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WorkSafeBC / BY: Peter Rothfels, MD March 2013
... and wood dust, each of which poses potentially serious health concerns. Since some occupational diseases only ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Michael A Benusic, UBC Medical Class of 2014, June 2013
... surrounding fracking lies in the largely unknown health effects, particularly given the potential for drinking ... and anecdotal evidence of already-present deleterious health outcomes have led to precautionary bans in the Sacred ... results of these comprehensive analyses, the Environmental Health Committee has created the following outline of the ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Elizabeth Bryce, MD, FRCPC, September 2013
... of hand cleaning in the prevention of infections in health care was recognized.  Prior to 2010, BC health authorities had developed a wide variety of hand ... Auditing of hand-cleaning compliance. •    Surveying health care workers to capture perceptions of hand hygiene ...
News November 2013
A new report from the Health Council of Canada, entitled “Better health, better care, better value for all,” indicates that a decade of health care reform in Canada has produced disappointing ...
News / BY: Anne I. Clarke, MD January/February 2013
... review: The Research Guide: A primer for residents, other health care trainees and practitioners ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Gary Mazowita, MD, March 2013
... mellitus is a major metabolic disease with known poor health outcomes and significant costs to the individual and the health care system. It is one of several chronic disabling ... diabetes. These guidelines are intended to promote better health outcomes for diabetic patients and the population as a ...
News April 2013
... gain in prostate cancer.  •    Dr Hon Leong, London Health Sciences Centre, London, Ontario. Dr Leong will be ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Lorraine McIntyre, MSc July/August 2013
... for toxins in the edible tissues of shellfish are set by Health Canada and include domoic acid (responsible for ... should report patients with shellfish poisoning to public health agencies in order to facilitate case identification, public health messaging, and harvest management (including product ...
President's Comment / BY: William Cunningham, MD, CCFP, CCFP (EM) September 2013
... of our relationship with patients, one another, and other health care providers. Un­fortunately, there is a general ... specific areas for improvement. Stakeholders included health authorities, the CMA and other physician groups, CMPA, ... medical practice. By improving professional relationships, health care professionals are better able meet the challenges ...
Letters / BY: John Walton, MD December 2013
... ] should awaken us to the urgent need to modernize our health care delivery system. The cost to society of ... investigation is an outrage. Much of what now passes for health care is very expensive reassurance. No individual ...