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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 ...
Premise / BY: Bill Murray, CFP September 2017
... Province,” the average annual salary for a physician in BC was $272 795 at the time. Assuming 2% inflation, this ... the other can’t. Both should put your needs front and centre.  • Ask your advisor for a comprehensive financial ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Shelley Ross, MD April 2017
... of Drugs with Potential for Misuse/Diversion )[ 1 ] make BC doctors the first in Canada to be legally bound by ... when tapering off long-term opioid treatment. Doctors of BC president, Dr Alan Ruddiman, reiterates the need for such ... ). Other guidelines and resources The BC Centre on Substance Use published A Guideline for the ...
Editorials / BY: Eric Cadesky, MDCM, CCFP, FCFP November 2017
... barriers to care. Our province has also become a major centre of innovation. In this first of a two-part theme issue ... has improved access to and quality of care in Northern BC. In the second part of the issue, Dr Kendall Ho and ... issue will increase awareness of health IT innovation in BC within the medical community, inspire physicians to adopt ...
News / BY: Rory Sutherland, UBC MD Candidate, Class of 2019 March 2017
... as their first-degree relatives (FDRs) and spouses, in BC. The Study to Avoid cardioVascular Events in British Columbia (SAVE BC) is currently recruiting patients from SPH and VGH, with a ... index cases undergo a baseline visit at a SAVE BC referral centre, currently established at UBCH and SPH in Vancouver, ...
News October 2017
... drugs on their own—a demographic that, according to the BC Centre for Disease Control, may account for as much as 50% of ... For more information about reducing stigma, review the BC Overdose Action Exchange Report, issued on 15 August 2017 ...
Editorials / BY: Brian Day, MB May 2017
... years of court experience. In court we (the Cambie Surgery Centre and six patients) are opposed by 22 lawyers and a ... and publications should not be allowed into evidence. The BC Health Minister was called as a witness, and they opposed ... Quebec (Attorney General)  case lasted just a few months. BC lists over 85 000 patients on wait lists, timed from ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Sami Youakim, MD, MSc, FRCP March 2016
... appropriate, you may also refer the individual to the BC Centre for Disease Control TB clinic for expert assessment ... Occupational Disease Services Additional reading BC Centre for Disease Control. Annual summaries of reportable ...
News / BY: Dirk van Niekerk, MD, FRCPC October 2016
In June 2016 the BC Cancer Agency released updated recommendations for ... be decreased STI screening rates among young women in BC. This trend was observed in Ontario by Bogler and ... for public health to promote engagement. The BC Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC) provides provincial ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Ray Copes, MD, FRCPC December 2016
... in the basement.[ 5 ] Radon exposure and mitigation in BC In BC radon exposure is of particular concern east of the Coast ... Mountains in the Interior. In 2007 the British Columbia Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC) measured radon in over ...