. The BC Centre for Disease Control harm reduction program has ...
News June 2012
... and hospitalizations among chro­nic disease sufferers in BC, and account for over $5.7 billion in direct health care costs every year in Canada. With funding from Genome BC, the Prevention of Organ Failure (PROOF) Centre of Excellence at UBC is working to develop a simple ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Alison D. Kaplen, DMD June 2012
... Annual Physician Education Conference Nanaimo Conference Centre, Shaw Auditorium Saturday, 20 October 2012 • Nanaimo, BC For more information on the conference, visit ... Physicians Education Conference. Both the conference centre and the hotel are close to the seaplane terminal in ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Muhammad Morshed, PhD, SCCM July/August 2012
... William Osler)[ 6 ] is still very much alive and well in BC and that improvements in testing, albeit challenging to ... and Stanley Wong. This article is the opinion of the BC Centre for Disease Control and has not been peer reviewed ...
Obituaries / BY: Richard K. Elwood, MB, BCh, MRCP(UK), FRCPC July/August 2012
... the Provincial Health Laboratory and subsequently at the BC Centre for Disease Control.  Peter will be remembered for ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Nancy McLachlan, July/August 2012
... the injury by contacting WorkSafeBC’s Teleclaim Contact Centre at 1 888 WORKERS (1 888 967-5377). New reporting ... is available at WorkSafeBC.com. Click on Custom­er Centre for Health Care Providers, and then Mental Health ... Island Conference Centre, Shaw Auditorium Nanaimo, BC • Saturday, 20 October 2012 Hotel: Coast Bastion Inn 11 ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Monika Naus, MD, MHSc, FRCPC, FACPM September 2012
... had not been eligible for the publicly funded program in BC.  One-time resources for vaccine purchase became available in the 2011–2012 fiscal year, and BC took the opportunity to expand the program to young women ... reporting to the World Health Organization Colla­borating Centre for International Drug Monitoring. Reporting of ...
Editorials / BY: Timothy C. Rowe, MBBS, FRCSC, FRCOG September 2012
... the Shaughnessy Hos­pital site, by now transformed into BC Women’s Hospital and Health Centre. The program’s members then had their first ... entity) had to find a new sponsor. The administration of BC Wo­men’s agreed to take over the program, and did so in ...