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BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Debra A. Kent, PharmD, DABAT, FAACT January/February 2013
Each year, over 25 000 poisonings are reported to the BC Drug and Poison Information Centre (DPIC) and nearly half ... materials and resources are available by contacting the BC Drug and Poison Information Centre at www.dpic.org . ... A. Kent, PharmD, DABAT, FAACT Clinical Supervisor, BC Drug and Poison Information Centre, BC Centre for Disease ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Tyler W. Smith, MD, MHSc, FRCPC April 2013
... (the five-test panel costs $292.09 per patient in BC, based on the 2012 Medical Service Plan laboratory fee ... a formal assessment of HT test ordering by physicians in BC. We began by surveying academic hematologists and other ... and clinician characteristics. Methods In May 2009, 12 BC specialists with ex­pertise in thrombosis (eight academic ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Lorraine McIntyre, MSc July/August 2013
... we be concerned about commercially harvested shellfish in BC? Definitely. Three separate outbreaks of shellfish ... sought care in hospital emergency departments. Thus far in BC, marine biotoxin illnesses have been limited to paralytic ... the last 30 years have impacted commercial shellfish in BC. Although shellfish are generally tested for marine toxins ...
News October 2013
... co-principal investigator is Dr Stephen Lam, chair of BC’s Provincial Lung Tumour Group at the BC Cancer Agency and a professor of medicine at the ...
President's Comment / BY: Shelley Ross, MD January/February 2013
... happy, healthy, and prosperous year. For the physicians of BC it also means the start of negotiations of the ... with the BCMA negotiating team. If this occurs, BC physicians will have the right to withdraw services, ...
Letters / BY: Jerry Nussbaum, May 2013
... to bring the legacy of Dr Korczak to the attention of BC physicians in such an engaging and well-informed article. ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Elizabeth Bryce, MD, FRCPC, September 2013
... infections in health care was recognized.  Prior to 2010, BC health authorities had developed a wide variety of hand ... 2011, quarterly audit data for hand-cleaning compliance in BC acute care facilities has been posted publicly on the ... —Elizabeth Bryce, MD, FRCPC  —Bonnie Henry, MD, MPH BC Provincial Hand Hygiene Working Group BC Centre for ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Muhammad Morshed, PhD, SCCM December 2013
... first time or after 2 years from the first visit.[ 2 ] The BC Medical Association also supported the use of serology as ... to see the trend of H. pylori diagnostic test usage in BC from 2001 to 2011. De-identified data on serological testing were obtained from the BC Public Health Microbiology and Reference Laboratory and ...
News March 2013
... report can be viewed at  www.fraserinstitute.org . News BC middle of the road in health care value for money ...
News March 2013
... Medical Association 115-1665 West Broadway Vancouver, BC V6J 5A4 News Call for nominations: Bachop Gold Medal ...