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- 11/19/2012
Letter: Government needs to address nursing shortage
Rather than take responsibility for chronic nursing understaffing, the B.C government is attempting to coerce nurses to take flu shots. - 11/19/2012
Hospital staff worked ‘shoulder to shoulder’ during B.C. flood crisis, nurse says
Pediatric nurse Barb Daviduk called the flooding at Surrey Memorial Hospital Monday morning “bizarre.” - 11/19/2012
Hospital infection surveillance program may fall victim to budget cuts
OTTAWA | Canada is in danger of losing its only national monitoring system for healthcare-acquired infections. The Canadian Nosocomial Infections Surveillance Program (CNISP) is anticipating significant budget cuts next year. - 11/19/2012
Baby dies after nurse fed her day's worth of food in an hour
A seven-day-old baby died after a nurse accidentally fed her a day's worth of food through a feeding tube in just one hour, inquest hears. - 11/19/2012
B.C. nurses’ union, health officer continue fight over mandatory flu-shots
Another round of fighting has erupted between British Columbia’s nurses and its health officer after a U.K.-based, non-profit scientific group publicly questioned the evidence used to justify a mandatory flu-shot policy for provincial health-care workers. - 11/18/2012
What’s best for incontinence?
- 11/18/2012
TV talk has mixed results
- 11/18/2012
The challenge of refractory angina
New Canadian guidelines aim to increase awareness of the diagnosis and treatment of this chronic, painful condition - 11/18/2012
Spicing up the sodium debate
MDs and MPs stir the pot over federal inaction and alleged misuse of research findings - 11/18/2012
Scene Dignitas: ending the epidemic
- 11/18/2012
Report explores feasibility of local food in healthcare facilities
While it can be difficult for healthcare facilities to incorporate local food into their patient and visitor foodservice, it can nevertheless be done successfully on a facility-by-facility basis. - 11/18/2012
Probiotics (yes, yogurt!) could minimize C. difficile in hospitals
TORONTO | Medical use of probiotics could be significant in minimizing C. difficile infection among hospitalized patients taking antibiotics, according to new research from The Hospital for Sick Children and McMaster University.