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BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Agatha Jassem, PhD, (D)ABMM, FCCM December 2017
... HIV p24 antigen/antibody assays, which are used throughout BC for HIV screening, detect infections about 4 to 5 days ... or indeterminate immunoblot results.  Since 2009, the BC Centre for Disease Control Public Health Laboratory (BCCDC ... most of the HIV screening and confirmatory testing in BC, has also been using pooled HIV RNA nucleic acid testing ...
Letters / BY: Nevio Cimolai, MD, FRCPC January/February 2017
The BC Centre for Disease Control article by Dr David Patrick and ... Laboratory Medicine UBC Faculty of Medicine Letters Re: BC physicians reduce unnecessary antibiotic use—and costs ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Leo Lai, MD, FRCPC April 2017
... can be difficult.  A study published in the  BC Medical Journal  in 2014 surveyed family physicians in ... for deprescribing Less than half of physicians surveyed in BC reported that they use a consistent approach to reducing ...
Obituaries / BY: Sterling Haynes, MD June 2017
... all are.” Bill Nelems, a retired thoracic surgeon, was a BC physician, educator, writer, and philanthropist. Bill was ... is a person through other persons.” In this same spirit, BC doctors can support OkaZHi and cheer the BC physicians, pharmacists, nurses, and volunteers who are ...
Obituaries / BY: Daryl Harder September 2017
... end of the day. He was born in Yarrow, near Chilliwack, BC, On a cold winter day, in 1933. Along with five siblings, ...
Obituaries / BY: Urve Kuusk, MD, FRCSC, FACS November 2017
... outcomes. She was among one of the first physicians in BC to promote the benefits of screening mammograms, breast ...
President's Comment / BY: Alan Ruddiman, MBBCh, Dip PEMP, FRRMS January/February 2017
... I know that all physicians representing you at Doctors of BC are committed and work hard to make a positive difference ... you feel it is not always easy to navigate the Doctors of BC system—that it could and should be easier to get answers ... and we have taken action. Over the last year Doctors of BC has introduced five staff members, called regional ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Monika Naus, MD, MHSc, FRCPC, FACPM May 2017
In January 2017 the BC Minister of Health announced the approval of publicly ... of vaccination. The vaccine that will be used in the BC program is the 9-valent HPV vaccine (HPV9 or Gardasil 9, ... the use of the 4-valent vaccine for all aspects of the BC program, including the high-risk male program.[ 2 ] This ...
News / BY: Renee Bricker July/August 2017
... about the legalities of life insurance. At Doctors of BC, life insurance recommendations are done by licensed, ... advisors, visit www.doctorsofbc.ca or contact a Doctors of BC insurance administrator at 604 638-7914, 1 800 665-2262 ... . —Renee Brickner, BSc, EMBA Doctors of BC Insurance Advisor News Dangers of creditor insurance ...
News / BY: Channelle Sawyer October 2017
... —Channelle Sawyer, BA Insurance Advisor, Doctors of BC News Common mistakes in insurance planning on your own ...