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Blog category: Current practice

New BCCDC Non-Certified Practice Decision Support Tool: HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP)

Sep 19, 2019 by Geoffrey Ford, HIV/STI Senior Practice Lead, Clinical Prevention Services, BC Centre for Disease Control

Please join the BCCDC education team for a Continuing Nursing Education (CNE) webinar to review this new Decision Support Tool (DST) for Registered Nurse assessment and management of HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP).  This DST...

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Categories: Current practice, Events and announcements

BCCDC Public Health Laboratory Update: STIBBI Serological Specimens

Aug 23, 2019 by BCCDC Public Health Laboratory

Given recent changes in testing methods and lab procedures, the BCCDC Public Health Laboratory (PHL) has made processing of STIBBI serological specimens more efficient.

When drawing blood for any or all of the...

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Categories: Clinical tips, Current practice

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Revisions to the BCCDC Non-Certified Practice Sexual Assault Decision Support Tools

Jul 9, 2018 by Geoffrey Ford, HIV/STI Senior Practice Lead, Clinical Prevention Services, BCCDC

A number of changes have been made to the BCCDC Communicable Disease Control Manual, Chapter 5:...

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PrEP talk: An update on HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis

Dec 12, 2017 by Malcolm Hedgcock, MD, Spectrum Health, Vancouver, BC

Background

Behavioral interventions have been effective at lowering HIV transmission rates in British Columbia. Along with treatment as prevention, they remain the cornerstone of HIV prevention. However, infection rates have...

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PrEP coverage for BC’s First Nations and Inuit communities: What is PrEP and how to access it?

Nov 29, 2017 by Author: Harlan Pruden, Educator, Chee Mamuk Aboriginal Program, Clinical Prevention Services, BCCDC

Good news!

For First Nations who are residents of BC and receiving benefits through the First Nations Health Authority (FNHA), PrEP/Truvada is a covered benefit and is available at no cost.

Inuit who are...

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