There are dozens of health occupations that will benefit from the funding, including audiologists, dietitians, lab technologists and radiation therapists.
Some staff are compounding sterile preparations for patients without passing gloved fingertip sampling and media fill testing in a competency assessment program, the College of Pharmacists of British Columbia says.
Canadian Cardiovascular Society issues an update on assessing patients’ fitness to drive and when it’s safe to resume driving after cardiac interventions or acute cardiac illnesses.