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Physician Guide to WorkSafeBC Registration and Insurance Coverage
This guide for physicians, developed with Doctors of BC, explains how to determine if you are an employer required to register with WorkSafeBC and pay premiums — and if so, how to apply to register.
Updates to COVID Management and Treatment Page
Provincial patient information sheets for nirmatrelvir-ritonavir (PAXLOVID) oral and sotrovimab injection have been added. Casirivimab + imdevimab (REGEN-COV, REGNERON, RONAPREVE) injection documents have been removed. A general therapeutics update has been provided by the BC CTC and CTRAWG. Target audience: All Island Health Staff and Physicians. Impact on medical staff: ongoing adjustment of practice around the evolving treatment of COVID-19 patients.
Dr. Andrew Tyrrell - Medical Lead Anesthesia RJH
Dr. Tyrrell gets his greatest professional reward from supporting patients through their suffering and seeing them safely through the trauma of surgery. He chose his field of specialty because of the variety of practice with patients across the human life span but he especially likes to care for patients at the sicker end of the disease spectrum.
Healthcare heroes to be featured in art exhibit
Artist Shannon Holms' paintings of frontline health workers will be on display next week at Victoria's Gage Gallery.
NACI updates guidance on booster doses for people who have had COVID
Canada's National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI) has updated its guidance on booster doses for people who have had COVID, and is now recommending they wait three months before getting a booster shot.
The Case for Quality: Major Hemorrhage Protocol
In an effort to improve quality, transparency and safety, the Health Authority Medical Quality Committee is sharing real stories about events that all medical staff can learn from. Island Health is dedicated to providing care at the highest levels of quality and safety and everyone has a role.
Updated: Guidance Document on the Management of Inadvertent Vaccine Errors
This BCCDC guidance document is intended to assist healthcare providers by providing an approach to managing COVID-19 vaccines that are administered in a manner that differs from the recommendations of the manufacturer and/or the NACI (referred to as vaccine administration errors).
Pandemic Planning COVID-19 Update
Canada's National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI) has updated its guidance on booster doses for people who have had COVID, and is now recommending they wait three months before getting a booster shot.
Updated: sotrovimab injection for COVID-19: Use and Access
Island Health Pharmacy department leadership and the Infection Management Advisory Committee (IMAC) have updated the sotrovimab injection memo to clarify inpatient and outpatient pathways.
New tools available to help distinguish between research and QI projects
The purpose of the Quality Improvement (QI) Ethics Decision Making Tool and Registry is to guide project leads to determine if their proposal is Quality Improvement or Research