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WorkSafeBC / BY: Don Graham, MD, CCFP January/February 2006
... from WorkSafeBC When a worker develops a disease that may be work related, it is the role of Occupational Disease ... and risk infecting your staff and patients. In early 2005, when the Norwalk virus infected large numbers of health ... workplace. —Don Graham, MD Chief Medical Officer   Next issue: West Nile virus Next month, Dr Sami Youakim, one of ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Bruce Gamage, RN, CIC May 2006
... health care-facility norovirus outbreaks have brought the issue closer to home. These events made it clear that ... of existing knowledge, and good practice. [1] In January 2005, the BC Ministry of Health Services provided funding for ... horizontal, and non-hierarchical fashion. In May and December of 2005, PICNet held stakeholder summits, at ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Ron Wilson, MD, CCFP May 2006
... article on this topic appears in the 14 March 2006 issue of the CMAJ.) This means we all stand a better chance ... 30 but remain stable thereafter in both men and women. In May 2005, the Heart and Stroke Foundation (HSF) released its ...
News / BY: Adam Lund, MD, MEd May 2006
... David T. Neilipovitz. Ottawa: University of Ottawa Press, 2005. ISBN 0776605976. Paperback, 292 pages. $35. This book ... in general, often characteristic of this age group, may actually put them at further risk of contracting ... is diagnosed with cancer within 90 days of the policy issue date, coverage will be rescinded and premiums will be ...
Letters / BY: Leon Bard, MD, June 2006
The winter 2005 issue of the College  Quarterly  (51), a publication ... College  Quarterly  article highlighted a syndrome that may complicate cataract surgery in patients who take ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Bruce C. Carleton, PharmD, September 2006
... cited serious and life-threatening ADRs to be a safety issue of concern. The effect of this apparent concern has ... difficulty of recognizing ADRs when they occur. Clinicians may believe another member of the health care team will ... and Women’s Health Centre of British Columbia in January 2005 suggest that ADR reporting by clinicians would be best ...
News / BY: David R. Richardson, MD November 2006
... Leslie T. Foster. Victoria: Western Geographical Press, 2005. ISBN 0-919838-29-4. Paperback, 233 pages. $24.95. This ... and co-guest editor of the BCMJ’s September theme issue on patient safety (BCMJ 2006;48:324-341). Dr Michael ... 5 years, to identify adverse drug reaction markers that may be used to predict and prevent drug toxicity in children. ...
News December 2006
... where a physician is deemed uninsurable, to decline to issue coverage altogether. The amount of coverage is based on ... and election follows the premature and sudden death, last May, of director-general Dr Jong-Wook Lee. The ... specialist physicians who were practising in BC during the 2005–06 fiscal year. These funds are being distributed by ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jill Franklin, BA, December 2006
... a surprisingly high rate of disability.” [3]  Symptoms may worsen over time, and the person may become increasingly ... (oral communication, U. Wild, neuropsychologist, 29 August 2005; written communication, J. Stanger, director, Fraser ... criminal justice system then becomes involved as a health issue turns into a societal one (written communication, J. ...