Medical Staff News
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Medical Staff can now contact the Island Health Service Desk for login issues with Cactus, AppCentral or Committee Manager
If the Service Desk is unable to resolve your issue, they will escalate it to the Island Health Cactus team for resolution during business hours.
The Self Care Cafe Is Back at RJH & Expansions are Coming
Hosted and created by staff, for staff - the Self Care Café at RJH offers sessions once a month for people to briefly step away from their busy day and relax, reconnect and do something creative.
COVID-19 Therapies - tixagevimab/cilgavimab (EVUSHELD™) Guidance Documents
Updates within the Health Care Provider Information document include, what are the current recommendations for tixagevimab/cilgavimab in BC? The Clinical Practice Guide includes revised guidance regarding the use of tixagevimab/cilgavimab for pre-exposure prophylaxis against COVID-19 considering the predominance of the BA 4/5 Variants of Concern in BC.
Registration Now Open For the 68th Annual St. Paul’s Hospital CME Conference for Primary Care Physicians
This annual conference in primary care medicine provides an opportunity to refresh your knowledge about, and enthusiasm for, primary care medicine.
BCCDC COVID-19 Long Term Care, Assisted Living & Other Residential Outbreak Report
A weekly update for Long-Term Care, Assisted Living & Other Residential Living Facilities.
Geographic distribution of COVID-19 by local health area of case residence
Epi-Week 30 Cases July 24 to 30, 2022.
COVID-19 Situation Report
This BCCDC report provides weekly data and refers to pandemic phases defined by population-level changes.
Primary Care Update
This August issue includes: Health Canada approved the Moderna Spikevax mRNA COVID-19 vaccine formulated for children between the ages of 6 months and 5 years old. The vaccine will be available for this age group across B.C. as of Tuesday, August 2, 2022.
Children under 5 years now eligible to register to receive the COVID-19 vaccine
Beginning August 2, 2022, all people over the age of 6 months in B.C. can now receive protection against the COVID-19 virus, following Health Canada’s approval of the vaccine specifically formulated for children between the ages of 6 months and five years old.
Virtual Care Services announces a new streamlined intake process for clinical programs
Celebrating over 160,000 clinical video consultations to date!