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BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Ken Cooper, CPHIC March 2009
... direct contact exposures, RPEP should also be offered to people awakening to find a bat in their bedroom, even if ... ] The incidence of rabies preventable by providing RPEP to people with unrecognized exposure in the bedroom is thus ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Jane A. Buxton, MBBS, MHSc, FRCPC May 2009
... the 1990s, crack cocaine has become more prevalent in BC. People who smoke crack may develop oral lesions and burns ... pipes, and HCV has been detected on crack paraphernalia. People who share crack pipes may therefore be at increased ... has hardened on the inside pipe wall. It was reported that people were using the plunger of syringes as push sticks, ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Greg Dines, May 2009
... this June. “Family physicians treat the vast majority of people who have mental health issues, and these issues are ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Gregory D. Deans, MD, MHSc, FRCPC July/August 2009
... compared with the elderly.[ 2,3 ] In the United States, people over the age of 50 years have made up only 5% of ... of influenza-related complications among young children, people over the age of 65, pregnant women, and people with chronic medical conditions.[ 4 ] Proper infection ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Tom Kosatsky, MD, MPH September 2009
... and irritation. • Reduced lung function. For most people air pollution may be a relatively minor risk, ... reduce exposure. When considering where to live and work, people should ideally choose a location that is more than 150 ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Kevin Elwood, MD October 2009
... that this medical surveillance process does indeed select people at increased risk of developing active disease. In BC, approximately 1800 people are referred for postlanding surveillance annually. ... medical is effective for the most part in excluding people with active infectious disease coming to Canada, but ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Greg Dines, October 2009
... bonus incentive payment for care plan development for people living with chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder. ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Brian Evoy, PhD, December 2009
... structure and team as being essential in getting the right people to the discussion quickly when time was short. That ...